1939

Information about 1939

Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1900s  1910s  1920s  - 1930s -  1940s  1950s  1960s
Years:1936 1937 1938 - 1939 - 1940 1941 1942


Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
Contents  (full)
1 Events of 1939
: -  Jan. . Feb. . March . April
: -  May . June . July  .  Aug.
: -  Sept. . Oct. . Nov. .  Dec.
: -  Undated . Ongoing .
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Nobel Prizes
5 See also -  Notes -  External links


Events of 1939

(Below, many events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.)

January

February

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February 21: Golden Gate International Exposition opens.

March

April

May

June

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June 24: Siam is renamed "Thailand"
"Thailand ( Siam ) History" (overview), CS Mngt, 2005, CSMngt.com webpage: CSMngt-Thai.


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1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1900s  1910s  1920s  - 1930s -  1940s  1950s  1960s
1933 1934 1935 - 1936 - 1937 1938 1939

Year 1936 (MCMXXXVI
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1890s  1900s  1910s  - 1920s -  1930s  1940s  1950s
1926 1927 1928 - 1929 - 1930 1931 1932

Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1900s  1910s  1920s  - 1930s -  1940s  1950s  1960s
1935 1936 1937 - 1938 - 1939 1940 1941

Year 1938 (MCMXXXVIII
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s  1920s  1930s  - 1940s -  1950s  1960s  1970s
1937 1938 1939 - 1940 - 1941 1942 1943

Year 1940 (MCMXL
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s  1920s  1930s  - 1940s -  1950s  1960s  1970s
1938 1939 1940 - 1941 - 1942 1943 1944

Year 1941 (MCMXLI
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
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1939 1940 1941 - 1942 - 1943 1944 1945

Year 1942 (MCMXLII
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Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. The system used in classical antiquity was slightly modified in the Middle Ages to produce the system we use today. It is based on certain letters which are given values as numerals.
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This is the calendar for any common year starting on Sunday (dominical letter A), or a year where "Doomsday" is Tuesday. Examples: Gregorian year 2006 or Julian year 1917 (see bottom tables).
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Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull
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Allied powers:
 Soviet Union
 United States
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
...et al. Axis powers:
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
...et al.
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Allied powers:
 Soviet Union
 United States
 United Kingdom
 China
 France
...et al. Axis powers:
 Germany
 Japan
 Italy
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January 1 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining. The preceding day is December 31 of the previous year.
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Hewlett-Packard Co.

Public (NYSE:  HPQ )
Founded Palo Alto, California (1939)
Headquarters Palo Alto, California, USA

Key people Bill Hewlett, Co-founder
David Packard, Co-founder
Mark V.
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Texas A&M University, often called A&M or TAMU, is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas. It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System.
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January 2 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

  • 366 - Alamanni cross the frozen Rhine River in large numbers, invading the Roman Empire.

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Frank Finley Merriam (December 22, 1865 – April 25, 1955) was an American politician and twenty-eighth Governor of California from June 2, 1934 until January 2, 1939.
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The following is a list of Governors of the State of California. The governor is the highest executive authority in California and commander-in-chief of the state militia, with the duty to enforce the laws of the state and the ability to veto bills passed by the legislature.
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