History of 1939
During the year of 1939 the following events have happened in our world's history.
January 13, 1939 - Yankee owner Jacob Ruppert dies
January 14, 1939 - All coml ferry service to East Bay ends
January 15, 1939 - Municipal Railway & Market St RR begin service to Transbay Terminal
January 22, 1939 - Aquatic Park dedicated
March 12, 1939 - Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies
March 28, 1939 - Spanish Civil War ends - Madrid fell to Francisco Franco
April 19, 1939 - Connecticut finally approves the Bill of Rights (only 148 years late)
April 30, 1939 - NBC makes 1st US demo of TV at opening of NY World's Fair.
May 02, 1939 - Lou Gehrig ends 2 -130 game streak - Yankees beat Tigers 22-2
May 17, 1939 - 1st sports telecast - Columbia vs Princeton - College baseball
May 20, 1939 - Pan Am began transatlantic passenger & air mail service
May 22, 1939 - Hitler & Mussolini sign `Pact of Steel'
June 01, 1939 - 1st TV heavyweight boxing match - Max Baer vs Lou Nova
June 12, 1939 - Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY
June 20, 1939 - Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants
June 21, 1939 - Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic laterial sclerosis
June 28, 1939 - Yanks hit 13 HRs sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0
June 28, 1939 - Pan Am begins transatlantic air service Dixie Clipper
July 03, 1939 - Lou Gehrig day Gehrig makes 'luckiest man' speech
July 04, 1939 - Yankees retire 1st uniform #4 Lou Gehrig 1st Old Timers Day
July 11, 1939 - Yanks host 7th All Star Game McCarthy starts 6 Yanks AL wins 3-1
July 19, 1939 - 1st use of Fiberglas sutures RP Scholz St Louis Mo
July 26, 1939 - Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRa
August 13, 1939 - Yankees set AL shutout margin with 21-0 victory over the A's
August 15, 1939 - The Wizard of Oz premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater Hollywood
August 17, 1939 - The Wizard of Oz opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY
August 26, 1939 - 1st major league baseball telecast - Reds at Bkln Dodgers (W2XBS NY)
August 27, 1939 - Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178)
September 01, 1939 - PHYSICAL REVIEW publishes paper 1st to deal with "black holes."
September 01, 1939 - Germany invades Poland starting WW II
September 03, 1939 - Yanks beat Red Sox on a forfeit 4th forfeit win
September 03, 1939 - Britain declared war on Germany. France followed six hours later quickly joined by Australia New Zealand South Africa & Canada
September 08, 1939 - Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7 game called because of lightning
September 10, 1939 - Canada declares war on Germany
September 16, 1939 - Yanks clinch pennant #11
September 24, 1939 - Ruth's final Yankee Stadium appearance Less than 2500 on hand
September 30, 1939 - 1st manned rocket flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel)
September 30, 1939 - 1st televised College football game - Fordham vs Waynesburg
October 02, 1939 - Birdbaths installed in Union Square
October 15, 1939 - LaGuardia Airport opened in NYC
October 22, 1939 - 1st TV NFL game - Eagles vs Dodgers
October 29, 1939 - Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure)
November 04, 1939 - 1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited Chicago Il
November 06, 1939 - WGY-TV (Schenectady NY) 1st coml TV station
November 08, 1939 - Life with Father longest running Brdway drama opens (closes 1947)
November 11, 1939 - Kate Smith 1st sang Irving Berlin's `God Bless America'
November 15, 1939 - Social Security Adm approves 1st unemployment check
November 30, 1939 - USSR invades Finland over a border dispute
December 15, 1939 - 1st coml manufacture of nylon yarn Seaford Delaware
December 20, 1939 - Radio Australia starts shortwave service
December 25, 1939 - Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer