Page 12: Historical Events In 1939

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

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

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

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   

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   

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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)