What Happened In October 1939 In History

Historical Events for October, 1939

• 1st » After a one-month Siege of Warsaw (1939) called Siege of Warsaw, hostile Nazi forces enter the city.
• 8th » World War II: Germany annexes Western Poland.
• 14th » The GS U-47 1938 6 sinks the British battleship HMS Royal Oak 08 6 within her harbour at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
• 15th » The New York Municipal Airport (later renamed LaGuardia Airport) is dedicated.
• 16th » World War II: First attack on British territory by the Nazi Germany named German Luftwaffe.
• 20th » Pope Pius XII publishes his first major encyclical entitled 'Summi Pontificatus'.
• 23rd » The Japanese Mitsubishi G4M twin-engine "Betty" Bomber makes its maiden flight.

Famous Birthdays on October in 1939

• 1st » George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
• 1st » Geoffrey Whitehead, English actor
• 3rd » Bob Armstrong, American wrestler
• 4th » Ivan Mauger, New Zealand motorcycle racer
• 5th » Marie-Claire Blais, Canadian author and playwright
• 5th » Marie Laforêt, French-Swiss singer and actress
• 5th » Walter Wolf, Austrian-Canadian businessman, founded Walter Wolf Racing
• 5th » Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino jurist
• 6th » Jack Cullen, American baseball player
• 6th » Richard Delgado, American legal academic
• 6th » John J. LaFalce, American politician
• 7th » John Hopcroft, American computer scientist and author
• 7th » Clive James, Australian television host and author
• 7th » Harry Kroto, English chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry called Nobel Prize laureate
• 7th » Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, Congolese cardinal
• 7th » Bill Snyder, American football player and coach
• 8th » Paul Hogan, Australian actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 8th » Elvīra Ozoliņa, Latvian javelin thrower
• 8th » Harvey Pekar, American author and critic (d. 2010)
• 8th » Lynne Stewart, American lawyer
• 9th » O. V. Wright, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 1980)
• 10th » Joe Pitts, American captain and politician
• 11th » Maria Bueno, Brazilian tennis player
• 11th » Austin Currie, Irish politician
• 13th » Larry Bowie (guard) e.g Larry Bowie, American football player (d. 2012)
• 13th » T. J. Cloutier, American poker player
• 13th » Melinda Dillon, American actress
• 14th » Ralph Lauren, American fashion designer, founded the Ralph Lauren Corporation
• 14th » Rocky Thompson (golfer) named Rocky Thompson, American golfer
• 16th » Joe Dolan, Irish singer (d. 2007)
• 18th » Flavio Cotti, Swiss politician, 82nd President of the Swiss Confederation
• 18th » Mike Ditka, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
• 18th » Ted Boy Marino, Italian-Brazilian wrestler and actor (d. 2012)
• 18th » Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963)
• 22nd » Joaquim Chissano, Mozambican politician, 2nd President of Mozambique
• 22nd » George Cohen, English footballer
• 22nd » Jean-Pierre Desthuilliers, French author and poet
• 22nd » Susumu Kurobe, Japanese actor
• 22nd » Tony Roberts (actor) named Tony Roberts, American actor and singer
• 23rd » Stanley Anderson, American actor
• 23rd » C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province
• 24th » F. Murray Abraham, American actor
• 25th » Zelmo Beaty, American basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
• 25th » Fred Marcellino, American author and illustrator (d. 2001)
• 25th » Nikos Nikolaidis, Greek director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2007)
• 25th » Robin Spry, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2005)
• 27th » John Cleese, English actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 27th » Suzy Covey, American scholar and academic (d. 2007)
• 28th » Jane Alexander, American actress and producer
• 28th » Andy Bey, American singer and pianist
• 28th » Miroslav Cerar, Slovenian gymnast
• 30th » Jean Chapman, English author
• 30th » Leland H. Hartwell, American biologist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 30th » Eddie Holland, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 30th » Grace Slick, American singer-songwriter and model (Jefferson Airplane, Jefferson Starship, and The Great Society (band) or The Great Society)
• 31st » Ron Rifkin, American actor
• 31st » Ali Farka Touré, Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2006)

Famous Deaths for October 1939

• 7th » Harvey Williams Cushing, American neurosurgeon (b. 1869)
• 23rd » Zane Grey, American dentist and author (b. 1872)
• 28th » Alice Brady, American actress and singer (b. 1892)
• 29th » Dwight B. Waldo, American historian and academic (b. 1864)
• 31st » Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist, author, and educator (b. 1884)

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