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April 1939

Index April 1939

The following events occurred in April 1939. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 187 relations: Abner Doubleday, Adelaide, Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday, Alan Ayckbourn, Albert Lebrun, Alexander Mach, Alfonso XIII, Ali Khamenei, Ali MacGraw, Ames, Iowa, Anglo-German Naval Agreement, Ann Mitchell, Ann Sheridan, Anton Makarenko, Arabic, Armand Călinescu, Barrow-in-Furness, Baseball-Reference.com, Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang, Benito Mussolini, Bette Davis, Billie Holiday, Bissau, Blaine, Ohio, Boston Bruins, Boston Marathon, Boston Red Sox, Bronx–Whitestone Bridge, Brooklyn, Budapest, Budget Day, Castledawson, Catholic Party (Belgium), Chamber of Representatives (Belgium), Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chicago Tribune, Claudio Magris, Conscription, Customs union, DAR Constitution Hall, Dark Victory, Darts, David Frost, Detroit, Dodge City (film), Doubleday myth, Dusty Springfield, Ealing Common, Earle Page, ... Expand index (137 more) »

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Abner Doubleday

Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War.

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Adelaide

Adelaide (Tarntanya) is the capital and most populous city of South Australia, and the fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater Adelaide (including the Adelaide Hills) or the Adelaide city centre. The demonym Adelaidean is used to denote the city and the residents of Adelaide.

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Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.

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Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday

Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday was celebrated as a national holiday throughout Nazi Germany on 20 April 1939.

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Alan Ayckbourn

Sir Alan Ayckbourn (born 12 April 1939) is a prolific British playwright and director.

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Albert Lebrun

Albert François Lebrun (29 August 1871 – 6 March 1950) was a French politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940.

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Alexander Mach

Alexander Mach (11 October 1902 – 15 October 1980) was a Slovak nationalist politician.

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Alfonso XIII

Alfonso XIII (Spanish: Alfonso León Fernando María Jaime Isidro Pascual Antonio de Borbón y Habsburgo-Lorena; French: Alphonse Léon Ferdinand Marie Jacques Isidore Pascal Antoine de Bourbon; 17 May 1886 – 28 February 1941), also known as El Africano or the African due to his Africanist views, was King of Spain from his birth until 14 April 1931, when the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed.

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Ali Khamenei

Seyyed Ali Hosseini Khamenei (translit,; born 19 April 1939) is an Iranian Twelver Shia marja' and politician who has served as the second supreme leader of Iran since 1989.

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Ali MacGraw

Elizabeth Alice MacGraw (born April 1, 1939) is an American actress.

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Ames, Iowa

Ames is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States, located approximately north of Des Moines in central Iowa.

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Anglo-German Naval Agreement

The Anglo-German Naval Agreement (AGNA) of 18 June 1935 was a naval agreement between the United Kingdom and Germany regulating the size of the Kriegsmarine in relation to the Royal Navy.

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Ann Mitchell

Ann Mitchell (born 22 April 1939) is a British stage and television actress.

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Ann Sheridan

Clara Lou "Ann" Sheridan (February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967) was an American actress and singer.

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Anton Makarenko

Anton Semyonovich Makarenko (Анто́н Семёнович Мака́ренко, Ukrainian: Антон Семенович Макаренко, romanized: Anton Semenovych Makarenko; 13 March 1888 – 1 April 1939), was a Soviet educator, social worker and writer.

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Arabic

Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.

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Armand Călinescu

Armand Călinescu (4 June 1893 – 21 September 1939) was a Romanian economist and politician, who served as 39th Prime Minister from March 1939 until his assassination six months later.

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Barrow-in-Furness

Barrow-in-Furness is a port town and civil parish (as just "Barrow") in the Westmorland and Furness district of Cumbria, England.

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Baseball-Reference.com

Baseball-Reference is a website providing baseball statistics for every player in Major League Baseball history.

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Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang

The Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang, also known as the Battle of Suizao was one of the 22 major engagements between the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) and Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

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Benito Mussolini

Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini (29 July 188328 April 1945) was an Italian dictator who founded and led the National Fascist Party (PNF).

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Bette Davis

Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis (April 5, 1908 – October 6, 1989) was an American actress of film, television, and theater.

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Billie Holiday

Billie Holiday (born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazz and swing music singer.

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Bissau

Bissau is the capital and largest city of Guinea-Bissau.

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Blaine, Ohio

Blaine is an unincorporated community in northern Pease Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States.

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Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston.

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Boston Marathon

The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States.

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Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston.

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Bronx–Whitestone Bridge

The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge (colloquially referred to as the Whitestone Bridge or simply the Whitestone) is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 678 over the East River.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Budapest

Budapest is the capital and most populous city of Hungary.

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Budget Day

Budget Day is the day that a government presents its budget to a legislature for approval, in a ceremonial fashion.

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Castledawson

Castledawson is a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

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Catholic Party (Belgium)

The Catholic Party (Parti catholique; Katholieke Partij) was a Belgian political party established in 1869 as the Confessional Catholic Party (Confessionele Katholieke Partij).

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Chamber of Representatives (Belgium)

The Chamber of Representatives (Dutch:, Chambre des représentants, Abgeordnetenkammer) is one of the two chambers in the bicameral Federal Parliament of Belgium, the other being the Senate.

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Chancellor of the Exchequer

The chancellor of the exchequer, often abbreviated to Chancellor, is a senior minister of the Crown within the Government of the United Kingdom, and head of Treasury.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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Claudio Magris

Claudio Magris (born 10 April 1939) is an Italian scholar, translator and writer.

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Conscription

Conscription is the state-mandated enlistment of people in a national service, mainly a military service.

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Customs union

A customs union is generally defined as a type of trade bloc which is composed of a free trade area with a common external tariff.

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DAR Constitution Hall

DAR Constitution Hall is a concert hall located at 1776 D Street NW, near the White House in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to house its annual convention when membership delegations outgrew Memorial Continental Hall.

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Dark Victory

Dark Victory is a 1939 American melodrama film directed by Edmund Goulding, starring Bette Davis, and featuring George Brent, Humphrey Bogart, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ronald Reagan, Henry Travers, and Cora Witherspoon.

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Darts

Darts or dart-throwing is a competitive sport in which two or more players bare-handedly throw small sharp-pointed projectiles known as darts at a round target known as a dartboard.

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David Frost

Sir David Paradine Frost (7 April 1939 – 31 August 2013) was a British television host, journalist, comedian and writer.

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Detroit

Detroit is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Dodge City (film)

Dodge City is a 1939 American Western film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, and Ann Sheridan.

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Doubleday myth

The Doubleday myth is the claim that the sport of baseball was invented in 1839 by future American Civil War general Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, New York.

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Dusty Springfield

Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien (16 April 1939 – 2 March 1999), better known by her stage name Dusty Springfield, was an English singer.

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Ealing Common

Ealing Common is a large open space (approx) in Ealing, West London.

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Earle Page

Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page (8 August 188020 December 1961) was an Australian politician and surgeon who served as the 11th prime minister of Australia from 7 to 26 April 1939, holding office in a caretaker capacity following the death of Joseph Lyons.

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East London

East London is the northeastern part of London, England, east of the ancient City of London and north of the River Thames as it begins to widen.

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Easter

Easter, also called Pascha (Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary.

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Elizabeth Clare Prophet

Elizabeth Clare Prophet (née: Wulf, a.k.a. Guru Ma) (April 8, 1939 – October 15, 2009) was an American spiritual leader, author, orator, and writer.

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Ellison Brown

Ellison Myers Brown (September 22, 1913 – August 23, 1975), widely known as Tarzan Brown, a direct descendant of the last acknowledged royal family of the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island (also known as Deerfoot amongst his people), was a two-time winner of the Boston Marathon in 1936 (2:33:40) and 1939 (2:28:51) and 1936 U.S.

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Elspeth Ballantyne

Elspeth Ballantyne (born 1939) is an Australian retired actress, who appeared in productions in theatre, television and films over a career that spanned nearly 60 years, a veteran of the industry having started her career as a child actor and becoming a staple of the theatre starting from 1947, in a production of Macbeth and by the age of 15 in 1954 had turned pro., performing in stage roles for the next 37 years, including a stage play tour of the United Kingdom of her iconic "Prisoner" role at the Alexandra Theatre in Birmingham.

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Erik Pevernagie

Erik Pevernagie (born 1939) is a Belgian painter and writer, living in Uccle (Brussels), who has held exhibitions in Paris, New York City, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, London, Brussels and Antwerp.

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Errol Flynn

Errol Leslie Thomson Flynn (20 June 1909 – 14 October 1959) was an Australian-American actor who achieved worldwide fame during the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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Fairfield, Alabama

Fairfield is a city in western Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.

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Faisal II

Faisal II (translit; 2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq.

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Federal Security Agency

The Federal Security Agency (FSA) was an independent agency of the United States government established in 1939 pursuant to the Reorganization Act of 1939.

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Francis Ford Coppola

Francis Ford Coppola (born 7 April 1939) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter.

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Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco Bahamonde (4 December 1892 – 20 November 1975) was a Spanish military general who led the Nationalist forces in overthrowing the Second Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War and thereafter ruled over Spain from 1939 to 1975 as a dictator, assuming the title Caudillo.

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Francoist Spain

Francoist Spain (España franquista), also known as the Francoist dictatorship (dictadura franquista), was the period of Spanish history between 1936 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title Caudillo.

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Frank Lloyd Wright

Frank Lloyd Wright Sr. (June 8, 1867 – April 9, 1959) was an American architect, designer, writer, and educator.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), commonly known by his initials FDR, was an American politician who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

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Franz von Papen

Franz Joseph Hermann Michael Maria von Papen, Erbsälzer zu Werl und Neuwerk (29 October 18792 May 1969) was a German politician, diplomat, Prussian nobleman and General Staff officer.

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Fritz Wendel

Friedrich "Fritz" Wendel (21 February 1915 – 9 February 1975) was a German test pilot during the 1930s and 1940s.

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Georges Ricard-Cordingley

A painter and traveller, Georges Ricard-Cordingley (1873-1939) constantly searched for an original contact with the world of sea.

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Geraldine of Albania

Geraldine (born Countess Géraldine Margit Virginia Olga Mária Apponyi de Nagy-Appony; 6 August 1915 – 22 October 2002) was Queen of the Albanians from her marriage to King Zog I on 27 April 1938 until King Zog was deposed on 7 April of the following year.

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German–Polish declaration of non-aggression

The German–Polish declaration of non-aggression (Erklärung zwischen Deutschland und Polen über den Verzicht auf Gewaltanwendung, Deklaracja między Polskąa Niemcami o niestosowaniu przemocy), also known as the German–Polish non-aggression pact, was an agreement between Nazi Germany and the Second Polish Republic that was signed on 26 January 1934 in Berlin.

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Germán Busch

Víctor Germán Busch Becerra (23 March 1903 – 23 August 1939) was a Bolivian military officer and statesman who served as the 36th president of Bolivia from 1937 to 1939.

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Ghazi of Iraq

Ghazi ibn Faisal (Gâzî ibn-i Faysal) (21 March 1912 – 4 April 1939) was King of Iraq from 1933 to 1939 having been briefly Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Syria in 1920.

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Giovacchino Forzano

Giovacchino Forzano (19 November 1884 – 28 October 1970) was an Italian playwright, librettist, stage and film director.

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Glasgow

Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.

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Glenn Miller

Alton Glen "Glenn" Miller (March 1, 1904; disappeared December 15, 1944; declared dead December 16, 1945) was an American big band conductor, arranger, composer, trombone player, and recording artist before and during World War II, when he was an officer in the US Army Air Forces.

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Hampstead

Hampstead is an area in London, England, which lies northwest of Charing Cross, and extends from the A5 road (Roman Watling Street) to Hampstead Heath, a large, hilly expanse of parkland.

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Henry Stephens Salt

Henry Shakespear Stephens Salt (20 September 1851 – 19 April 1939) was a British writer and campaigner for social reform in the fields of prisons, schools, economic institutions, and the treatment of animals.

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Hindustani Lal Sena

Hindustani Lal Sena (हिन्दुस्तानि लाल सेना, 'Indian Red Army') was an anticolonial guerrilla group in India.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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Howard Winstone

Howard Winstone, MBE (15 April 1939 – 30 September 2000) was a Welsh world champion boxer, born in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.

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Hugh Masekela

Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz".

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Indian National Congress

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Italian invasion of Albania

The Italian invasion of Albania was a brief military campaign which was launched by the Kingdom of Italy against the Albanian Kingdom in 1939.

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Jason Miller (playwright)

Jason Miller (born John Anthony Miller Jr.; April 22, 1939May 13, 2001) was an American playwright and actor.

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Jewish Telegraphic Agency

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) is an international news agency and wire service that primarily covers Judaism- and Jewish-related topics and news.

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Joaquín García Morato

Joaquín García-Morato y Castaño, 1st Count of Jarama (4 May 1904 – 4 April 1939) was the most successful Nationalist fighter pilot of the Spanish Civil War.

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João Bernardo Vieira

João Bernardo "Nino" Vieira (27 April 1939 – 2 March 2009) was a Bissau-Guinean politician who served as President of Guinea-Bissau from 1980 to 1999, except for a three-day period in May 1984, and from 2005 until his assassination in 2009.

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Joe Louis

Joseph Louis Barrow (May 13, 1914 – April 12, 1981) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1934 to 1951.

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John Foulds

John Herbert Foulds (2 November 1880 – 25 April 1939) was an English cellist and composer of classical music.

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John Hancock Financial

John Hancock Life Insurance Company, U.S.A. is a Boston-based insurance company.

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John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon

John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, (28 February 1873 – 11 January 1954) was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second World War.

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John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck --> (February 27, 1902 – December 20, 1968) was an American writer.

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Johnson Wax Headquarters

Johnson Wax Headquarters is the world headquarters and administration building of S. C. Johnson & Son in Racine, Wisconsin.

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Joseph Lyons

Joseph Aloysius Lyons (15 September 1879 – 7 April 1939) was an Australian politician who was the tenth prime minister of Australia, in office from 1932 until his death in 1939.

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Judy Carne

Joyce Audrey Botterill (27 April 1939 – 3 September 2015), known professionally as Judy Carne, was an English actress best remembered for the phrase "Sock it to me!" on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.

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Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general and statesman.

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Kansas

Kansas is a landlocked state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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László Bárdossy

László Bárdossy de Bárdos (10 December 1890 – 10 January 1946) was a Hungarian diplomat and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from April 1941 to March 1942.

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Le Havre

Le Havre (Lé Hâvre) is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France.

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League of Nations

The League of Nations (LN or LoN; Société des Nations, SdN) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace.

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Lee Majors

Lee Majors (born Harvey Lee Yeary; April 23, 1939) is an American actor.

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Leka, Crown Prince of Albania

Leka, Crown Prince of Albania (also known as King Leka I; 5 April 193930 November 2011), was the only son of King Zog I and Queen Geraldine of Albania.

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Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial is a U.S. national memorial that honors the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

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Long Branch, New Jersey

Long Branch is a beachside city in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Lou Gehrig

Henry Louis Gehrig Jr. (born Heinrich Ludwig Gehrig Jr.; June 19, 1903June 2, 1941) was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees (1923–1939).

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Madrid

Madrid is the capital and most populous city of Spain.

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Marian Anderson

Marian Anderson (February 27, 1897April 8, 1993) was an American contralto.

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Marvin Gaye

Marvin Pentz Gaye Jr. (April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American soul and R&B singer, songwriter, and musician.

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Mashhad

Mashhad (مشهد) is the second-most-populous city in Iran, located in the relatively remote north-east of the country about from Tehran.

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Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil (Merthyr Tudful) is the main town in Merthyr Tydfil County Borough, Wales, administered by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.

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Messerschmitt Me 209

The first Messerschmitt Me 209 was a single-engine racing aircraft which was designed for and succeeded at breaking speed records.

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Michigan

Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes region of the Upper Midwest region of the United States.

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Military Training Act 1939

The Military Training Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 25) was an Act of Parliament passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 26 May 1939, in a period of international tension that led to World War II.

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Moonlight Serenade

"Moonlight Serenade" is an American swing ballad composed by Glenn Miller with subsequent lyrics by Mitchell Parish.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictatorship.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Neville Chamberlain

Arthur Neville Chamberlain (18 March 18699 November 1940) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party from May 1937 to October 1940.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York Yankees

The New York Yankees are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of the Bronx.

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Northampton

Northampton is a town and civil parish in Northamptonshire, England.

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Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland (Tuaisceart Éireann; Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland that is variously described as a country, province or region.

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Nuremberg Laws

The Nuremberg Laws (Nürnberger Gesetze) were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany on 15 September 1935, at a special meeting of the Reichstag convened during the annual Nuremberg Rally of the Nazi Party.

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Oliver Percy Bernard

Oliver Percy Bernard OBE MC (8 April 1881 – 15 April 1939) was an English architect, and scenic, graphic and industrial designer.

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Olivia de Havilland

Dame Olivia Mary de Havilland (July 1, 1916July 26, 2020) was a British and American actress.

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Opening Day

Opening Day is the day on which professional baseball leagues begin their regular season.

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Paul Sorvino

Paul Anthony Sorvino (April 13, 1939 – July 25, 2022) was an American actor.

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Peter Patton

Major Bethune Minet "Peter" Patton (5 March 1876 – 10 April 1939) was an English ice hockey player and administrator.

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Phil Niekro

Philip Henry Niekro (April 1, 1939 – December 26, 2020), nicknamed "Knucksie", was an American baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays.

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Portsmouth

Portsmouth is a port city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England.

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Portuguese Guinea

Portuguese Guinea (Guiné Portuguesa), called the Overseas Province of Guinea from 1951 until 1972 and then State of Guinea from 1972 until 1974, was a West African colony of Portugal from 1588 until 10 September 1974, when it gained independence as Guinea-Bissau.

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Pound Ridge, New York

Pound Ridge is a town in Westchester County, New York, United States.

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President of France

The president of France, officially the president of the French Republic (Président de la République française), is the executive head of state of France, and the commander-in-chief of the French Armed Forces.

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Prime Minister of Albania

The prime minister of Albania (Kryeministri i Shqipërisë), officially the prime minister of the Republic of Albania (Kryeministri i Republikës së Shqipërisë), is the head of government of Albania.

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Prime Minister of Australia

The prime minister of Australia is the head of government of the Commonwealth of Australia.

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Racine, Wisconsin

Racine is a city in and the county seat of Racine County, Wisconsin, United States.

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Rajendra Prasad

Rajendra Prasad (born Rajendra Prasad Srivastava; 3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was an Indian politician, lawyer, journalist and scholar who served as the first president of India from 1950 to 1962.

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Ralph Guldahl

Ralph J. Guldahl (November 22, 1911 – June 11, 1987) was an American professional golfer, one of the top five players in the sport from 1936 to 1940.

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Reichstag (Nazi Germany)

The Reichstag ("Diet of the Realm"), officially the Greater German Reichstag (Großdeutscher Reichstag) after 1938, was the national parliament of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945.

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Retrosheet

Retrosheet is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose website features box scores of Major League Baseball (MLB) games from 1906 to the present, and play-by-play narratives for almost every contest since the 1930s.

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Robert Menzies

Sir Robert Gordon Menzies (20 December 1894 – 15 May 1978) was an Australian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th prime minister of Australia from 1939 to 1941 and 1949 to 1966.

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Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeast Europe.

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San Jacinto Monument

The San Jacinto Monument is a column located on the Houston Ship Channel in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, about 16 miles due east of downtown Houston.

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Seamus Heaney

Seamus Justin Heaney (13 April 1939 – 30 August 2013) was an Irish poet, playwright and translator.

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Shefqet Vërlaci

Shefqet Vërlaci bej (15 December 1877, Elbasan, Manastir Vilayet, Ottoman Empire (modern day Albania)– 21 July 1946, Zürich, Switzerland), also known as Shevket Verlaci, was an Albanian politician and wealthy landowner.

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Simon Napier-Bell

Simon Robert Napier-Bell (born 22 April 1939) is an English record producer, music manager, author and journalist.

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Slovak Republic (1939–1945)

The (First) Slovak Republic ((Prvá) Slovenská republika), otherwise known as the Slovak State (Slovenský štát), was a partially-recognized clerical fascist client state of Nazi Germany which existed between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945 in Central Europe.

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Social Democrats (Denmark)

The Social Democrats (Socialdemokratiet) is a social democratic political party in Denmark.

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South Africa

South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.

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Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War (Guerra Civil Española) was a military conflict fought from 1936 to 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists.

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Spider Martin

James "Spider" Martin (April 1, 1939 – April 8, 2003) was an American photographer known for his work documenting the American Civil Rights Movement in 1965, specifically Bloody Sunday and other incidents from the Selma to Montgomery marches.

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Stepney

Stepney is an area in London, England located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.

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Strange Fruit

"Strange Fruit" is a song written and composed by Abel Meeropol (under his pseudonym Lewis Allan) and recorded by Billie Holiday in 1939.

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Subhas Chandra Bose

Subhas Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – 18 August 1945) was an Indian nationalist whose defiance of British authority in India made him a hero among many Indians, but his wartime alliances with Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan left a legacy vexed by authoritarianism, anti-Semitism, and military failure.

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Teatro Argentina

The Teatro Argentina (directly translating to "Theatre Argentina") is an opera house and theatre located in Largo di Torre Argentina, a square in Rome, Italy.

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Ted Kooser

Theodore J. Kooser (born 25 April 1939) is an American poet.

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Ted Williams

Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002) was an American professional baseball player and manager.

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Tenterden

Tenterden is a town and civil parish in the Borough of Ashford in Kent, England.

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Teodoro R. Yangco

Teodoro Rafael "Theo" Arguelles Yangco (November 9, 1861 – April 20, 1939) was a Filipino businessman who served in a variety of public and civic offices and was considered to be the foremost Filipino philanthropist of his time.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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The Boat Race 1939

The 91st Boat Race took place on 1 April 1939.

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The Daily Advertiser (Wagga Wagga)

The Daily Advertiser is the regional newspaper which services Wagga Wagga, New South Wales Australia and much of the surrounding region.

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The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath is an American realist novel written by John Steinbeck and published in 1939.

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The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany is a book by American journalist William L. Shirer in which the author chronicles the rise and fall of Nazi Germany from the birth of Adolf Hitler in 1889 to the end of World War II in Europe in 1945.

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Tirana

Tirana (Tirona) is the capital and largest city of Albania.

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Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto.

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Trieste

Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy.

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University of Cambridge

The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.

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Victor Emmanuel III

Victor Emmanuel III (11 November 1869 – 28 December 1947), born Vittorio Emanuele Ferdinando Maria Gennaro di Savoia, was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946.

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Walery Sławek

Walery Jan Sławek (2 November 1879 – 3 April 1939) was a Polish politician, freemason, military officer and activist, who in the early 1930s served three times as Prime Minister of Poland.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Wembley Stadium (1923)

The original Wembley Stadium (originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a football stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches.

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West Hampstead

West Hampstead is an area in the London Borough of Camden in north-west London.

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West London

West London is the western part of London, England, north of the River Thames, west of the City of London, and extending to the Greater London boundary.

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Wilhelmshaven

Wilhelmshaven (Wilhelm's Harbour; Northern Low Saxon: Willemshaven) is a coastal town in Lower Saxony, Germany.

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Witbank

Witbank, officially eMalahleni, is a city situated on the Highveld of Mpumalanga, South Africa, within the Emalahleni Local Municipality.

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Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club (commonly referred to as Wolves) is a professional football club based in Wolverhampton, the Black Country, England.

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Wrigley Field (Los Angeles)

Wrigley Field was a ballpark in Los Angeles, California.

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Wyandotte, Michigan

Wyandotte is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan.

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Zeesen short-wave transmitter (1931)

The Zeesen short-wave transmitter was a 70-metre-high shortwave radio transmission mast constructed at Zeesen in Germany in 1931.

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Zog I

Zog I (Ahmed Muhtar Zogolli; 8 October 18959 April 1961) was the leader of Albania from 1922 to 1939.

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1939 Belgian general election

General elections were held in Belgium on 2 April 1939.

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1939 Danish Folketing election

Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 3 April 1939,Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p524 except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 19 April.

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1939 FA Cup final

The 1939 FA Cup final was contested by Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Wembley.

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1939 Masters Tournament

The 1939 Masters Tournament was the sixth Masters Tournament, held from March 31 to April 2 at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia.

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1939 New York World's Fair

The 1939–1940 New York World's Fair was a world's fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States.

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1939 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1939 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the Boston Bruins and the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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See also

1939

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_1939

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