Date: November 4, 1939
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 1939Siam Renamed Thailand by Plaek Phibunsongkhram, June 24, 1939F. E. Sillanpää…
Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. Date: January 14, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 14 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939World War II Battle of Kock Ends Poland Campaign, October 6, 1939New York Municipal Airport Dedicated October 15,…
World War II: A day after the beginning of the Winter War in Finland, the Cajander III Cabinet resigns and is replaced by the Ryti I Cabinet, while the Finnish Parliament move from Helsinki to Kauhajoki to escape the Soviet airstrikes. Date: December 1, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on December…
Finnish author F. E. Sillanpää is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Date: November 10, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 10 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939Spanish Civil War Nationalists Begin Final Offensive March 26, 1939Gleiwitz False Flag Attack…
NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game. Date: September 30, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 30 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939HMS Oxley Sunk by HMS Triton, Royal Navy’s First Submarine Loss, September 10, 1939Winter War: Finns Stop…
World War II: HMS Rawalpindi is sunk by the German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau. Date: November 23, 1939 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 23 📅 Events on this day in 1939 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1939LaGuardia Airport Opens in New York City, December 2, 1939Canadian National War…