WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO OCTOBER 1939
Find out what all happened March to October 1939

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

The Heinkel He 100 fighter sets a world airspeed record of 463 mph (745km/h). (30. March 1939)

World War II: Germany takes Memel from Lithuania. (22. March 1939)

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

The Canadian National War Memorial is unveiled by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in Ottawa. (21. May 1939)

World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland. (8. October 1939)

World War II: The Soviet Union joins Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland during the Polish Defensive War of 1939. (17. September 1939)

The 1939-40 New York World's Fair opens. (30. April 1939)

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

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

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

The Hungarian air force attacks the headquarters of Slovak air force in the city of Spišská Nová Ves, kills 13 people and began the Slovak–Hungarian War. (23. March 1939)

World War II: following the start of the invasion of Poland the previous day, the Free City of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) is annexed by Nazi Germany. (2. September 1939)

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

Warsaw surrenders to Nazi Germany during World War II. (28. September 1939)

World War II: First attack on British territory by the German Luftwaffe. (16. October 1939)

World War II: The Battle of Hel begins, the longest-defended pocket of Polish Army resistance during the German invasion of Poland. (9. September 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)

World War II: South Africa declares war on Germany. (6. September 1939)

World War II: Nazi Germany and Slovakia invade Poland, beginning the European phase of World War II. (1. September 1939)