Month April 1939 Calendar

About Month of April Calendar

• April is the fourth month of the year in the Gregorian calendar, the fifth in the early Julian and one of four months with a length of 30 days. April is commonly associated with the season of spring in parts of the Northern hemisphere and autumn in parts of the Southern hemisphere, where it is the seasonal equivalent to October in the Northern hemisphere and vice versa.
  
  April symbols: The birthstone for April is the diamond. The birth flower is typically listed as either the Daisy (Bellis perennis) or the Sweet Pea. The zodiac signs for the month of April are Aries (until April 20) and Taurus (April 21 onwards).

Historical Events for April, 1939

• Day of Week 1st » Spanish Civil War: Generalissimo Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Francoist Spain Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Second Spanish Republic Republican forces surrender.
• Day of Week 4th » Faisal II of Iraq e.g Faisal II becomes King of Iraq.
• Day of Week 7th » World War II: Italy invades Albania.
• Day of Week 14th » 'The Grapes of Wrath', by American author John Steinbeck is first published by the Viking Press.
• Day of Week 20th » Billie Holiday records the first civil rights song "Strange Fruit".

Famous Birthdays on April in 1939

• 1st » Rudolph Isley, American singer-songwriter (The Isley Brothers)
• 1st » Ali MacGraw, American actress
• 1st » Phil Niekro, American baseball player and manager
• 2nd » Marvin Gaye, American singer-songwriter (The Moonglows) (d. 1984)
• 2nd » Anthony Lake, American diplomat and academic, 18th United States National Security Advisor
• 2nd » Lise Thibault, Canadian politician, 27th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 3rd » François de Roubaix, French composer (d. 1975)
• 3rd » Hawk Taylor, American baseball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Paul Craig Roberts, American economist
• 4th » JoAnne Carner, American golfer
• 4th » Major Lance, American singer (d. 1994)
• 4th » Hugh Masekela, South African singer-songwriter and trumpet player
• 4th » Ernie Terrell, American boxer and singer
• 5th » Crispian St. Peters, English singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 5th » Ronald White, American singer-songwriter (The Miracles) (d. 1995)
• 6th » André Ouellet, Canadian politician, 1st Minister of Foreign Affairs (Canada) known as Minister of Foreign Affairs for Canada
• 6th » John Sculley, American businessman
• 7th » Francis Ford Coppola, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 7th » David Frost, English journalist and game show host (d. 2013)
• 7th » Gary Kellgren, American record producer, co-founded Record Plant (d. 1977)
• 7th » Brett Whiteley, Australian avant-garde artist (d. 1992)
• 7th » Vaçe Zela, Albanian-Swiss singer and guitarist (d. 2014)
• 8th » Manolis Angelopoulos, Greek singer (d. 1989)
• 8th » John Arbuthnott (microbiologist) or John Arbuthnott, Scottish microbiologist and academic
• 8th » Mary Leona Gage, American model and actress, Miss USA 1957 (d. 2010)
• 8th » Trina Schart Hyman, American author and illustrator (d. 2004)
• 9th » Michael Learned, American actress
• 10th » Claudio Magris, Italian author
• 11th » Luther Johnson (Guitar Junior) named Luther Johnson, American singer and guitarist
• 11th » Louise Lasser, American actress
• 12th » Alan Ayckbourn, English director and playwright
• 12th » Johnny Raper, Australian rugby player and coach
• 13th » Seamus Heaney, Irish poet and playwright, Nobel Prize in Literature known as Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013)
• 13th » Paul Sorvino, American actor
• 15th » Marty Wilde, English singer-songwriter and actor
• 16th » John Amabile (American football) or John Amabile, American football player and coach (d. 2012)
• 16th » John Delafose, American accordion player (d. 1994)
• 16th » Boris Dvornik, Croatian actor (d. 2008)
• 16th » Dusty Springfield, English singer and producer (The Lana Sisters and The Springfields) (d. 1999)
• 17th » Robert Miller (art dealer) e.g Robert Miller, American art dealer (d. 2011)
• 18th » William McKay (administrator) named William McKay, English academic
• 18th » Thomas J. Moyer, American jurist
• 19th » E. Clay Shaw, Jr., American accountant and politician (d. 2013)
• 20th » Peter S. Beagle, American author and screenwriter
• 20th » Ray Brooks (actor) known as Ray Brooks, English actor
• 20th » Gro Harlem Brundtland, Norwegian physician and politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Norway
• 20th » José Alves da Costa, Brazilian bishop (d. 2012)
• 20th » Johnny Tillotson, American singer-songwriter
• 21st » John McCabe (composer) called John McCabe, English pianist and composer
• 21st » Sister Helen Prejean, American author and activist
• 22nd » Mel Carter, American singer and actor
• 22nd » John Chilcot, English civil servant
• 22nd » John Foley (British Army general) e.g John Foley, English general and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey
• 22nd » Ray Guy (humorist) known as Ray Guy, Canadian journalist (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Jason Miller (playwright) or Jason Miller, American actor and playwright (d. 2001)
• 22nd » Ann Mitchell, English actress
• 22nd » Theodor Waigel, German lawyer and politician, Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany) called German Federal Minister of Finance
• 23rd » Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter
• 23rd » Bill Hagerty, English journalist
• 23rd » Lee Majors, American actor
• 23rd » Ray Peterson, American singer (d. 2005)
• 25th » Tarcisio Burgnich, Italian footballer and manager
• 25th » Ted Kooser, American poet
• 25th » Richard Lapthorne, English businessman
• 25th » Michael Llewellyn-Smith, English academic and diplomat
• 25th » Robert Skidelsky, Baron Skidelsky, Chinese-English historian and academic
• 25th » Veronica Sutherland, English academic and diplomat
• 27th » Judy Carne, English actress
• 27th » Stanisław Dziwisz, Polish cardinal
• 27th » Jerry Mercer, Canadian drummer (Mashmakhan and April Wine)

Famous Deaths for April 1939

• 7th » Joseph Lyons, Australian politician, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (b. 1879)
• 24th » Louis Trousselier, French cyclist (b. 1881)
• 30th » Frank Haller, American boxer (b. 1883)

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