WHAT ALL HAPPENED APRIL TO NOVEMBER 1939
Find out what all happened April to November 1939

Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed. (6. July 1939)

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

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

The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.[citation needed ] (13. May 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)

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

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

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

Nine Czech students are executed as a response to anti-Nazi demonstrations prompted by the death of Jan Opletal. In addition, all Czech universities are shut down and over 1200 Czech students sent to concentration camps. Since this event, International Students' Day is celebrated in many countries, especially in the Czech Republic. (17. November 1939)

The Wound Badge for Wehrmacht, SS, Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe soldiers is instituted. The final version of the Iron Cross is also instituted on this date. (1. September 1939)

Burmese national hero U Ottama dies in prison after a hunger strike to protest Britain's colonial government. (9. September 1939)

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

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

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

The Nazi propaganda broadcaster known as Lord Haw-Haw begins transmitting. (18. September 1939)

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

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

Shooting begins on Paramount Pictures' Dr. Cyclops, the first horror film photographed in three-strip Technicolor. (12. June 1939)

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