October 1939 calendar

October 1939
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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

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.
Grace Slick
American singer, the queen of acid-rock with "Jefferson Airplane," which evolved into "Jefferson Starship.
Lee Harvey Oswald
Paul Hogan
Australian actor and screenwriter who is best known for his first feature film, "Crocodile Dundee," and it's sequel, "Crocodile Dundee II,"...
Ralph Lauren
American fashion designer.
Jean-Claude Gaudin
French politician for Union for a Popular Movement (UMP).
Daniel Prévost
French actor and humorist, best known for his part in the French television series "Le Petit Rapporteur.
F Murray Abraham
American actor.
George Archer
American professional golfer, a member of the PGA Senior Tour.
Jane Alexander
American actress and producer.
Clive James
Australian-British author, critic, broadcaster, poet, translator and memoirist, best known for his autobiographical series Unreliable...
Marie-Claire Blais
Canadian author, her books include "Mad Shadows".
Michel Mouïsse
French Catholic bishop, who was ordained on 18 December 1966 in the Diocese of Albi.
Melinda Dillon
American actress.
Melvyn Bragg
British writer, editor and presenter of the prestigious arts program, "The South Bank Show," which was the winner of 87 major awards.
David Clark de Windermere
Bernard Verley
Archie Fisher
Scottish composer, folk singer and acoustic guitar player, making a debut album in 1956.
Jean Peyrelevade
French center-left politician and business leader.
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