Page 11: Historical Events In 1939

Sep 09   S M Tretjakow, writer, dies at 47 [or Aug 9].   

Sep 10   Canada declares war on Germany during WWII.   

Sep 10   Canada declares war on Germany   

Sep 10   HMS OXLEY, sunk by "friendly fire " off Norwegian coast, south of Stavanger in North Sea torpedoed in error by RN submarine 'Triton'   

Sep 11   Battle of Kutno-pocket: Germans advance to Warsaw.   

Sep 13   inaugural (tethered) flight of the Vought-Sikorsky VS-300, one of the inaugural viable American helicopters   

Sep 14   British fleet attacks German U-39 boat   

Sep 15   Australian government announces the mobilisation of the militia and the establishment of the Second AIF for service abroad.   

Sep 16   53rd US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (60 810 64).   

Sep 16   Yanks clinch pennant #11   

Sep 17   German U-29 sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous, 519 die   

Sep 17   HMS COURAGEOUS sunk south west of Ireland by 2 torpedoes from German U.29. 514 men lost from crew of 1260.   

Sep 17   Invasion of Poland by the Red Army   

Sep 18   Bob Whittaker, (Rep-R-KS, 1979- ).   

Sep 18   Polish govt of Moscicki flees to Romania   

Sep 19   British Expeditionary Force reaches France.   

Sep 20   British fleet takes German U-27 boat   

Sep 21   Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania, murdered.   

Sep 21   Heydrich orders ghettos established in occupied Poland, under "Judenrats".   

Sep 21   Reinhard Heydrich meets in Berlin to discuss final solution of Jews.   

Sep 23   Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits and beat Phillies 22-4.   

Sep 23   Sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83   

Sep 24   Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies.   

Sep 25   German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs.   

Sep 25   Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I   

Sep 26   German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed)   

Sep 27   The Polish capital, Warsaw, surrenders to the German army.   

Sep 27   Warsaw, Poland, falls to German and Russian troops during WWII.   

Sep 27   Warsaw, Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance   

Sep 28   Estonia accepts Soviet military bases   

Sep 28   Felicjan Szopski, composer, dies at 74.   

Sep 29   Dickstein, mathematician, dies.   

Sep 30   1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at NYC)   

Sep 30   Germany and Russia agree to partition Poland   

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Jan 02   Jim bakker: Televangelist (ptl club)/rapist (jessica hahn)   

Jan 03   Bobby hull: Nhl forward (chicago blackhawk 1957-72)   

Jan 03   Nikos alefantos: Greek football manager   

Jan 03   Janice crosio: Australian politician   

Jan 04   Jon appleton: Composer   

Jan 05   Bridget parker: England, equestrian 3 day event (olympic-gold-1972)   

Jan 05   Peter struycken: Statues/computer expert/teacher   

Jan 06   Murray rose: Australian olympic swimmer   

Jan 02   Roman dmowski: Polish politician (b. 1864)   

Jan 05   Amelia earhart: American aviator declared dead after disappearance in 1937. (b. 1897)   

Jan 06   Albert ward: Cricketer (england batsman in 7 tests 1893-95),    

Jan 09   Johann strauss: Austrian conductor/royal ball director,   

Jan 10   Jameson thomas: Actor (piccadilly, farmer's wife),   

Jan 13   Jacob ruppert: Ceo (ny yankees, 1915-39),    

Jan 16   Albert fish: Mass murderer, executed   

Jan 19   Cliff heathcote: American baseball player (b. 1898)