Date: September 6, 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 1939First…
An Imperial Japanese Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94. Date: March 1, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 1 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Soviet Union Establishes Finnish Democratic Republic Puppet State, December 1, 1939Sutton Hoo…
In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India. Date: March 3, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Spanish Civil War Nationalists Begin Final Offensive March…
Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is executed in Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison. Date: June 17, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 17 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Imperial Japanese Army Ammunition Dump Explosion in…
The 1939 Liechtenstein putsch takes place; approximately 40 members of the VBDL starting from Nendeln march towards Vaduz with the intention of overthrowing the government and provoking Liechtenstein's annexation into Germany. Date: March 24, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 24 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On…
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 1939Battle of Hel Begins: Polish Resistance in WWII September 9, 1939Oppenheimer-Snyder Model Proves Black Hole…