Page 12: Historical Events In 1939

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

Oct 01   Winston Chruchill refers to Soviet policy as "a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma".   

Oct 02   Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF   

Oct 03   Lemmer-Urk Dike closes   

Oct 04   Last Polish troops surrender   

Oct 06   Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain.   

Oct 06   Douglas K Bereuter, (Rep-R-Nebraska, 1979- ).   

Oct 06   Hitler announces he has no attention of war with Britain and France   

Oct 07   HALL airship Binnendijk runs up German my   

Oct 07   Harvey (William) Cushing, US neurologist, dies at 70   

Oct 08   Germany annexes Western Poland   

Oct 10   Annexation of Western Poland by Third Reich   

Oct 11   Albert Einstein informs FDR of possibilities of atomic bomb.   

Oct 11   Franklin A Sonn, union leader (South African workers)   

Oct 12   inaugural deportation of Austrian / Moravian Jews to Poland   

Oct 14   BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed.   

Oct 14   HMS ROYAL OAK sunk at Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, north of Scotland by 3 torpedoes from German U-47   

Oct 15   LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC.   

Oct 16   Carl Henrik Ludolf Nielsen, composer, dies at 63.   

Oct 16   Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands   

Oct 17   Evel Knievel, Record breaker and stunt man is born   

Oct 18   Lee Harvey Oswald, Presumed assassin of President J F Kennedy is born.   

Oct 18   R Rodgers and Lorenz Harts "Too Many Girls," premieres in NYC.   

Oct 19   Goering begins plunder through Nazi's occupied areas.   

Oct 20   "All the Things You Are" recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orch.   

Oct 21   Nummy Deane, cricketer (628 runs in 17 Tests for South Africa), dies.   

Oct 22   1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs Dodgers.   

Oct 23   Charlie Foxx, US songwriter/soul singer (Mockingbird)   

Oct 23   Zane Grey, US western writer (Spirit of the Border), dies at 67   

Oct 24   Benny Goodman records "Let's Dance"   

Oct 24   F. Murray Abraham, american actor is born   

Oct 24   Nylon stockings go on sale for inaugural time (Wilmington Delaware).   

Oct 25   Cornelis JK van Aalst, president Dutch Business Society, dies at 73   

Oct 25   George Kaufman/Moss Hart's "Man Who Came to Dinner," premieres in NYC   

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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)