Beau Geste
Release year: 1939
Directed by: William A. Wellman
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy
Country: United States of America
July 1939 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in July 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.
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Historical Events
Which were the important events of July 1939?
Events
- 02 Jul 1939 The 1st World Science Fiction Convention opens in New York City.
- 03 Jul 1939 Lou Gehrig day; baseball player Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech.
- 04 Jul 1939 Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, tells a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considers himself ''The luckiest man on the face of the earth'' as he announces his retirement from major league baseball.
- 06 Jul 1939 Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.
- 07 Jul 1939 52nd Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Kay Stammers (62 60)
- 08 Jul 1939 59th Wimbledon Mens Tennis: Bobby Riggs beats E Cooke (26 86 36 63 62)
- 11 Jul 1939 7th All Star Baseball Game: AL wins 3-1 at Yankee Stadium, New York New York Yankee / AL maanager Joe McCarthy starts 6 Yankees
- 13 Jul 1939 Frank Sinatra made his recording debut
- 15 Jul 1939 Clara Adams (NYC) is 1st woman to complete round world flight
- 17 Jul 1939 22nd PGA Championship: Henry Picard at Pomonok Country Club - Flushing, New York
- 19 Jul 1939 Dr Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures
- 22 Jul 1939 1st black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC)
- 23 Jul 1939 Mahatma Gandhi the spiritual leader from India writes a personal letter to Adolf Hitler addressing him quotMy friendquot, requesting to prevent any possible war.
- 25 Jul 1939 5th and last Dutch government of Colijn, forms
- 26 Jul 1939 Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs
- 27 Jul 1939 The first recorded snowfall in Auckland, New Zealand since records began in 1853.
- 28 Jul 1939 5th Dutch government of Colijn falls
Famous Birthday
American actress and director.
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American actress who had her first stage experience by age ten and continued to work on stage into the ‘60s.
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Famous Deaths
English sexologist (Man & Woman), dies at 80.
US surgeon / co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies at 78.
Cabaret performer / chorus performer.
Mayor of Rotterdam (1906-22).
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Movies
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On Borrowed Time
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Harold S. Bucquet
Starring: Lionel Barrymore, Cedric Hardwicke, Beulah Bondi, Una Merkel
Each Dawn I Die
Release year: 1939
Directed by: William Keighley
Starring: James Cagney, George Raft, Jane Bryan, George Bancroft
Country: United States of America
Renegade Trail
Release year: 1939
Directed by: Lesley Selander
Starring: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, George 'Gabby' Hayes, Charlotte Wynters
In Name Only
Release year: 1939
Directed by: John Cromwell
Starring: Cary Grant, Carole Lombard, Kay Francis, Charles Coburn