Lina Medina Becomes Youngest Confirmed Mother in Medical History, May 14, 1939
Date: May 14, 1939
Date: May 14, 1939
World War II: Battle of the River Plate: The Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff outside Montevideo. Date: December 17, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on December 17 π Events on this day in 1939 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Battle of Hel Begins: Polish…
World War II: The Soviet invasion of Poland begins. Date: September 17, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 17 π Events on this day in 1939 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1939German Troops Occupy Warsaw After One-Month Siege, October 1, 1939HMS Rawalpindi Sunk by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau,…
The Holocaust: The MSΒ St. Louis, a ship carrying 973 German Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps. Date: June 4, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia…
Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII. Date: March 2, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on March 2 π Events on this day in 1939 π On This Day (Today) More events from 19391939β40 New York World’s Fair Opens April 30, 1939Luftwaffe Ju 87 Crash at…
As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2.5 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London. Date: February 25, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on February 25 π Events on this day in 1939 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Nazi Germany…
World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany. Date: September 4, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia β π Other events on September 4 π Events on this day in 1939 π On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Spanish Civil War: Nationalists Conquer Catalonia, Seal France Border, February…