Date: February 27, 1939
Twenty-six Junkers Ju 87 bombers commanded by Walter Sigel meet unexpected ground fog during a dive-bombing demonstration for Luftwaffe generals at Neuhammer. Thirteen of them crash and burn. Date: August 15, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 15 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today)…
Gone with the Wind (highest inflation adjusted grossing film) receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Date: December 15, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 15 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Columbia vs. Princeton in…
Winter War: Finland holds off a Soviet attack in the Battle of Kelja. Date: December 27, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 27 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Franco Conquers Madrid, Spanish Civil War Ends March 28, 1939Battle of the…
Winter War: The Red Army's advance on the Karelian Isthmus is stopped by Finns at the Mannerheim Line during the Battle of Taipale. Date: December 6, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 6 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Gandhi Begins…
Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day. Date: March 15, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 15 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Germany Occupies Czechoslovakia, March 15, 1939First Anderson Shelter Built in Islington…
World War II: The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland. Date: October 14, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Estonian Military Boards Polish Submarine ORP…