As part of British air raid precautions, the first of 2?1?2 million Anderson shelters is constructed in a garden in Islington, north London
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10 April 1939
Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.’s “Big Book”, is first published. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous’]
15 March 1939
Germany occupies Czechoslovakia [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_occupation_of_Czechoslovakia’]
31 August 1939
Nazi Germany mounts a false flag attack on the Gleiwitz radio station, creating an excuse to attack Poland the following day, thus starting World War…
15 August 1939
The Wizard of Oz premieres at Grauman’s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1939_film)’]
30 April 1939
The 1939-40 New York World’s Fair opens. On April 30, 1939, a very hot Sunday, the fair had its grand opening, with 206,000 people in…
8 November 1939
Adolf Hitler escapes the assassination attempt of Georg Elser while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch. On this day in 8 November 1939,…
12 June 1939
The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York. The special two-car excursion train chugged cautiously along rusty tracks into sleepy Cooperstown, N.Y. It…
29 December 1939
The Consolidated B-24 Liberator flies for the first time. The Consolidated B-24 Liberator is an American heavy bomber, designed by Consolidated Aircraft of San Diego,…