Historical Events In 1939

Mar 20 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania

Mar 12 Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies

Mar 21 Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland

Mar 07 Guy Lombardo &Royal Canadians first record "Auld Lang Syne"

Mar 16 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia

Mar 22 Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany

Mar 14 England draw with South Africa at Durban on the 10th day

Mar 20 Prime Minister W. L. Mackenzie King tells Parliament that Canada will consider any attack on Britain as an attack on the Commonwealth.

Mar 14 Robert Menzies resigns as Australia's attorney-general and deputy leader of the United Australia Party over party's refusal to adopt a national insurance scheme.

Mar 07 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians record their signature tune, Auld Lang Syne, for Decca Records; Lombardo born in London, Ontario.

Mar 13 The birth of Terence Brady, Playwright and novelist

Mar 13 The birth of Neil Sedaka, Popular singer/songwriter

Mar 01 Clarence Decatur C. D. Howe 1886-1960 opens first Trans Canada Air Lines transcontinental passenger service from Montreal to Vancouver

Mar 15 Germany occupies Czechoslovakia.

Mar 30 Prime Minister Mackenzie King said Canada will not conscript men for foreign service, Ya Right

Mar 25 Billboard Magazine introduces hillbilly (country) music chart

Mar 02 Eugenio Pacelli chosen as Pope Pius XII

Mar 15 Hitler occupies Bohemia and Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independence

Mar 14 Nazi Germany dissolves Republic of Czechoslovakia

Mar 02 Mass Legislature votea to ratify the Bill of Rights; 147 years late

Mar 10 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India

Mar 16 Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine

Mar 31 Britain and France agree to support Poland if Germany takes any action against it

Mar 07 Glamour magazine begins publishing

Mar 07 Germany & Italy announced an alliance known as the Rome-Berlin Axis

Mar 31 Britain and France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany (and so it begins)

Mar 02 Roman Catholic Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope, taking the name Pius XII.

Aug 13 Sabotage suspected in crash of the 'City of San Francisco' which fell into the Humboldt River killing 24. (Elko, Nevada)

Aug 27 Erich Warsitz makes first jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178)

Aug 24 Germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact

Aug 24 Last man hanged in New South Wales: axe murderer John Trevor Kelly.

Aug 24 Last man hanged in New South Wales axe murderer John Trevor Kelly.

Aug 02 Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers

Aug 01 Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers

Aug 23 USSR & Germany sign a non-agression pact

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