Historical Events
- Cor Klint swims world record 200 m backstroke (2:38.8)
- USSR drops diplomatic relations with Finland
Famous Birthdays
- Gennadiy Volnov, USSR, basketball player (Olympic gold 1972)
- Meco [Domenico Monardo], American musician and record producer (Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk), born in Johnsonburg, Pennsylvania
- Peter Bergman, American comedian, (d. 2012)
Famous Deaths
- Philipp Scheidemann, German politician (SPD) and Mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
What Happened in 1939
Hitler Invades Czechoslovakia
Adolf Hitler meets with Czech President Emil Hácha. After being told of the impending invasion by Germany, Hácha suffered a heart attack at the meeting.
March 15, 1939Batman Appears!
Cover page of Detective Comics #27, the first comic in which Batman appeared
May 1, 1939Voice Of The Century – 'And Not Even Close'
Frank Sinatra cut his first disc on this day. It was a flop. But he would go on to be hailed as the “Voice of the Century”.
July 13, 1939The Wizard of Oz
Publicity still of the Wizard of Oz, showing the Tin Man, Scarecrow, Dorothy and Cowardly Lion
August 15, 1939
