Stagecoach
Release year: 1939
Directed by: John Ford
Starring: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, John Carradine
Country: United States of America
February 1939 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in February 1939.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Neville Chamberlain (Conservative), Pope Pius XI was leading the Catholic Church.
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Historical Events
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Events
- 02 Feb 1939 Hungary joins the Anti-Comintern Pact.
- 04 Feb 1939 Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-minute mile beyond human effort.
- 05 Feb 1939 Generalisimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th ''Caudillo de Espana'', or Leader of Spain.
- 06 Feb 1939 Spanish government flees to France.
- 09 Feb 1939 Belgian Spaak government falls.
- 10 Feb 1939 Spanish Nationalists complete their offensive in Catalonia.
- 11 Feb 1939 A Lockheed XP-38 flies from California to New York in 7 hours 2 minutes.
- 14 Feb 1939 Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as Director of Gone With the Wind
- 15 Feb 1939 German battleship Bismarck was launched
- 17 Feb 1939 Katwijk soccer team forms.
- 18 Feb 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island, San Francisco, California.
- 21 Feb 1939 Belgian government of Pierlot forms.
- 22 Feb 1939 Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain.
- 23 Feb 1939 Lou Thesz beats E Marshall in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA to become wrestling champion.
- 27 Feb 1939 US Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes.
- 28 Feb 1939 The erroneous word ''dord'' is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.
Famous Birthday
French pop singer and songwriter born in Egypt, he wrote "Comme d'habitude, in 1967 the original version of "My Way.
American musician, famous as the key boarder with the rock group "The Doors.
Canadian actor, movies and French TV, active between 1964 and 1979.
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Famous Deaths
Dutch lawyer, dies at 47.
Writer, dies at 26.
Composer, dies at 89.
XI (Born 1857).
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Movies
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The Little Princess
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Walter Lang, William A. Seiter
Starring: Shirley Temple, Richard Greene, Anita Louise, Ian Hunter
Country: United States of America
Inspector Hornleigh
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Eugene Forde
Starring: Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Miki Hood, Wally Patch
Country: United States of America
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Richard Thorpe
Starring: Mickey Rooney, Walter Connolly, William Frawley, Rex Ingram
Blondie Meets the Boss
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Frank R. Strayer
Starring: Penny Singleton, Arthur Lake, Larry Simms, Jonathan Hale