Date: August 23, 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 1939Soviet…
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 1939World War II: Germany Annexes Western Poland, October 8,…
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 1939Germany and Slovakia Invade Poland, World War II Begins, September 1, 1939Warsaw Siege Ends in World War…
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day. Date: May 23, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May…
Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender. Date: April 1, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 1 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
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…