Events in Sport
- May 17 1st televised baseball game is broadcast on NBC, with Princeton defeating Columbia 2-1
- Jul 4 Lou Gehrig is first MLB player to have his number (4) retired on his "Appreciation Day" at Yankee Stadium, makes iconic "luckiest man" speech
- Dec 30 Bradman scores 267 South Australia v Vic, world record 34th double cricket century
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Sports Stars Married in 1939
- Jan 3 MLB catcher Roy Campanella (18) weds Bernice Ray
- Nov 19 Baseball legend Joe DiMaggio (24) weds "Freshies" actress Dorothy Arnold at St. Peter and Paul Church in San Francisco