Heinkel He 100 Sets World Airspeed Record March 30, 1939

The Columbia Lions and the Princeton Tigers play in the United States' first televised sporting event, a collegiate baseball game in New York City. Date: May 17, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Germany…

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 1939Spanish Civil War: Nationalists Conquer Catalonia, Seal French Border – February…

First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft. Date: June 1, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 1 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli Elected Pope Pius XII March 2, 19391939 Liechtenstein Putsch: VBDL March on…

World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany. Date: September 4, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 4 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Luftwaffe Ju 87 Crash at Neuhammer During Fog Demo, August…

Germany takes Memel from Lithuania. Date: March 22, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 22 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Black Friday Bushfires Kill 71 and Burn 20,000 km², January 13, 1939USS Squalus Sinks, 26 Die in Test Dive, May…

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 → 📅 Other events on February 25 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Hitler Reichstag…