August 1939 calendar

August 1939
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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in August 1939.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Neville Chamberlain (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on August 1939: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of August 1939?

Events

02 Aug 1939 Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers.
03 Aug 1939 Jean Genets Ondine, premieres in Paris
04 Aug 1939 Neville Chamberlain dismisses Parliament until October 3.
06 Aug 1939 1st broadcast of Dinah Shore Show on NBC-radio
10 Aug 1939 2nd Dutch De Geer government forms (1st with Social Democrats)
11 Aug 1939 Sergei Rachmaninovs last appearance in Europe
13 Aug 1939 Sabotage suspected in crash of the City of San Francisco which fell into the Humboldt River killing 24. (Elko, Nevada).
15 Aug 1939 In 1st night game at Comiskey Park, Sox beat Browns 5-2
17 Aug 1939 The Wizard of Oz movie opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in New York.
19 Aug 1939 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, New Jersey (state record)
20 Aug 1939 1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Association)
22 Aug 1939 Dutch border guards take positions for German invasion
23 Aug 1939 John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 mph (593.48 km/h) at Bonneville Flats
24 Aug 1939 Germany and the USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact
25 Aug 1939 The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power.
26 Aug 1939 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds beat Brooklyn Dodgers (W2XBS NY)
27 Aug 1939 Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178)
28 Aug 1939 Monty becomes Commandant of 3rd Iron Infantry division
29 Aug 1939 Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in war.
30 Aug 1939 6th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: New York Giants 9, All-Stars 0 (81,456)
31 Aug 1939 Japanese invasion army driven out of Mongolia

Famous Birthday

George Hamilton
American actor, a tanned and gorgeous sex symbol.
Patrice Laffont
French TV host and presenter, comedian and entertainer, son of editor Robert Laffont.
Ginger Baker
English drummer and songwriter (Cream Blind Faith Blues Incorporated and Atomic Rooster).
Wes Craven
American author, film maker and screen writer known for his horror films "Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Scream.
Michel Chevalet
French TV journalist, a science reporter seen on science specials and information channels.
Valerie Harper
American actress who became widely popular as the man-hungry worrywart on the popular "Mary Tyler Moore Show" that ran for four years,...
Romano Prodi
Italian politician and educator, he became Prime Minister in 2006.
Bulle Ogier
French actress and screenwriter.
Nicole Avril
John Peel
English radio host and producer (d. 2004).
Kate O'Mara
English actress (d. 2014).
Princess Irene of the Netherlands
Anjanette Comer
American actress, films include "the loved one," "the appaloosa," "banning," "guns for san sebastian".
Marita Lorenz
German-American adventurer with a remarkable story made into a movie by German producer Wilfried Huismann, a dramatized thriller called...
Joel Schumacher
American director producer and screenwriter.
Clarence Wiiliams III
Amarande (actress)
François Maupu
French Catholic clergyman, the Bishop Emeritus of Verdun since 2014.
Jean-Claude Mathis
Elizabeth Ashley
American actress, young, beautiful and intense when she appeared in her first stage role in "Take Her, She's Mine," 1961-62, for which she...
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