1939 facts for kids

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Millennium:	2nd millennium
Centuries:	19th century – 20th century – 21st century
Decades:	1900s 1910s 1920s – 1930s – 1940s 1950s 1960s
Years:	1936 1937 1938 – 1939 – 1940 1941 1942

1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1939th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 939th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1930s decade. World War II started in this year.

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Events
Births
Deaths
Movies released
New books
Hit songs
Images for kids
See also

Events

May 15 – Nazi Germany opens Ravensbruück concentration camp, the largest Nazi concentration camp for women
September 1 – The Second World War begins when Nazi Germany invades Poland
September 17 – The Soviet Union invades Poland
October 6 – Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union divide and take over Poland
November 30 – The Winter War begins

Births

February 6 – Mike Farrell
February 14 – John Conn (Scottish-Australian writer)
April 2 – Marvin Gaye
July 1 - Karen Black (d. 2013)
August 3 – Wes Craven
September 5 – George Lazenby
September 18 – Frankie Avalon
October 27 – John Cleese
November 13 – Will Ryan (American actor)

Deaths

September - Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE, British Indian judge and legislator (b. 1877)
November 12 -Norman Bethune

Movies released

Gone with the Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (Best Picture Academy Award)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex

New books

Finnegans Wake by James Joyce

Hit songs

"Somewhere Over The Rainbow" – by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen, from the movieThe Wizard of Oz; won the Academy Award for the best song.

Images for kids

See also

In Spanish: 1939 para niños

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