WHAT ALL HAPPENED MARCH TO APRIL 1939
Find out what all happened March to April 1939

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

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

Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender. (1. April 1939)

Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday is celebrated as a national holiday in Nazi Germany. (20. April 1939)

Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli is elected Pope and takes the name Pius XII. (2. March 1939)

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

NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address. (30. April 1939)

From Prague Castle, Hitler proclaims Bohemia and Moravia a German protectorate. (16. March 1939)

Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Francisco Franco conquers Madrid after a three-year siege. (28. March 1939)

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

Marian Anderson sings at the Lincoln Memorial, after being denied the right to sing at the Daughters of the American Revolution's Constitution Hall. (9. April 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)

Second Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Nanchang between the Kuomintang and Japan begins, (17. March 1939)

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

Faisal II becomes King of Iraq. (4. April 1939)

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

World War II: German troops occupy the remaining part of Bohemia and Moravia; Czechoslovakia ceases to exist. (15. March 1939)

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

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

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