WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO AUGUST 1939
Find out what all happened March to August 1939

Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the "Missingest Man in New York", is declared legally dead. (6. June 1939)

The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York. (12. June 1939)

Albert Einstein and Leó Szilárd write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon. (2. August 1939)

The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. (15. August 1939)

Marriage of Princess Fawzia of Egypt to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran. (16. March 1939)

World War II: Italy invades Albania. (7. April 1939)

Billie Holiday records the first civil rights song "Strange Fruit". (20. April 1939)

A Japanese Imperial Army ammunition dump explodes at Hirakata, Osaka, Japan, killing 94. (1. March 1939)

Carpatho-Ukraine declares itself an independent republic, but is annexed by Hungary the next day. (15. March 1939)

The U.S. Navy submarine USS Squalus sinks off the coast of New Hampshire during a test dive, causing the death of 24 sailors and two civilian technicians. The remaining 32 sailors and one civilian naval architect are rescued the following day. (23. May 1939)

Lina Medina becomes the youngest confirmed mother in medical history at the age of five. (14. May 1939)

World War II: Germany and the Soviet Union sign a non-aggression treaty, the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, Romania, and Poland are divided between the two nations. (23. August 1939)

First flight of the turbojet-powered Heinkel He 178, the world's first jet aircraft. (27. August 1939)

Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium that he considered himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball. (4. July 1939)

Nazi Germany mounts a staged attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day thus starting World War II in Europe. (31. August 1939)

The Albanian fascist leader Tefik Mborja is appointed as member of the Italian Chamber of Fasces and Corporations. (29. May 1939)

In Mumbai, Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest at the autocratic rule in India. (3. March 1939)

World War II: Germany and Italy sign the Pact of Steel. (22. May 1939)

Slovakia declares independence under German pressure. (14. March 1939)

Siam is renamed Thailand by Plaek Pibulsonggram, the country's third prime minister. (24. June 1939)