WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO DECEMBER 1939
Find out what all happened January to December 1939

The Japanese Mitsubishi G4M twin-engine "Betty" Bomber makes its maiden flight. (23. October 1939)

World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, the country's first independent declaration of war (11. September 1939)

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

The Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people. (13. January 1939)

Switzerland mobilizes its forces and the Swiss Parliament elects Henri Guisan to head the Swiss Army (an event that can happen only during war or mobilization). (1. September 1939)

In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial. (15. November 1939)

World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place. (6. November 1939)

Huỳnh Phú Sổ founds Hòa Hảo Buddhism. (4. July 1939)

HMS Duchess sinks after a collision with HMS Barham off the coast of Scotland with the loss of 124 men. (12. December 1939)

New York City's La Guardia Airport opens. (2. December 1939)

World War II: Canada declares war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies – France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. (10. September 1939)

The Grapes of Wrath, by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press. (14. April 1939)

First flight of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter-bomber airplane. (1. June 1939)

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union agree on a division of Poland after their invasion during World War II. (28. September 1939)

Joint victory parade of Wehrmacht and Red Army in Brest-Litovsk at the end of the Invasion of Poland. (22. September 1939)

Gone with the Wind receives its premiere at Loew's Grand Theatre in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (15. December 1939)

The United Kingdom and Poland form a military alliance in which the UK promises to defend Poland in case of invasion by a foreign power. (25. August 1939)

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

World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss. (10. September 1939)

Generalísimo Francisco Franco becomes the 68th "Caudillo de España", or Leader of Spain. (5. February 1939)