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| Born : | 05/29/1939 | Al Unser, auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71) |
| Born : | 06/10/1939 | Alexandria Stewart, Montr‚al, actress (In Praise of Older Women) |
| Born : | 04/01/1939 | Ali MacGraw, Pound Ridge NY, actress (Love Story, Goodbye Columbus) |
| Born : | 11/22/1939 | Allen Garfield, Newark NJ, actor (Candidate, Beverly Hills Cop II) |
| Born : | 01/11/1939 | Anne Heggtveigt, Canada, slalom (Olympic-gold-1960) |
| Born : | 05/06/1939 | Anthony Blacker, master-general of Ordnance |
| Born : | 05/13/1939 | Anthony Hide, racehorse trainer |
| Born : | 02/27/1939 | Antoinette Sibley, ballerina |
| Born : | 11/01/1939 | Barbara Bosson, Belle Vernon Pa, actr (Fay-Hill St Blues, Hooperman) |
| Born : | 03/12/1939 | Barbara Feldon, Pitts Pa, actress (Agent 99-Get Smart) |
| Born : | 02/10/1939 | Barbara Kolb, Hartford Ct, composer (Trobar Jus) |
| Born : | 03/02/1939 | Barbara Luna, NYC, actress (5 Weeks in a Balloon, Gentle Savage) |
| Born : | 04/13/1939 | Barbara-Rose Collins, (Rep-D-Michigan) |
| Born : | 02/08/1939 | Barry Mann, singer (Who put the Bump) |
| Born : | 06/11/1939 | Barry Porter, conservative MP |
| Born : | 07/24/1939 | Barry [Norman] Malzberg, sci-fi author (Revelations, Beyond Apollo) |
| Born : | 10/19/1939 | Benita Valente, Delano Calif, soprano (Pamina-Die Zauberfl”te) |
| Born : | 06/08/1939 | Bernie Casey, Wyco WV, actor (Boxcar Bertha, Rent-a-Cop) |
| Born : | 03/23/1939 | Bert Berdis, Pitts, comedian (Tim Conway Show) |
| Born : | 03/14/1939 | Bertrand Blier, France, novelist/director (Going Places) |
| Born : | 01/10/1939 | Bill Toomey, Phila Pa, decathelete (Olympic-gold-68) |
| Born : | 08/09/1939 | Billy Henderson, rocker (Spinners) |
| Born : | 07/24/1939 | Bob Lilly, NFL defensive tackle (Dallas Cowboys) |
| Born : | 09/18/1939 | Bob Whittaker, (Rep-R-KS, 1979- ) |
| Born : | 01/03/1939 | Bobby Hull, NHL forward (Chicago Blackhawk 1957-72) |
| Born : | 02/10/1939 | Boris Pickett, singer (Monster Mash) |
| Born : | 11/18/1939 | Brenda Vaccaro, Bkln NY, actress (Cactus Flower, Sara, Paper Dolls) |
| Born : | 05/26/1939 | Brent Musburger, sportscaster (CBS-TV) |
| Born : | 09/15/1939 | Breyten Breytenbach, South African poet |
| Born : | 07/18/1939 | Brian Auger, London, fusion keyboardist (Befour, Genesis) |
| Born : | 03/20/1939 | Brian Mulroney, (P-C) 18th PM of Canada (1984-93) |
| Born : | 01/05/1939 | Bridget Parker, England, equestrian 3 day event (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 08/22/1939 | Carl Yastrzemski, NY, Boston Red Sox great (1967 AL MVP, Hall of Fame) |
| Born : | 10/15/1939 | Carmelo Bossi, Italy, light middleweight boxer (Olympic-silver-1960) |
| Born : | 08/16/1939 | Carol Shelley, London, actress (Gwendolyn Pidgeon-Odd Couple) |
| Born : | 08/28/1939 | Cassie Mackin, newswoman (NBC TV) |
| Born : | 02/28/1939 | Charles Brown, Cin Oh, featherweight boxer (Olympic-bronze-1964) |
| Born : | 03/05/1939 | Charles Fuller, US writer |
| Born : | 07/01/1939 | Charles Hatcher, (Rep-D-GA, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 06/02/1939 | Charles Miller, rocker (War) |
| Born : | 06/26/1939 | Charles Robb, (Sen-D-Va)/husband of Lynda Bird Johnson |
| Born : | 08/10/1939 | Charles Rose, (Rep-D-North Carolina, 1973- ) |
| Born : | 08/23/1939 | Charles Wardle, MP/under sect of state British home office |
| Born : | 03/18/1939 | Charley Pride, country singer (Sweet Country) |
| Born : | 03/06/1939 | Christopher Bond, (Sen-R Missouri) |
| Born : | 12/19/1939 | Cicely Tyson, NYC, actress (Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman) |
| Born : | 12/15/1939 | Cindy Birdsong, singer (The Supremes) |
| Born : | 08/21/1939 | Clarence Williams III, NYC, actor (Mod Squad, 52 Pick Up, Purple Rain) |
| Born : | 08/09/1939 | Claude Osteen, baseball pitcher (Cin Reds) |
| Born : | 11/11/1939 | Claudia Boyarskikh, USSR, 5K/10K cross country (Olympic-gold-1964) |
| Born : | 04/15/1939 | Claudia Cardinale, Tunis, actress (Blindfold, 8«, Pink Panther) |
| Born : | 06/01/1939 | Cleavon Little, Chickasha Okla, actor (Blazing Saddles, Toy Soldiers) |
| Born : | 07/16/1939 | Corin Redgrave, London, actor (Excalibur, Man For All Seasons |
| Born : | 04/10/1939 | Daniel Oliver, NYC, chairman (Federal Trade Commission) |
| Born : | 09/06/1939 | David Allan Coe, country musician (Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy) |
| Born : | 04/23/1939 | David Birney, Wash DC, actor (Brigette Loves Bernie, St Elsewhere) |
| Born : | 04/07/1939 | David Frost, Tenderdon England, TV host (That Was the Week That Was) |
| Born : | 09/17/1939 | David H Souter, Weir NH, 107th Supreme Court Justice (1990- ) |
| Born : | 09/25/1939 | David Mann, (Rep-D-Ohio) |
| Born : | 03/12/1939 | David Mlinaric, British interior director |
| Born : | 03/06/1939 | David Spielberg, Weslaco Tx, actor (Jessica Novak, The Practice) |
| Born : | 04/05/1939 | David Winters, London England, choreographer (Steve Allen Comedy Hour) |
| Born : | 12/30/1939 | Del Shannon, [Charlie Westover], rocker (Runaway) |
| Born : | 07/01/1939 | Delaney Bramlett, Okla, rocker (Shindogs, Delaney & Bonnie) |
| Born : | 02/03/1939 | Desz” Nowak, Hungary, soccer play (Olympic-gold-1964, 68) |
| Born : | 12/01/1939 | Dianne Lennon, LA Calif, singer (Lennon Sisters) |
| Born : | 11/20/1939 | Dick Smothers, NYC, comedian (Smother Brothers' Show) |
| Born : | 07/18/1939 | Dion DiMucci, Bronx, rocker (Dion & Belmonts-Teenager in Love) |
| Born : | 05/25/1939 | Dixie Carter, actress (Designing Women, Edge of Night) |
| Born : | 12/30/1939 | Doeke Eisma, sociologist/Dutch 2nd chamber member (D66) |
| Born : | 06/17/1939 | Donald Anderson, Labour MP |
| Born : | 04/07/1939 | Donald L Holmquest, Dallas Texas, astronaut |
| Born : | 04/16/1939 | Donald MacCormick, British broadcaster |
| Born : | 10/06/1939 | Douglas K Bereuter, (Rep-R-Nebraska, 1979- ) |
| Born : | 04/16/1939 | Dusty Springfield, London England, rock vocalist (Growing Pains) |
| Born : | 04/19/1939 | E Clay Shaw Jr, (Rep-R-FL, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 05/27/1939 | Earl Cairns, CEO (S G Warburg & Co) |
| Born : | 07/04/1939 | Ed Bernard, Phila, actor (Joe-Police Woman, Jim-White Shadow) |
| Born : | 12/17/1939 | Eddie Kendricks, Alabama, rocker (Temptations-My Girl, Boogie Down) |
| Born : | 08/02/1939 | Edward Pattern, Atlanta Ga, singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips) |
| Born : | 07/30/1939 | Eleanor Smeal, heads National Organization for Women |
| Born : | 08/30/1939 | Elizabeth Ashley, Ocala Florida, actress (Coma, Evening Shade) |
| Born : | 04/30/1939 | Ellen Taafe Zwilich, Miami Florida, (1st woman composer Pulitzer 1982) |
| Born : | 04/19/1939 | Ellen Weston, NYC, actress (Betty-SWAT) |
| Born : | 11/15/1939 | Erik Hansen, Denmark, 1K kayak (Olympic-gold-1960) |
| Born : | 12/14/1939 | Ernest Davis, 1st black to win Heisman Trophy (1961) |
| Born : | 07/31/1939 | France Nuyen, Marselles France, actress (St Elsewhere, Diamond Head) |
| Born : | 04/07/1939 | Francis Ford Coppola, Detroit, director (Godfather, Apocalypse Now) |
| Born : | 05/19/1939 | Francis R Scobee, Wash, USAF/astronaut (STS 41C, 51L-Chal disaster) |
| Born : | 06/12/1939 | Francis X McCloskey, (Rep-D-Indiana) |
| Born : | 06/12/1939 | Frank McCloskey, (Rep-D-IN, 1983- ) |
| Born : | 01/30/1939 | Frank R Wolf, (Rep-R-VA, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 08/04/1939 | Frankie Ford, Gretna La, rock vocalist (Sea Cruise) |
| Born : | 09/18/1939 | Fred Willard, Ohio, comedian (Fernwood 2 Night, Real People) |
| Born : | 11/19/1939 | Garrick Utley, Chic Ill, newscaster (1st Tuesday, NBC Weekend) |
| Born : | 06/06/1939 | Gary "US" Bonds, [Anderson] singer/songwriter (New Orleans) |
| Born : | 11/29/1939 | Gennadiy Volnov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 08/12/1939 | George Hamilton, Memphis Tn, (Love at 1st Bite, Where the Boys Are) |
| Born : | 09/05/1939 | George Lazenby, Goulburn Australia, actor (James Bond) |
| Born : | 03/08/1939 | George William Reed, astronomy writer/cartoonist (Dark Sky Legacy) |
| Born : | 03/02/1939 | Gerard Van Tongeren, singer (Buffoons) |
| Born : | 01/29/1939 | Germaine Greer, Melbourne Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich) |
| Born : | 02/11/1939 | Gerry Goffin, Queens NY, rock lyricist (married Carole King) |
| Born : | 05/24/1939 | Gert J Schutte, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (GPV) |
| Born : | 08/19/1939 | Ginger [Peter] Baker, England, drummer (Cream-White Room) |
| Born : | 10/30/1939 | Grace Slick, Chicago, rock vocalist (Jefferson Airplane-White Rabbit) |
| Born : | 09/10/1939 | Greg Mullavey, Buffalo NY, actor (Tom-Mary Hartman, Rituals) |
| Born : | 06/10/1939 | Guy Harwood, horse trainer |
| Born : | 08/15/1939 | H Onno C R Ruding, director (Amrobank)/Dutch Financial minister (CDA) |
| Born : | 12/14/1939 | Hal Williams, Columbus Ohio, actor (Pvt Benjamin, 227, Sanford & Son) |
| Born : | 03/03/1939 | Hans Pieter Verhagen, poet (Hoepla/Gap of Netherlands) |
| Born : | 05/13/1939 | Harvey Keitel, actor (Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore) |
| Born : | 09/01/1939 | Heinrich Messner, Austria, downhill skier (Olympic-bronze-1972) |
| Born : | 07/06/1939 | Helena Dupont, US, equestrian 3-day even (Olympic-33rd place-1964) |
| Born : | 09/12/1939 | Henry A Waxman, (Rep-D-California, 1975-86) |
| Born : | 06/24/1939 | Henry Lawrence Garett III, Miami Fla, Sect of Navy (1989-92) |
| Born : | 06/08/1939 | Herb Adderley, Phila, NFL hall of famer (Packers, Cowboys) |
| Born : | 08/15/1939 | Herman of Keeken, singer (Daddy run not so fast) |
| Born : | 09/09/1939 | Howard P McKeon, (Rep-R-California) |
| Born : | 11/02/1939 | Howard Wolpe, (Rep-D-MI, 1979- ) |
| Born : | 05/17/1939 | Hugh Dykes, MP |
| Born : | 04/04/1939 | Hugh Masekela, South Africa, trumpeter (I Am Not Afraid) |
| Born : | 07/18/1939 | Hunter S Thompson, writer (Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas) |
| Born : | 05/25/1939 | Ian McKellen, England, actor (Keep, Plenty, Scarlet Pimpernel) |
| Born : | 08/05/1939 | Irene, Princess of Netherlands |
| Born : | 03/10/1939 | Irina Press, USSR, 80m hurdles/Pentathelete (Olympic-gold-1960, 64) |
| Born : | 07/27/1939 | Irv Cross, NFL sportscaster (CBS-TV) |
| Born : | 06/11/1939 | Jackie Stewart, Scotland, driver/sports announcer (27 Grand Prix) |
| Born : | 02/04/1939 | Jacques Charlier, Belgian sculptor |
| Born : | 01/12/1939 | Jacques Hamelink, writer/poet (Cold Unrest) |
| Born : | 12/17/1939 | James Booker, New Orleans, R & B musician (Gonzo) |
| Born : | 03/26/1939 | James Caan, actor (Brian's Song, Killer Elite, Godfather) |
| Born : | 10/03/1939 | James Darren, Phila, actor/singer (Gidget, Diamond Head) |
| Born : | 05/19/1939 | James Fox, England, actor (Greystoke) |
| Born : | 12/08/1939 | James Galway, Belfast Ireland, flutist (18k gold flute, Royal Phil) |
| Born : | 07/27/1939 | James McGee, pathologist/professor (Morbid Anatomy at Oxford) |
| Born : | 05/05/1939 | James R Jones, (Rep-D-OK, 1973- ) |
| Born : | 07/27/1939 | James Victor, Puerto Rico, actor (Boulevard Night, Streets of LA) |
| Born : | 10/28/1939 | Jane Alexander, [Quigley], Mass, actress (Betsy, Kramer vs Kramer) |
| Born : | 02/05/1939 | Jane Bryant Quinn, newscaster/financial writer (Everyone's Money Book) |
| Born : | 02/11/1939 | Jane [Hyatt] Yolen, US, sci-fi author (Spider Jane, Heart's Blood) |
| Born : | 04/22/1939 | Jason Miller, actor/writer (Exorcist, Light of Day) |
| Born : | 03/27/1939 | Jay C Kim, (Rep-R-California) |
| Born : | 07/03/1939 | Jay Tarses, Balt Md, actor/writer (Open All Night, Duck Factory) |
| Born : | 12/08/1939 | Jerry Butler, Miss, rocker (Never Give You Up) |
| Born : | 04/27/1939 | Jerry Mercer, rocker (April Wine) |
| Born : | 01/02/1939 | Jim Bakker, televangelist/rapist (PTL Club) |
| Born : | 03/08/1939 | Jim Bouton, Newark NJ, pitcher (NY Yankees)/author (Ball Four) |
| Born : | 09/27/1939 | Jim Ross Lightfoot, (Rep-R-Iowa, 1985- ) |
| Born : | 05/07/1939 | Jimmy Ruffin, soloist (What Becomes of Broken Hearted) |
| Born : | 02/15/1939 | Jo Clayton, US, sci-fi author (Irsud, Maeve, Star Hunters) |
| Born : | 04/04/1939 | JoAnne Gunderson Carter, Kirkland Wash, golfer (US Women's Open 1971) |
| Born : | 04/04/1939 | Joanne Carner, Kirkland Wash, LPGA golfer (US Open 1970, 76) |
| Born : | 10/22/1939 | Joaquim Chissano, president of Mozambique (1986- ) |
| Born : | 06/05/1939 | Joe Clark, [Charles Joseph], (P-C) 16th Canadian PM (1979-80) |
| Born : | 03/19/1939 | Joe Kapp, NFL QB (Minn Vikings, Boston Patriots, Houston Oilers) |
| Born : | 12/27/1939 | John Amos, Newark NJ, actor (Good Times, Coming to America) |
| Born : | 10/26/1939 | John Arden, England, novelist/playwright (Left Handed Liberty) |
| Born : | 10/27/1939 | John Cleese, comedian/actor (Monty Python, Fawlty Towers) |
| Born : | 08/23/1939 | John Cobb (Britain) drives 365.85 MPH at Bonneville Salt Flats |
| Born : | 02/28/1939 | John Fahey, singer (Transfiguration of Blind Joe Death) |
| Born : | 07/02/1939 | John H Sununu, US Secretary of State (R, 1989-91) |
| Born : | 10/06/1939 | John J LaFalce, (Rep-D-NY, 1975- ) |
| Born : | 01/28/1939 | John M Fabian, Goosecreek Tx, Col USAF/astronaut (STS 7, STS 51G) |
| Born : | 07/31/1939 | John R West, (Gary Lewis & Playboys-This Diamond Ring), rocker |
| Born : | 02/04/1939 | John Schuck, Boston Mass, comedian (McMillan & Wife, Holmes & Yoyo) |
| Born : | 09/05/1939 | John Stewart, San Diego Ca, rocker (Kingston Trio-Fire in the Wind) |
| Born : | 05/03/1939 | Jonathan Harvey, English composer (Bhakti, Music of Stockhausen) |
| Born : | 02/23/1939 | Josef Feistmantl, Austria, lugeist (Olympic-gold-1964) |
| Born : | 09/17/1939 | Joseph Mosikili, South African actor/singer |
| Born : | 05/03/1939 | Jos‚ Torres, US, boxer (Olympics) |
| Born : | 04/27/1939 | Judy Carne, Northhampton Engl, comedienne (Laugh-in, Fair Exchange) |
| Born : | 07/20/1939 | Judy Chicago, [Cohen], Chicago, artist (Dinner Party) |
| Born : | 05/01/1939 | Judy Collins, Seattle Wash, singer (Send in the Clowns, Clouds) |
| Born : | 09/22/1939 | Junko Tabei, Japan, 1st woman to climb Mount Everest |
| Born : | 08/10/1939 | Kate O'Mara, Leicaster England, actress (Caress Morell-Dynasty) |
| Born : | 03/21/1939 | Kathleen Widdoes, Wilmington Del, actress (Without a Trace) |
| Born : | 09/27/1939 | Kathy Whitworth, Monahans Tx, golfer (7 time LPGA Player of Year) |
| Born : | 06/05/1939 | Ken Follett, spy author (Eye of the Needle) |
| Born : | 05/09/1939 | Kenneth Warby, fastest man on water at 300 knots (345 mph) |
| Born : | 02/27/1939 | Kenzo Takada, fashion designer |
| Born : | 07/11/1939 | Larry Laoretti, Mahopac NJ, golfer (US Seniors Open 1992) |
| Born : | 09/29/1939 | Larry Linville, Ojai Calif, actor (Frank Burns-M*A*S*H, Blue Movie) |
| Born : | 09/13/1939 | Larry Speakes, presidential press secretary |
| Born : | 07/07/1939 | Laurie Silvers, horse trainer |
| Born : | 07/10/1939 | Lawrence Pressman, Ky, actor (Man From Atlantis, Hellstrom Chronicle) |
| Born : | 10/18/1939 | Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK assassin, born |
| Born : | 12/01/1939 | Lee Trevino, Dallas Tx, PGA golfer (US Open 1968,71) |
| Born : | 09/30/1939 | Len Cariou, actor (Four Seasons) |
| Born : | 09/25/1939 | Leon Britain, vice president (Commission of European Communities) |
| Born : | 09/01/1939 | Lily Tomlin, Detroit, comedienne/actress (9 to 5, Laugh-in, All of Me) |
| Born : | 12/16/1939 | Liv Ullman, Tokyo Japan, actress (Cries & Whispers, 40 Carats) |
| Born : | 03/31/1939 | Liz Claiborne, Brussels Belgium, fashion designer (women) |
| Born : | 09/11/1939 | Lola Falana, Camden NJ, singer (Liberation of LB Jones) |
| Born : | 04/05/1939 | Lonnie White, vocalist (Smokey Robinson & Miracles-Shop Around) |
| Born : | 04/25/1939 | Lord Lichfield, British photographer |
| Born : | 06/18/1939 | Lou Brock, one-time baseball stolen base leader (St Louis Cards) |
| Born : | 04/11/1939 | Louise Lasser, NYC, actress (Mary Hartman! Mary Hartman!) |
| Born : | 11/12/1939 | Lucia Popp, Uhorsk Ves Czechoslovakia, soprano (Die Zauberfl”te) |
| Born : | 06/10/1939 | Luciana Paluzzi, Rome, actress (Thunderball) |
| Born : | 08/17/1939 | Luther Allison, Arkansas, guitarist (Bad News is Coming) |
| Born : | 03/08/1939 | Lydia Skoblikova, USSR, speed skater (Olympics-6 gold-1960, 64) |
| Born : | 12/26/1939 | Lynn Martin, US politician(?) |
| Born : | 06/18/1939 | Lynn Whiting, horse trainer |
| Born : | 07/02/1939 | M[ichael] A[nthony] Foster, US, sci-fi author (Gameplayers of Zan) |
| Born : | 02/23/1939 | Majel Barrett, Columbus Ohio, actress (Christine Chapel-Star Trek) |
| Born : | 09/24/1939 | Manfred W”rner, Secretary General of NATO |
| Born : | 05/07/1939 | Marco St John, New Orleans La, actor (Rayford-Ball Four) |
| Born : | 06/05/1939 | Margaret Drabble, British author (Needle's Eye) |
| Born : | 04/16/1939 | Margaretha the Farmer, director of queen in Drenthe |
| Born : | 10/11/1939 | Maria Bueno, Sao Paulo Brazil, tennis player (Wimbeldon 1959) |
| Born : | 06/06/1939 | Marian Wright-Edelman, health care president (Childrens Defense Fund) |
| Born : | 03/07/1939 | Marion Marlowe, St Louis Mo, singer (Arthur Godfrey & Friends) |
| Born : | 02/25/1939 | Marisa Mell, Vienna Austria, actress (Masuerade, Casanova) |
| Born : | 03/21/1939 | Martha Hudson, Eastman Ga, 4X100m relayer (Olympic-gold-1960) |
| Born : | 04/15/1939 | Marti Wilder, father of rocker Kim Wilde |
| Born : | 11/25/1939 | Martin Feldstein, economist (1977 John Bates Clark Medal) |
| Born : | 04/02/1939 | Marvin P Gaye Jr, Wash DC, singer (Sexual Healing) |
| Born : | 02/17/1939 | Mary Ann Mobley, Biloxi Ms, Miss America-1959/actr (Diff'rent Strokes) |
| Born : | 01/21/1939 | Mary Ellen McAnally, Illinois, poet (Dance of the Zygotes) |
| Born : | 07/16/1939 | Mary Parkinson, British broadcaster |
| Born : | 07/06/1939 | Mary Peters, England, pentathlete (Olympic-gold-1972) |
| Born : | 12/29/1939 | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, president of Maldives (1978- ) |
| Born : | 01/07/1939 | Maury Povich, TV host (Current Affair, Maury)/Mr Connie Chung |
| Born : | 05/01/1939 | Max Robinson, Richmond VA, black news anchor (ABC Evening News) |
| Born : | 10/13/1939 | Melinda Dillon, Hope Ark, actress (Close Encounters, Slap Shot) |
| Born : | 12/18/1939 | Michael J Moorcock, England, sci-fi author (Alien Heat, Bull & Spear) |
| Born : | 05/30/1939 | Michael J Pollard, Passaic NJ, actor (Bonny & Clyde, Roxanne) |
| Born : | 04/09/1939 | Michael Learned, Wash DC, actress (Olivia-Waltons, Nurse) |
| Born : | 07/02/1939 | Michael N Castle, (Rep-R-Delaware) |
| Born : | 10/18/1939 | Mike Ditka, coach/tight-end (Bears, Cowboys, NFL rookie year 1961) |
| Born : | 02/06/1939 | Mike Farrell, St Paul Minn, actor (BJ Honeycutt-M*A*S*H, Battered) |
| Born : | 03/08/1939 | Mike Lowry, (Rep-D-WA, 1979- ) |
| Born : | 09/22/1939 | Mike Sullivan, (Gov-Wyoming) |
| Born : | 09/29/1939 | Mylene Demongeot, Nice France, actress (Just Another Pretty Face) |
| Born : | 03/29/1939 | Nancy Kwan, Hong Kong, actress (Flower Drum Song, Night Creature) |
| Born : | 05/29/1939 | Nanette Newman, writer/actress (Endless Game, Of Human Bondage) |
| Born : | 03/13/1939 | Neil Sedaka, Bkln NY, singer/songwriter (Breaking Up is Hard to Do) |
| Born : | 12/17/1939 | Novella Nelson, Bkln NY, actress (Nellie Cole-Chiefs) |
| Born : | 02/15/1939 | Ollie Ellefs„ter, Norway, 3K steeplechase (Olympics-1960) |
| Born : | 05/08/1939 | Otis Paul Drayton, Glen Cove NY, 4x100m runner (Olympic-gold-1964) |
| Born : | 07/15/1939 | Patrick Wayne, LA Calif, actor (Rounder, Shirley, Beyond Atlantis) |
| Born : | 02/01/1939 | Paul E Gillmor, (Rep-R-Ohio) |
| Born : | 10/08/1939 | Paul Hogan, Australia, actor (Crocodile Dundee) |
| Born : | 07/02/1939 | Paul Williams, rocker (Temptations-My Girl) |
| Born : | 03/04/1939 | Paula Prentiss [Ragusa], San Ant Tx, actress (Parallax View, He & She) |
| Born : | 11/02/1939 | Pauline Neville-Jones, English diplomat |
| Born : | 07/30/1939 | Peter Bogdanovich, director/producer (Last Picture Show) |
| Born : | 02/27/1939 | Peter Revson, auto racer (1971 Indianapolis pole winner) |
| Born : | 08/08/1939 | Phil Balsley, Va, country singer (Statler Bros-Flowers on the Wall) |
| Born : | 06/03/1939 | Phil Gallie, MP |
| Born : | 04/01/1939 | Phil Niekro, knuckleball pitcher (NY Yankees, Atlanta Braves) |
| Born : | 12/26/1939 | Phil Spector, record producer (Wall of Sound) |
| Born : | 03/26/1939 | Phillip R Allen, Pitts, actor (Harry-Hardy Boys Mystery, Mitch-Alice) |
| Born : | 10/09/1939 | Pierre Mertens, French/Belgian writer (Lettres Clandestines) |
| Born : | 09/30/1939 | Piet M Blauw, Dutch 2nd chamber member (VVD) |
| Born : | 09/14/1939 | Piet R Stoffelen, ambassador/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) |
| Born : | 04/30/1939 | Pieter van Vollenhoven, husband of Dutch Princess Margriet |
| Born : | 05/09/1939 | Ralph Harold Boston, Laurel MS, long jumper (Olympic-gold-60) |
| Born : | 10/14/1939 | Ralph Lauren, fashion designer (Chaps) |
| Born : | 04/23/1939 | Ray Peterson, Denton Tx, singer (Tell Laura I Love Her) |
| Born : | 01/24/1939 | Ray Stevens, Clarksdale Ga, singer (Ahab the Arab, The Streak) |
| Born : | 02/21/1939 | Richard Beymer, Iowa, actor (West Side Story, Diary of Anne Frank) |
| Born : | 09/13/1939 | Richard Kiel, Detroit Mich, James Bond adversary |
| Born : | 11/21/1939 | Richard Lenz, Springfield Ill, actor (Hec Ramsey, Scandalous John) |
| Born : | 07/09/1939 | Richard Roundtree, New Rochelle NY, actor (Shaft, Roots) |
| Born : | 03/15/1939 | Robert Nye, writer (Facts of Life & other fiction, 3 Views of Man) |
| Born : | 03/08/1939 | Robert Tear, Barry Wales, tenor (Welsh Natl Opera 1970) |
| Born : | 02/10/1939 | Roberta Flack, NC, vocalist (If Ever I Saw Your Face) |
| Born : | 04/26/1939 | Roger Buckley, British High Court Judge |
| Born : | 05/23/1939 | Ron Stevens, horse trainer |
| Born : | 08/23/1939 | Ronald (Ronny) A Casseres, minister of Dutch Antilles |
| Born : | 07/15/1939 | Ronald Hadfield, chief constable (West Midlands England) |
| Born : | 05/12/1939 | Ronald Ziegler, press secretary (Nixon) |
| Born : | 04/01/1939 | Rudolph Isley, singer (Isley Brothers-Shout) |
| Born : | 05/07/1939 | Rudolphus F M Lubbers, Netherland Premier (CDA) |
| Born : | 03/27/1939 | Ruth Ashton, general secretary (Royal College of Midwives) |
| Born : | 09/07/1939 | S David Griggs, Portland Oregon, astronaut (STS 51D, STS 33) |
| Born : | 01/10/1939 | Sal Mineo, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause) |
| Born : | 05/03/1939 | Samantha Eggar, England, actress (Collector) |
| Born : | 03/05/1939 | Samantha Eggar, London, actress (Collector, Dr Doolittle) [or May 3] |
| Born : | 12/18/1939 | Sandro Lopopolia, Italy, lightweight boxer (Olympic-Silver-1960) |
| Born : | 08/13/1939 | Saul Steinberg, artist (The Art of Living) |
| Born : | 07/11/1939 | Seth Gaaikema, night club performer |
| Born : | 07/17/1939 | Spencer Davis, Wales, vocalist (Gimme Some Lovin) |
| Born : | 02/04/1939 | Stan Lundine, (Rep-D-NY, 1976-86) |
| Born : | 06/14/1939 | Steny H Hoyer, (Rep-D-MD, 1981- ) |
| Born : | 08/01/1939 | Stephen Sykes, Bishop of Ely |
| Born : | 02/22/1939 | Steve Barber, pitcher (Balt Orioles, NY Yankees) |
| Born : | 11/23/1939 | Susan Anspach, NYC, actress (Grace-Yellow Rose, Blume in Love) |
| Born : | 05/10/1939 | Tamara Press, Lenningrad USSR, track star (Olympic-gold-1964) |
| Born : | 07/22/1939 | Terence Stamp, England, actor (Collector, Alien Nations) |
| Born : | 11/03/1939 | Terrence McNally, St Petersburg Fla, playwright (Bad Habits) |
| Born : | 05/31/1939 | Terry Waite, Anglican Church envoy/Lebanese hostage |
| Born : | 11/15/1939 | Thalmus Rasulala, [Jack Crowder], Miami Fla, actor (Blacula, Roots) |
| Born : | 11/19/1939 | Thomas Harkin, (Sen-D-Iowa, 1985- ) |
| Born : | 12/11/1939 | Thomas McGuane, US, writer |
| Born : | 09/22/1939 | Timothy E Wirth, (Rep-D-CO, 1975- ) |
| Born : | 01/17/1939 | Toini Gustafson, Sweden, 5K/10K cross country skier (Oly-gold-1968) |
| Born : | 12/11/1939 | Tom Hayden, 60's activist, Mr Jane Fonda, Calif state Assemblyman |
| Born : | 02/28/1939 | Tommy Tune, Wichita Falls Tx, dancer/choreographer (Boyfriend) |
| Born : | 12/06/1939 | Tom s Svoboda, Paris France, Czech composer (Etude) |
| Born : | 10/22/1939 | Tony Roberts, NYC, actor (Annie Hall, Edge of Night, Lucie Arnaz Show) |
| Born : | 02/13/1939 | Valeri I Rozhdestvensky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 23) |
| Born : | 08/16/1939 | Valeri V Ryumin, cosmonaut (Soyuz 25, 32) |
| Born : | 04/25/1939 | Veronica Sutherland, British diplomat |
| Born : | 04/03/1939 | Vitaliy Davidov, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72) |
| Born : | 10/04/1939 | W Henson Moore, (Rep-R-LA, 1975- ) |
| Born : | 07/24/1939 | Walter Bellamy, New Bern NC, NBA center (knicks/(Olympic-gold-1960) |
| Born : | 11/30/1939 | Walter Weller, Vienna Austria, conductor (Vienna Tonksteler Orch) |
| Born : | 11/14/1939 | Wendy (Walter) Carlos, Pawtucket RI, composer (Switched on Bach) |
| Born : | 03/14/1939 | William B Lenoir, Miami Florida, astronaut (STS-5) |
| Born : | 08/29/1939 | William Friedkin, US, dir (Exorcist, Cruising, French Connection) |
| Born : | 04/23/1939 | William Hagerty, editor (People) |
| Born : | 01/12/1939 | William Lee Gloden, singer |
| Born : | 05/13/1939 | William W Cobey Jr, (Rep-R-NC, 1985-87) |
| Born : | 08/16/1939 | Wim Me˜er, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA) |
| Born : | 05/17/1939 | Wim de Bie, CEO (Simplistic Covenant) |
| Born : | 01/21/1939 | Wolfman Jack, [Bob Smith], Bkln NY, DJ (Midnight Special) |
| Born : | 04/13/1939 | W˜nie Jaba˜, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA) |
| Born : | 11/24/1939 | Yoshinobu Miyake, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964, 68) |
| Born : | 10/02/1939 | Yuri N Glazkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 24) |
| Born : | 01/08/1939 | Yvette Mimieux, Hollywood Cal, actr (Time Machine, Where the Boys Are) |
| Died : | 11/06/1939 | Adolphe Max, Belgian liberal representative of the people, dies |
| Died : | 01/16/1939 | Albert Fish, mass murderer, executed |
| Died : | 12/23/1939 | Anthony H G Fokker's, airplane builder (Spider), dies |
| Died : | 01/26/1939 | Armand Calinescu, Romania's PM assassinated by the iron guard |
| Died : | 09/21/1939 | Armand Calinescu, premier of Romania, murdered |
| Died : | 09/06/1939 | Arthur Racham, artist, dies at 71 |
| Died : | 11/30/1939 | B‚la Can, [Bal zs Kolozsv ry], Hungarian revolutionary, executed |
| Died : | 09/24/1939 | Carl Laenmie, film producer, dies |
| Died : | 05/26/1939 | Charles H Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74 |
| Died : | 03/27/1939 | Constance Lindsay Skinner, author (Rivers of America), dies at 57 |
| Died : | 05/26/1939 | Cornelis J Cutters, supreme commander of Navy (1910-18), dies |
| Died : | 11/09/1939 | Dirk Knock, Dutch lieutenant, shot to death by German Abwehr |
| Died : | 12/12/1939 | Douglas Fairbanks, US actor (Zorro/3 musketeers/Robin Hood, dies |
| Died : | 02/26/1939 | E Fern ndez Arb¢s, Spanish violinist/conductor/composer, dies at 75 |
| Died : | 02/04/1939 | Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies |
| Died : | 06/05/1939 | Elijah Beardsworth, world quick shaving champion, dies |
| Died : | 06/17/1939 | Eugene Weldman, last guillotined in France |
| Died : | 06/26/1939 | Ford M Ford, [Hueffer], British writer, (Tietjens Saga) dies at 66 |
| Died : | 06/05/1939 | Frank Van de Goes, writer/marxist theorist, dies |
| Died : | 04/04/1939 | Ghazi, King of Iraq, dies |
| Died : | 06/19/1939 | Grace Abbott, social worker (US Children Bureau), dies at 60 |
| Died : | 12/20/1939 | Hans Langsdorff, German capt (Graaf Spee), commits suicide |
| Died : | 12/14/1939 | Helene ELJ Kr”ller-Mller, founder/head mistress (K-M Museum), dies |
| Died : | 02/15/1939 | Henri Jaspar, premier of Belgium (1926-31), dies |
| Died : | 02/04/1939 | Henri WA Deterding, oil magnate (Royal Oil/Shell), dies |
| Died : | 03/02/1939 | Howard Carter, British archaeologist/Egyptologist (King Tut) |
| Died : | 01/13/1939 | Jacob Ruppert, NY Yankee owner, dies |
| Died : | 11/28/1939 | James A Naismith, creator of basketball, dies at 78 |
| Died : | 07/07/1939 | James Deacon White, ball player jumped teams in 1876 (Chi), dies at 91 |
| Died : | 11/26/1939 | James Naismith, Basketball inventor, dies |
| Died : | 05/20/1939 | Joe Carr, NFL hall of famer/NFL president (1921-39), dies at 59 |
| Died : | 01/09/1939 | Johann Strauss, Austrian conductor/Royal ball music director, dies |
| Died : | 07/15/1939 | Johon Mellanby, physiologist, dies |
| Died : | 07/20/1939 | Joseph Mendes da Costa, sculptor, dies |
| Died : | 05/27/1939 | Joseph Roth, Austria journalist/writer (Fluctuate ohne Ende), dies |
| Died : | 12/19/1939 | Karl Wagenfeld, Defeated German writer (Match, Death & devil), dies |
| Died : | 07/01/1939 | Louis Davids [Simon David], cabaret performer/chorus performer, dies |
| Died : | 12/18/1939 | Matthew Brown, Journalist, dies at 51 |
| Died : | 02/27/1939 | Nadezjda K Krupskaja, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies |
| Died : | 10/31/1939 | Otto Rank, [Rosenfeld], Austria psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt), dies |
| Died : | 07/15/1939 | Percy Scott Worthington, architect, dies |
| Died : | 11/29/1939 | Philipp Scheidemann, Ger parliament leader (SPD)/mayor of Kassel, dies |
| Died : | 02/10/1939 | Pius XI, [Ambrogio D A Ratti], Italian Pope (1922-39), dies at 81 |
| Died : | 08/23/1939 | Sidney Coe Howard, US playwright (Silver Cord, Pulitzer 1925), dies |
| Died : | 09/23/1939 | Sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83 |
| Died : | 04/18/1939 | Theo Mann, actress (Hedda Gabler), dies at 88 |
| Died : | 05/01/1939 | Wilhelm Normann, German chemist (harden van oli‰n), dies |
| Died : | 05/22/1939 | Willem de M‚rode, poet (Precious Blood), dies at 51 |
| Died : | 01/28/1939 | William Butler Yeats, Irish poet, dies in France at 73 |
| Died : | 07/28/1939 | William J Mayo, US surgeon/co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies at 78 |
| Died : | 10/23/1939 | Zane Grey, US western writer (Spirit of the Border), dies at 67 |
| Died : | 07/08/1939 | [Henry] Havelock Ellis, English sexology, dies |
| Special : | 08/17/1939 | "Wizard of Oz" opens at Loew's Capitol Theater in NY |
| Special : | 08/15/1939 | "Wizard of Oz" premiers at Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood |
| Special : | 12/22/1939 | 125 die in train wreck at Magdeburg Germany |
| Special : | 03/10/1939 | 17 villages damaged by hailstones in Hyderabad India |
| Special : | 11/04/1939 | 1940 Olympics awarded to Helsinki, Finland |
| Special : | 05/16/1939 | 1st AL night game, Phila Shribe Park (Indians 8, Athletics 3 in 10) |
| Special : | 12/27/1939 | 1st American skimobiles (North Conway, NH) |
| Special : | 05/--/1939 | 1st FM radio station W43B (formerly W1XOJ, later WGTR) goes on air |
| Special : | 09/06/1939 | 1st German air attack on Great-Britain in WW II |
| Special : | 01/15/1939 | 1st NFL pro bowl, NY Giants beat All Stars 13-10 in Wrigley Field |
| Special : | 10/22/1939 | 1st TV NFL game-Eagles vs Dodgers |
| Special : | 11/04/1939 | 1st air conditioned automobile (Packard) exhibited, Chicago, Ill |
| Special : | 11/01/1939 | 1st animal conceived by artificial insemination (rabbit) displayed |
| Special : | 07/22/1939 | 1st black woman judge (Jane Matilda Bolin-NYC) |
| Special : | 12/15/1939 | 1st commercial manufacture of nylon yarn, Seaford, Delaware |
| Special : | 11/01/1939 | 1st jet plane, Heinkel He 178, demonstrated to German Air Ministry |
| Special : | 06/07/1939 | 1st king & queen of England to visit US, George VI & Elizabeth |
| Special : | 08/26/1939 | 1st major league baseball telecast-Reds at Bkln Dodgers (W2XBS NY) |
| Special : | 06/27/1939 | 1st night game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium (Indians 5, Tigers 0) |
| Special : | 06/01/1939 | 1st night game at Phil's Shribe Park (Pirates 5, Phillies 2) |
| Special : | 08/14/1939 | 1st night games at Comiskey Park (White Sox 5, Browns 2) |
| Special : | 05/17/1939 | 1st sports telecast-Columbia vs Princeton-college baseball |
| Special : | 09/30/1939 | 1st televised college football game (Fordham vs Waynesburg at NYC) |
| Special : | 06/01/1939 | 1st televised heavyweight boxing match-Max Baer vs Lou Nova |
| Special : | 07/19/1939 | 1st use of fiberglass sutures, R.P. Scholz, St Louis, Mo |
| Special : | 08/10/1939 | 2nd cabinet-De Geer, forms |
| Special : | 01/24/1939 | 30,000 killed by earthquake in Concepcion Chile |
| Special : | 08/19/1939 | 37.6 cm rainfall at Tuckerton, NJ (state record) |
| Special : | 11/26/1939 | 4 soviet soldiers killed on Finnish-Russian border |
| Special : | 06/29/1939 | 4th Dutch cabinet of Colijn falls |
| Special : | 07/28/1939 | 5th Dutch cabinet of Colijn falls |
| Special : | 07/25/1939 | 5th cabinet of Colijn, forms |
| Special : | 03/20/1939 | 7,000 Jews flee German occupied Memel Lithuania |
| Special : | 02/22/1939 | A Patry discovers asteroid #1510 Charlois |
| Special : | 02/13/1939 | A Wachmann discovers asteroid #1586 Thiele |
| Special : | 11/16/1939 | Al Capone freed from Alcatraz jail |
| Special : | 04/15/1939 | Albert Lebrun elected president of France |
| Special : | 01/14/1939 | All commercial ferry service to East Bay ends |
| Special : | 01/22/1939 | Aquatic Park, near Fisherman's Wharf, SF, is dedicated |
| Special : | 10/14/1939 | BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed |
| Special : | 06/12/1939 | Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown NY |
| Special : | 05/01/1939 | Batman Comics hit street |
| Special : | 12/13/1939 | Battle at La Plata - 3 British cruisers vs German Graf Spee |
| Special : | 02/09/1939 | Belgian Spaak govt falls |
| Special : | 02/27/1939 | Belgian cabinet of Pierlot falls |
| Special : | 02/21/1939 | Belgian cabinet of Pierlot forms |
| Special : | 01/13/1939 | Belgian premier signs Burgos-treaty for trade relations with Franco |
| Special : | 07/30/1939 | Belgium Sylvre Maes wins 33rd Tour de France |
| Special : | 08/26/1939 | Belgium mobilizes |
| Special : | 10/24/1939 | Benny Goodman records "Let's Dance" |
| Special : | 12/27/1939 | Between 20,000 & 40,000 die in magnitude 8 quake (Erzincam Turkey) |
| Special : | 10/02/1939 | Birdbaths installed in Union Square, SF |
| Special : | 04/16/1939 | Boston Bruins beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 1 for Stanley Cup |
| Special : | 03/31/1939 | Britain & France agree to support Poland if invaded by Germany |
| Special : | 09/19/1939 | British Expeditionary Force reaches France |
| Special : | 12/02/1939 | British Imerial Airways & British Airways merge to form BOAC |
| Special : | 05/23/1939 | British decoration, George Cross, 1st presented |
| Special : | 06/08/1939 | British king George VI visits US |
| Special : | 05/23/1939 | British parliament plans to make Palestine independent by 1949 |
| Special : | 06/01/1939 | British sub "Thetis" sinks in Liverpool Bay with all 99 aboard |
| Special : | 06/27/1939 | Brooklyn Dodgers tie Boston Braves, 2-2, in 23 innings |
| Special : | 06/12/1939 | Byron Nelson wins US Open golf tournament |
| Special : | 04/21/1939 | C Jackson discovers asteroid #1505 Koranna |
| Special : | 05/15/1939 | C Jackson discovers asteroid #1506 Xosa |
| Special : | 06/15/1939 | C Jackson discovers asteroid #1676 Kariba |
| Special : | 06/20/1939 | C Jackson discovers asteroid #1817 Katanga |
| Special : | 09/10/1939 | Canada declares war on Germany |
| Special : | 05/25/1939 | Carl Storck becomes 2nd NFL president |
| Special : | 08/29/1939 | Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II |
| Special : | 05/19/1939 | Churchill signs British-Russian anti-nazi pact |
| Special : | 07/15/1939 | Clara Adams (NYC) is 1st woman to complete round world flight |
| Special : | 03/13/1939 | Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto |
| Special : | 04/19/1939 | Connecticut finally approves Bill of Rights (148 years late) |
| Special : | 09/23/1939 | Cookie Lavagetto goes 6 for 6-Dodgers get 27 hits & beat Phillies 22-4 |
| Special : | 11/29/1939 | Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8) |
| Special : | 06/29/1939 | Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe |
| Special : | 06/21/1939 | Doctors reveal Lou Gehrig has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis |
| Special : | 11/19/1939 | Don Lash wins 6th straight AAU cross-country 10K championship |
| Special : | 08/22/1939 | Dutch border guards march to war |
| Special : | 03/28/1939 | Dutch hunter shoots English bombers down |
| Special : | 12/26/1939 | Earthquake in East-Anatolia Turkey |
| Special : | 12/27/1939 | Earthquake in Turkey, about 50,000 die |
| Special : | 01/24/1939 | Eddie Collins, Willie Keeler & George Sisler elected to Hall of Fame |
| Special : | 08/27/1939 | Erich Warsitz makes 1st jet-propelled flight (in a Heinkel He-178) |
| Special : | 01/19/1939 | Ernest Hausen of Wisconsin sets chicken-plucking record-4.4 sec |
| Special : | 07/03/1939 | Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler |
| Special : | 03/02/1939 | Eugenio Pacelli chosen as pope Pius XII |
| Special : | 09/08/1939 | FDR declares "limited national emergency" due to war in Europe |
| Special : | 11/08/1939 | Failed assassination attempt on Hitler in Brgerbraukeller, Mnich |
| Special : | 04/04/1939 | Faisal II ascends to throne of Iraq |
| Special : | 01/26/1939 | Federal Hall National Monument established |
| Special : | 01/26/1939 | Filming begins on "Gone With the Wind" |
| Special : | 12/18/1939 | Finnish army recaptures Agl„j„rvi |
| Special : | 12/23/1939 | Finnish counter offensive at Summa |
| Special : | 05/05/1939 | Flash floods kill 75 in Northeast Kentucky |
| Special : | 02/27/1939 | France recognizes Franco's regime in Spain |
| Special : | 06/23/1939 | France turns over Sanjak of Alexandretta (Hatay) to Turkey |
| Special : | 01/26/1939 | Franco conquers Barcelona |
| Special : | 01/04/1939 | Frieda Wunderlich elected 1st woman dean of a US graduate school |
| Special : | 06/22/1939 | Future Queen Elizabeth of England meets future husband Philip |
| Special : | 04/12/1939 | G Kulin discovers asteroid #1489 Attila |
| Special : | 08/15/1939 | G Neujmin discovers asteroid #2536 Kozyrev |
| Special : | 09/08/1939 | Gen Von Reichenaus pantzer division reaches suburbs of Warsaw |
| Special : | 01/03/1939 | Gene Cox becomes 1st girl page in US House of Representatives |
| Special : | 09/25/1939 | German Luftwaffe strikes Warsaw with (fire)bombs |
| Special : | 09/17/1939 | German U-boat sinks British aircraft carrier Courageous |
| Special : | 11/16/1939 | German U-boat torpedoes tanker Sliedrecht near Ireland |
| Special : | 12/17/1939 | German pocket battleship Graf Spee scuttled by its crew off Uruguay |
| Special : | 09/26/1939 | German seaplane shoots KLM-aircraft (1 killed) |
| Special : | 05/07/1939 | Germany & Italy announce their alliance (Rome-Berlin Axis) |
| Special : | 09/30/1939 | Germany & Russia agree to partition Poland |
| Special : | 08/24/1939 | Germany & USSR sign 10-year non-aggression pact |
| Special : | 10/08/1939 | Germany annexes Western Poland |
| Special : | 11/12/1939 | Germany invades Benelux countries |
| Special : | 03/16/1939 | Germany occupies Czechoslovakia |
| Special : | 03/07/1939 | Glamour magazine begins publishing |
| Special : | 02/04/1939 | Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-min mile beyond human effort |
| Special : | 10/29/1939 | Golden Gate International Exposition closes (1st closure) |
| Special : | 02/18/1939 | Golden Gate International Exposition opens on Treasure Island |
| Special : | 12/15/1939 | Gone With the Wind premiers in Atlanta |
| Special : | 04/06/1939 | Great Britain & Poland sign military pact |
| Special : | 02/28/1939 | Great-Britain recognizes Franco-regime in Spain |
| Special : | 12/10/1939 | Green Bay Packers win NFL championship |
| Special : | 03/18/1939 | H Alikoski discovers asteroid #1512 Oulu |
| Special : | 08/18/1939 | H Alikoski discovers asteroid #2257 Kaarina |
| Special : | 01/25/1939 | HW boxing champ Joe Louis KOs John H Lewis in NYC |
| Special : | 08/02/1939 | Hatch Act prohibits political activity by federal workers |
| Special : | 01/30/1939 | Heavy after shocks destroy some of Chile |
| Special : | 09/20/1939 | Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Bob Pastor in Detroit |
| Special : | 04/17/1939 | Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Jack Roper in LA |
| Special : | 06/30/1939 | Heinkel He. 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemnde |
| Special : | 08/27/1939 | Heinkel Hey makes 1st manned flight with rocket/jet propulsion |
| Special : | 07/17/1939 | Henry Picard wins PGA golf tournament |
| Special : | 05/22/1939 | Hitler & Mussolini sign "Pact of Steel" |
| Special : | 10/06/1939 | Hitler announces he has no attention of war with Britain & France |
| Special : | 01/30/1939 | Hitler calls for the extermination of European Jews |
| Special : | 04/28/1939 | Hitler claims German-Polish non-attack treaty still in effect |
| Special : | 12/21/1939 | Hitler named Adolf Eichmann leader of "Lecture IV B" |
| Special : | 03/15/1939 | Hitler occupies Bohemia & Moravia (Czechoslovakia); Slovakia independ |
| Special : | 09/01/1939 | Hitler orders extermination of mentally ill |
| Special : | 04/18/1939 | Hubert Pierlot forms Belgian government |
| Special : | 03/14/1939 | Hungarian troops occupy Czechoslovakia Rutheni‰ |
| Special : | 03/16/1939 | Hungary annexes republic of Karpato-Ukraine |
| Special : | 09/11/1939 | Iraq & Saudi Arabia declare war on nazi-Germany |
| Special : | 04/07/1939 | Italy annexes Albania |
| Special : | 11/12/1939 | Jews of Lodz Poland are ordered to wear yellow armbands |
| Special : | 06/28/1939 | Joe Louis KOs Tony Galento to retain heavyweight title |
| Special : | 08/15/1939 | K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1739 Meyermann, #1818 Brahms & #2306 |
| Special : | 12/10/1939 | KNVB celebrates 50th anniversary |
| Special : | 11/11/1939 | Kate Smith 1st sings Irving Berlin's "God Bless America" |
| Special : | 06/11/1939 | King & Queen of England taste 1st "hot dogs" at FDR's party |
| Special : | 04/08/1939 | King Milk I of Angolia flees |
| Special : | 08/26/1939 | Kroatia gets autonomous status |
| Special : | 03/22/1939 | L Boyer discovers asteroid #1511 Dalera |
| Special : | 03/23/1939 | L Oterma discovers asteroid #1504 Lappeenranta |
| Special : | 09/12/1939 | L Oterma discovers asteroid #1507 Vaasa |
| Special : | 10/15/1939 | LaGuardia Airport opens in NYC |
| Special : | 10/04/1939 | Last Polish troops surrenders |
| Special : | 03/22/1939 | Lithuania state, forced to give Memel territory to Germany |
| Special : | 07/03/1939 | Lou Gehrig day; Gehrig makes "luckiest man" speech |
| Special : | 05/02/1939 | Lou Gehrig ends 2,130 consecutive game streak, Yanks beat Tigers 22-2 |
| Special : | 01/10/1939 | M B Protitch discovers asteroid #2348 Michkovitch |
| Special : | 04/09/1939 | Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial |
| Special : | 04/05/1939 | Membership in Hitlerjugend becomes obligatory |
| Special : | 12/26/1939 | Mine strikes in Borinage Brussels |
| Special : | 12/25/1939 | Montgomery Ward introduces Rudolph the 9th reindeer |
| Special : | 01/15/1939 | Municipal Railway & Market St RR begin service to Transbay Terminal |
| Special : | 10/11/1939 | NAACP organized Legal Defense & Education Fund |
| Special : | 04/30/1939 | NBC/RCA 1st public TV demo with FDR at opening of NY World's Fair |
| Special : | 08/30/1939 | NY Yankee Atley Donald pitches a baseball a record 94.7 mph (152 kph) |
| Special : | 07/25/1939 | NY Yankee Atley Donald sets AL rookie record with 12 consecutive win |
| Special : | 10/08/1939 | NY Yankees sweep Reds in 36th World Series, 4th straight WS win |
| Special : | 09/09/1939 | Nazi army reahes Warsaw |
| Special : | 03/14/1939 | Nazi dissolve republic of Czechoslovakia |
| Special : | 10/24/1939 | Nazi require wearing of star of David |
| Special : | 11/23/1939 | Nazi's compels Polish Jews to wear a yellow star |
| Special : | 03/21/1939 | Nazi-Germany demands Gdansk (Danzig) from Poland |
| Special : | 11/15/1939 | Nazis begin mass murder of Warsaw Jews |
| Special : | 11/18/1939 | Neth KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die |
| Special : | 08/28/1939 | Netherland mobilizes |
| Special : | 09/04/1939 | Netherlands & Belgium declare neutrality |
| Special : | 02/22/1939 | Netherlands recognizes Franco-regime in Spain |
| Special : | 04/20/1939 | New York World's Fair opens |
| Special : | 11/09/1939 | Nobel for physics awarded to Ernest O Lawrence (cyclotron) |
| Special : | 01/14/1939 | Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica |
| Special : | 10/24/1939 | Nylon stockings go on sale for 1st time (Wilmington Delaware) |
| Special : | 10/25/1939 | Nylon stockings go on sale in US for 1st time |
| Special : | 11/14/1939 | Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas Venezuela |
| Special : | 06/28/1939 | Pan Am opens southern route transatlantic air service (Dixie Clipper) |
| Special : | 06/24/1939 | Pan Am's 1st US to England flight |
| Special : | 09/01/1939 | Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with "black holes" |
| Special : | 08/30/1939 | Poland mobilizes |
| Special : | 09/04/1939 | Polish ghetto of Mir is exterminated |
| Special : | 09/18/1939 | Polish govt of Moscicki flees to Romania |
| Special : | 04/01/1939 | Pope Pius XII congratulates Generalissimo Franco's victory in Spain |
| Special : | 03/12/1939 | Pope Pius XII crowned in Vatican ceremonies |
| Special : | 05/01/1939 | Pulitzer prize awarded to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (Yearling) |
| Special : | 12/20/1939 | Radio Australia begins overseas shortwave service |
| Special : | 09/07/1939 | Radio NY Worldwide-WRUL begins radio transmision |
| Special : | 07/04/1939 | Red Sox Jim Tabor hits 2 grand slams in 1 game |
| Special : | 09/21/1939 | Reinhard Heydrich meets in Berlin to discuss final solution of Jews |
| Special : | 03/28/1939 | Renaissance Big 5 win 1st pro basketball championship |
| Special : | 12/12/1939 | Russ Indigirka capsizes in blizzard off Japanese coast; 750 die |
| Special : | 12/19/1939 | Russian air raid on Finnish |
| Special : | 12/09/1939 | Russian air raid on Helsinki |
| Special : | 12/01/1939 | SS-Fhrer Himmler begins deportation ofn Polish Jews |
| Special : | 12/15/1939 | Snip departs for 1st flight to Paramaribo/Cura‡ao |
| Special : | 11/15/1939 | Social Security Administration approves 1st unemployment check |
| Special : | 09/06/1939 | South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany |
| Special : | 12/14/1939 | Soviet Union attacks Finland-League of Nations drops Soviet Union |
| Special : | 09/17/1939 | Soviet Union invades Poland during WW II |
| Special : | 11/28/1939 | Soviet govt revokes Russian-Finnish non-attack treaty |
| Special : | 03/28/1939 | Spanish Civil War ends, Madrid falls to Francisco Franco |
| Special : | 02/06/1939 | Spanish govt flees to France |
| Special : | 01/24/1939 | Spanish govt moves to Figueras |
| Special : | 04/17/1939 | Stalin signs British-France-Russian anti-nazi pact |
| Special : | 05/23/1939 | Submarine Squalis sank off Portsmouth NH, 26 die |
| Special : | 10/16/1939 | Sugar rationing begins in Netherlands |
| Special : | 02/27/1939 | Supreme Court outlaws sit-down strikes |
| Special : | 04/20/1939 | Ted Williams' 1st hit (off of Yankee Red Ruffing) a double |
| Special : | 06/20/1939 | Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants |
| Special : | 04/30/1939 | Tropicana ballet of Havana Cuba, forms |
| Special : | 04/06/1939 | US & UK agree on joint control of Canton & Enderbury Is (Pacific) |
| Special : | 11/04/1939 | US allows "cash & carry" arms sales during WW II |
| Special : | 09/05/1939 | US declare itself neutral |
| Special : | 04/01/1939 | US recognizes Franco government in Spain at end of Spanish civil war |
| Special : | 01/07/1939 | US worker's union leader Tom Mooney freed (jailed since 1916) |
| Special : | 10/30/1939 | USSR & Germany agree on partitioning Poland, Hitler deports the Jews |
| Special : | 11/29/1939 | USSR drops diplomatic relations with Finland |
| Special : | 11/30/1939 | USSR invades Finland over a border dispute |
| Special : | 03/27/1939 | University of Oregon wins 1st NCAA basketball championship |
| Special : | 01/22/1939 | Uranium atom 1st split, Columbia University |
| Special : | 09/18/1939 | Vaisala disc asteroids 1524 Joensuu, 1525 Savonlinna & 1536 Pielinen |
| Special : | 11/09/1939 | Venlo-incident: German Abwehr kills 2 English agents |
| Special : | 11/06/1939 | WGY-TV (Schenectady, NY), 1st coml TV station, begins service |
| Special : | 11/06/1939 | WRGB TV channel 6 in Schenectady-Alby-Troy, NY (CBS) 1st broadcast |
| Special : | 09/01/1939 | WW II starts, Germany invades Poland, takes Danzig |
| Special : | 09/27/1939 | Warsaw, Poland, surrenders to Germans after 19 days of resistance |
| Special : | 09/19/1939 | Wehrmacht (German regular army) murders 100 Jews in Lukov Poland |
| Special : | 04/29/1939 | Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx & Queens opens |
| Special : | 01/18/1939 | Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1523 Pieksamaki |
| Special : | 09/09/1939 | Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1535 Paijanne |
| Special : | 02/12/1939 | Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1541 Estonia |
| Special : | 03/18/1939 | Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1696 Nurmela |
| Special : | 03/17/1939 | Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1757 Porvoo |
| Special : | 03/22/1939 | Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2486 Metsahovi |
| Special : | 02/17/1939 | Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2535 Hameenlinna |
| Special : | 01/20/1939 | Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #1534 Nasi & #1929 Kollaa |
| Special : | 09/19/1939 | Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #2638 Gadolin & #3606 |
| Special : | 07/26/1939 | Yankee catcher Bill Dickey hits 3 consecutive HRs |
| Special : | 07/04/1939 | Yankees retire 1st uniform (Lou Gehrig #4), 1st Old Timers Day |
| Special : | 09/08/1939 | Yanks beat Red Sox 4-1 in 7, game called because of lightning |
| Special : | 09/16/1939 | Yanks clinch pennant #11 |
| Special : | 06/28/1939 | Yanks hit 13 HRs, sweep A's 23-2 & 10-0 |
| Special : | 07/11/1939 | Yanks host 7th All Star Game, McCarthy starts 6 Yanks, AL wins 3-1 |
| Special : | 10/10/1939 | 91øF highest temperature for October in NYC |
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