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)
01 Oct 1939 World War II: After a one-month siege, German troops occupy Warsaw.