1939

Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1900s  1910s  1920s  – 1930s –  1940s  1950s  1960s
Years:	1936 1937 1938 – 1939 – 1940 1941 1942

1939 Media

• 

  The build-date removed with the rebuild in 2005

• 

  June 24: Siam is renamed "Thailand".

• 

  September 1: Wieluń destroyed by Luftwaffe bombing.

• 

  September: Siege of Warsaw.

• 

  November 6: Hedda Hopper

• 

  Portrait of Sal Mineo

• 

  CAMPIONI DELLO SPORT 1969/70- n. 86 - BILL TOOMEY (USA)-DECATHLON

• 

  Abdullah Ensour

• 

  Sonny Chiba at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2019

1939 by topic
Arts, history, and science
Archaeology Architecture Art Literature Poetry Music Science
Countries
Lists of leaders
State leaders Colonial governors Religious leaders
Birth and death categories
Births Deaths
Establishments and disestablishments categories
Establishments Disestablishments
Works category
Works

1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar. World War II started in this year.

Events

• May 15 – Nazi Germany opens Ravensbruück concentration camp, the largest Nazi concentration camp for women
• September 1 – The Second World War begins when Nazi Germany invades Poland
• September 17 – The Soviet Union invades Poland
• October 6 – Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union divide and take over Poland
• November 30 – The Winter War begins

Births

• February 6 – Mike Farrell
• February 14 – John Conn (Scottish-Australian writer)
• March 13 - Neil Sedaka, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Tokens)
• April 2 – Marvin Gaye
• July 1 - Karen Black (d. 2013)
• July 30 - Peter Bogdanovich
• August 3 – Wes Craven
• August 19 - Ginger Baker, English drummer (Cream) (d. 2019)
• September 5 – George Lazenby
• September 18 – Frankie Avalon
• October 27 – John Cleese
• November 13 – Will Ryan (American actor)

Deaths

• September - Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE, British Indian judge and legislator (b. 1877)
• November 12 -Norman Bethune

Movies released

• Dodge City starring Errol Flynn
• Gone with the Wind starring Clark Gable
• Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Best Picture Academy Award)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame starring Charles Laughton
• The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
• Stagecoach starring John Wayne
• The Wizard of Oz starring Judy Garland

New books

• Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

Hit songs

• "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" – by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen, from the movieThe Wizard of Oz; won the Academy Award for the best song.
• "If I Didn't Care - by The Ink Spots