Date: March 24, 1939
World War II: German battleship Bismarck is launched. Date: February 14, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 14 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Sutton Hoo Helmet Discovered, July 28, 1939Canadian National War Memorial Unveiled by King George VI, Queen Elizabeth,…
Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, the country's third prime minister. Date: June 24, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 24 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Spanish Civil War National Defence Council Coup Seizes Republican Government March 5, 1939Nazi…
Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon. Date: August 2, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 2 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Italy…
Italy invades Albania. Date: April 7, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Siam Renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, June 24, 1939Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli Elected Pope Pius XII March 2, 19391939 Liechtenstein Putsch Attempt to…
The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York. Date: June 12, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Dr. Cyclops Shooting Begins, First Three-Strip Technicolor Horror Film, June 12, 1939Hitler Proclaims Bohemia and…
Anti-Jewish legislation in prewar Nazi Germany closes the last remaining Jewish enterprises. Date: July 6, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 6 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Last Public Guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann Executed in Versailles, June 17, 19391939–40…