What Happened In November 1939 In History

Historical Events for November, 1939

• 1st » The first rabbit born after artificial insemination is exhibited to the world.
• 4th » World War II: U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt named Franklin D. Roosevelt orders the United States Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Acts of 1930s or Neutrality Act of 1939, allowing cash-and-carry purchases of weapons by belligerents.
• 6th » World War II: Sonderaktion Krakau takes place.
• 8th » Venlo Incident: Two British agents of Secret Intelligence Service called SIS are captured by the Germans.
• 8th » In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
• 15th » In Washington, D.C., US President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.
• 23rd » World War II: HMS Rawalpindi HMS 'Rawalpindi' is sunk by the German battleships ship German battleship Scharnhorst 2 and ship German battleship Gneisenau 2.
• 26th » Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
• 30th » Winter War: Soviet Union or Soviet forces cross the Finland or Finnish border in several places and bomb Helsinki and several other Finnish cities, starting the war.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1939

• 1st » Barbara Bosson, American actress
• 2nd » Pauline Neville-Jones, Baroness Neville-Jones, English politician
• 2nd » Richard Serra, American sculptor
• 4th » Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator
• 4th » Michael Meacher, English academic and politician
• 5th » Lobsang Tenzin, Singaporean religious leader, 5th Samdhong Rinpoche
• 6th » Michael Schwerner, American activist (d. 1964)
• 6th » Leonardo Quisumbing, Filipino lawyer and jurist
• 8th » Elizabeth Dawn, English actress
• 9th » Paul Cameron, American psychologist and academic
• 9th » Bryan Davies, Baron Davies of Oldham, English academic and politician
• 10th » Anscar Chupungco, Filipino monk and theologian (d. 2013)
• 10th » Russell Means, American actor and activist (d. 2012)
• 10th » Allan Moffat, Canadian-Australian race car driver
• 11th » Denise Alexander, American actress and producer
• 11th » Abdelmajid Lakhal, Tunisian actor and director (d. 2014)
• 11th » Harihar Swain, Indian politician (d. 2012)
• 12th » Ruby Nash Garnett, American singer (Ruby & the Romantics)
• 12th » Terry McDonald (footballer) or Terry McDonald, English footballer
• 12th » Lucia Popp, Slovak soprano (d. 1993)
• 13th » Karel Brückner, Czech footballer and manager
• 13th » Idris Muhammad, American drummer and composer (d. 2014)
• 14th » Wendy Carlos, American keyboard player and composer
• 16th » Michael Billington, English author and critic
• 17th » Auberon Waugh, English journalist and author (d. 2001)
• 18th » Margaret Atwood, Canadian poet, author, and critic
• 18th » Bill Giles (meteorologist) e.g Bill Giles, English meteorologist
• 18th » Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, English journalist and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
• 18th » Amanda Lear, Hong Kong-French singer-songwriter and actress
• 18th » Brenda Vaccaro, American actress
• 19th » Emil Constantinescu, Romanian academic and politician, 3rd President of Romania
• 19th » Tom Harkin, American pilot, lawyer, and politician
• 19th » Ghada Karmi, Palestinian physician and academic
• 19th » Jane Mansbridge, American political scientist
• 19th » Richard Zare, American chemist and academic
• 20th » Dick Smothers, American actor and singer (Smothers Brothers)
• 21st » R. Budd Dwyer, American educator and politician, 30th Treasurer of Pennsylvania (d. 1987)
• 22nd » Allen Garfield, American actor
• 22nd » Tom West, American engineer and author (d. 2011)
• 22nd » Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, 24th Minister of Defence (India) called Indian Minister of Defence
• 23rd » Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (d. 2001)
• 25th » Martin Feldstein, American economist and academic
• 25th » Eleni Karaindrou, Greek composer
• 26th » Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
• 26th » Wayland Flowers, American actor and puppeteer (d. 1988)
• 26th » John Gummer, English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment
• 26th » Mark Margolis, American actor
• 26th » Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, Irish-Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
• 26th » Art Themen, English saxophonist and surgeon
• 26th » Tina Turner, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress (Ike & Tina Turner)
• 27th » Dave Giusti, American baseball player and manager
• 27th » Tony Green, English sportscaster
• 27th » Laurent-Désiré Kabila, Congolese politician, List of heads of state of the Democratic Republic of the Congo called President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (d. 2001)
• 29th » Meco, American trombonist and producer
• 29th » Peter Bergman (comedian) or Peter Bergman, American actor and screenwriter (d. 2012)

Famous Deaths for November 1939

• 3rd » Charles Tournemire, French organist and composer (b. 1870)
• 11th » Bob Marshall (wilderness activist) named Bob Marshall, American author and activist (b. 1901)
• 11th » Jan Opletal, Czech student and activist (b. 1915)
• 12th » Norman Bethune, Canadian physician and humanitarian (b. 1890)
• 16th » Pierce Butler (justice) e.g Pierce Butler, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1866)
• 28th » James Naismith, Canadian-American creator of basketball (b. 1861)
• 29th » Philipp Scheidemann, German politician, 10th Chancellor of Germany (b. 1865)

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