All India Forward Bloc Formed by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, May 3, 1939

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 1939Germany…

Spanish Civil War: Nationalists begin their final offensive of the war. Date: March 26, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 26 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939NBC Launches Regular TV Service in New York City, April 30, 1939Gandhi Begins Hunger…

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 → 📅 Other events on December 17 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Norway Claims Queen Maud Land…

Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege. Date: March 28, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 28 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 19391939 Liechtenstein Putsch: VBDL March on Vaduz, March 24, 1939World War II Battle…

The Irish Republican Army carries out the 1939 Coventry bombing in which five civilians were killed. Date: August 25, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Franco Conquers Madrid in Spanish Civil War, March 28,…

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 1939Battle of the River Plate: First Naval Battle of World War…