WHAT HAPPENED IN 1939.
Look what happened the 1939.

World War II: The Battle of Kępa Oksywska concludes, with Polish losses reaching roughly 14% of all the forces engaged. (19. September 1939)

Romanian Prime Minister Armand Călinescu is assassinated by far-right legionnaires of the fascist paramilitary organization called the Iron Guard. (21. September 1939)

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

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

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

General Władysław Sikorski becomes commander-in-chief of the Polish Government in exile. (30. September 1939)

NBC broadcasts the first televised American football game between the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets and the Fordham Rams. Fordham won the game 34-7. (30. September 1939)

After a one-month Siege of Warsaw, hostile Nazi forces enter the city. (1. October 1939)

World War II: Germany's invasion of Poland ends with the surrender of Polesia army after the Battle of Kock (6. October 1939)

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

The German submarine U-47 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland. (14. October 1939)

The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated. (15. October 1939)

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

Pope Pius XII publishes his first major encyclical entitled Summi Pontificatus. (20. October 1939)

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

The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world. (1. November 1939)

World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents. (4. November 1939)

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

Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans. (8. November 1939)

In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch. (8. November 1939)