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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in October 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 October 1939: find out below

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Historical Events

Which were the important events of October 1939?


Events

  • 01 Oct 1939 Churchill calls Soviets riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma
  • 02 Oct 1939 Birdbaths installed in Union Square, San Francisco
  • 03 Oct 1939 Lemmer-Urk Dike closes
  • 04 Oct 1939 Last Polish troops surrender
  • 06 Oct 1939 Adolf Hitler denies he intends to go to war against France and Britain
  • 07 Oct 1939 HALL airship Binnendijk runs up German my
  • 08 Oct 1939 New York Yankees sweep Cincinnati Reds in 36th World Series, fourth straight World Series win.
  • 11 Oct 1939 Albert Einstein informs FDR of possibilities of atomic bomb
  • 14 Oct 1939 BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed
  • 15 Oct 1939 Yeshiva of Mir closes after 124 years
  • 16 Oct 1939 Sugar rationing begins in the Netherlands
  • 18 Oct 1939 R Rodgers and Lorenz Harts Too Many Girls, premieres in New York City
  • 20 Oct 1939 All the Things You Are recorded by Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
  • 22 Oct 1939 1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs. Dodgers
  • 24 Oct 1939 Joe DiMaggio wins AL MVP, Jimmie Foxx is runner-up
  • 25 Oct 1939 Nylon stockings go on sale in US for 1st time
  • 26 Oct 1939 Polish Jewish forced into obligatory work service
  • 28 Oct 1939 Anti-German demonstrations / strikes in Czechoslovakia
  • 29 Oct 1939 NHL Babe Seibert Memorial Game: All-Stars beat Montreal 5-3
  • 30 Oct 1939 German U-boat fails on attack of English battleship Nelson with Winston Churchill, Dudley Pound and Charles Forbes aboard
  • 31 Oct 1939 27 U-boats sunk this month (135,000 ton)

Famous Birthday

  • John Cleese

    British actor most noted for the inventive and zany "Monty Python" troupe.

  • Marie Laforêt

    French singer and actress.

  • American singer, the queen of acid-rock with "Jefferson Airplane," which evolved into "Jefferson Starship.

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Famous Deaths

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in October 1939?
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Top #1 songs in the USA

  1. - In the Mood

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Release year: 1939

Directed by: Frank Capra

Starring: James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold

Country: United States of America

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

Release year: 1939

Directed by: Raoul Walsh

Starring: James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Priscilla Lane, Gladys George

Country: United States of America

The Cat and the Canary

The Cat and the Canary

Release year: 1939

Directed by: Elliott Nugent

Starring: Bob Hope, Paulette Goddard, John Beal, Douglass Montgomery

Drums Along the Mohawk

Drums Along the Mohawk

Release year: 1939

Directed by: John Ford

Starring: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins

Country: United States of America

Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday

Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday

Release year: 1939

Directed by: Walter Forde

Starring: Gordon Harker, Alastair Sim, Linden Travers, Wally Patch