1939 in the United States

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1939
in
the United States

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Events from the year 1939 in the United States.

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  • November 4 – World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Neutrality Act of 1939 into law.[7] The arms embargo previously put into place by the Neutrality Act of 1937 is lifted and put any trade with nations engaged in war under cash-and-carry grounds.[8] American ships and planes are prohibited as part of the Act from visiting any belligerent state in a war along with transporting anything.[9]
  • November 6 – Hedda Hopper's Hollywood debuts on radio with Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper as host (the show runs until 1951, making Hopper a powerful figure in the Hollywood elite).
  • November 8 – CBS television station W2XAB resumes test transmission with an all-electronic system broadcast from the top of the Chrysler Building in New York City.[10]
  • November 15 – In Washington, D.C., U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt lays the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial.

December[edit]

Undated[edit]

Fallingwater

Ongoing[edit]

Births[edit]

January[edit]

Bill Toomey

February[edit]

Mike Farrell
Ray Manzarek

March[edit]

Neil Sedaka

April[edit]

Marvin Gaye
Francis Ford Coppola

May[edit]

Judy Collins
Harvey Keitel

June[edit]

Lou Brock
John MacArthur

July[edit]

Mavis Staples
John Negroponte
Susan Flannery

August[edit]

George Hamilton
Clarence Williams III
Valerie Harper

September[edit]

Lily Tomlin
Fred Willard
Larry Linville

October[edit]

Ralph Lauren
Lee Harvey Oswald

November[edit]

Barbara Bosson
Tina Turner

December[edit]

John Amos

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Deaths[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ California. Board of State Harbor Commissioners for San Francisco Harbor (1936). Report. p. 35.
  2. ^ Clark, Laura. "he Great Goldfish Swallowing Craze of 1939 Never Really Ended". smithsonianmag.com. The Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
  3. ^ Auken, Robin (2002). The Little League Baseball World Series. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia. p. 16. ISBN 9780738510262.
  4. ^ Wapshott, Nicholas (2014). The Sphinx: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393245820 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Geological Survey Water-supply Paper. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973. p. 5.
  6. ^ Lanouette, William; Silard, Bela (1992). Genius in the Shadows: A Biography of Leo Szilárd: The Man Behind The Bomb. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. ISBN 978-0-684-19011-2.
  7. ^ a b Wilk, Gavin (2021). "Hasty Departures: The Evacuation of American Citizens from Europe at the Outbreak of World War II". Journal of Transnational American Studies. 12 (1): 108–128. doi:10.5070/T812139136 – via eScholarship.
  8. ^ a b "The Neutrality Acts, 1930s". United States Department of State - Office of the Historian (Digital). Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  9. ^ Fellmeth, Aaron Xavier (1997). "A Divorce Waiting to Happen: Franklin Roosevelt and the Law of Neutrality, 1935-1941" (PDF). Yale Journal of International Law. 3 (2) – via Digital Commons @ University of Buffalo School of Law.
  10. ^ "Early Television Stations – W2XAB/W2XAX/WCBW – CBS, New York". Early Television Museum. Hilliard, OH. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
  11. ^ The Southern Lumberman. J. H. Baird Publishing Company. 1960. p. 103. Archived from the original on July 24, 2020. Retrieved November 10, 2019.
  12. ^ "New Deal | Definition, History, Programs, Summary, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
  13. ^ Paul Henderson, Pulitzer Prize-winning Seattle Times reporter who championed the underdog, dies at 79 | The Seattle Times
  14. ^ Zimet, Abby (March 20, 2019). "In Praise Of Jonathan Daniels and Ruby Sales: Greater Love Hath No Man Than This". Common Dreams. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
  15. ^ "Space Shuttle Challenger Fast Facts". CNN. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  16. ^ Goldstein, Richard. "Lou Brock, Baseball Hall of Famer Known for Stealing Bases, Dies at 81". The New York Times.
  17. ^ Bob Neuwirth, Folk-Music Fixture and Bob Dylan Confidant, Dead at 82
  18. ^ Charles Jencks, co-founder of Maggie's cancer charity, dies age 80
  19. ^ Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, Finzel resident Stephen Dunn dies at 82
  20. ^ "Judy Chicago". Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers. 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Valerie Harper Biography". The Biography Channel (A&E Networks). Retrieved April 16, 2014.
  22. ^ Saskatchewan Roughriders mourn death of legendary George Reed
  23. ^ Willie Morrow, pioneer in Black hair care and entrepreneur, dies at 82
  24. ^ "Carolee Schneemann". Britannica Presents 100 Women Trailblazers. 27 February 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  25. ^ Charles R. Morris Cause Of Death, Iconoclastic Author on Economics, Dies at 82
  26. ^ Whitmore, Greg (16 March 2021). "Yaphet Kotto: a life in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  27. ^ Actor Mark Margolis Dies, Aged 83
  28. ^ Renowned pop music chart historian, and Menomonee Falls native, Joel Whitburn has died
  29. ^ Focus Midwest. FOCUS/Midwest Publishing Company. 1974. p. 27.
  30. ^ Clifton J., Philips (1971). "Fearn, Anne Walter". In James, Edward T. (ed.). Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1. p. 603. ISBN 978-0-67462-734-5.
  31. ^ Tiehm, Arnold (1985). "Fanny Searls (1851-1939)". Brittonia. 37 (1): 42. Bibcode:1985Britt..37...41T. doi:10.1007/BF02809668. S2CID 87755152.
  32. ^ "Lois Weber". BFI. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  33. ^ Pierce Butler United States jurist

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