Black Friday Bushfires Kill 71 and Burn 20,000 km², January 13, 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 1939Columbia vs. Princeton in First U.S. Televised Sports Event, May 17, 19391939-40 New York World’s Fair Opens…

Spanish Civil War: The National Defence Council seizes control of the republican government in a coup d'etat, with the intention of negotiating an end to the war. Date: March 5, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More…

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 1939Canadian National War Memorial Unveiled in Ottawa by King George VI and Queen…

World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace. Date: December 24, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December 24 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Spanish Civil War Nationalists Begin Final Offensive March 26, 1939Carpatho-Ukraine Declares Independence,…

Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government. Date: September 9, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 9 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Finnish Government Resigns Amid Winter War, Parliament Moves…

The Black Friday bushfires burn 20,000 square kilometres (7,700 sq mi) of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people. Date: January 13, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 13 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939World War II Battle of the…