What Happened In January 1939 In History

Historical Events for January, 1939

• 1st » Sydney or Sydney, Australia, swelters in 45 ˚C (113 ˚F) heat, a record for the city.
• 13th » The Black Friday (1939) or Black Friday bush fires burn 20,000 square kilometers of land in Australia, claiming the lives of 71 people.
• 16th » The Irish Republican Army (1922–1969) known as Irish Republican Army (IRA) begins a S-Plan named bombing and sabotage campaign in England.
• 24th » The 1939 Chillán earthquake e.g deadliest earthquake in Chilean history strikes Chillán, killing approximately 28,000 people.
• 26th » Spanish Civil War Catalonia Offensive: Troops loyal to nationalist General Francisco Franco and aided by Kingdom of Italy named Italy take Barcelona.
• 27th » First flight of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning.

Famous Birthdays on January in 1939

• 1st » Michèle Mercier, French actress
• 1st » Steve Kahan, American actor
• 3rd » Arik Einstein, Israeli singer, songwriter and actor (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Bobby Hull, Canadian ice hockey player
• 3rd » Ruben Reyes, Filipino jurist
• 6th » Georgios Babiniotis, Greek linguist and philologist
• 6th » Murray Rose, Australian swimmer (d. 2012)
• 7th » Tom Kiernan, Irish rugby player and coach
• 7th » Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark
• 8th » Nanda (actress) called Nanda, Indian actress (d. 2014)
• 8th » Carolina Herrera (fashion designer) named Carolina Herrera, Venezuelan-American fashion designer
• 8th » Ruth Maleczech, American actress (d. 2013)
• 8th » Alan Wilson (academic) e.g Alan Wilson, English mathematician and academic
• 9th » Jimmy Boyd, American actor and singer (d. 2009)
• 9th » Rik Kemp, Australian cartoonist
• 9th » Susannah York, English actress (d. 2011)
• 10th » Jared Carter, American poet
• 10th » Sonosuke Fujimaki, Japanese fencer
• 10th » David Horowitz, American activist and author, founded the David Horowitz Freedom Center
• 10th » William Levy (author) known as William Levy, Dutch author
• 10th » Scott McKenzie, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
• 10th » Sal Mineo, American actor (d. 1976)
• 10th » Bill Toomey, American decathlete
• 11th » Anne Heggtveit, Canadian skier
• 12th » William Lee Golden, American singer (The Oak Ridge Boys)
• 12th » Jim Palosaari, American evangelist (d. 2011)
• 13th » Edgardo Cozarinsky, Argentinian author, screenwriter, and director
• 13th » Jacek Gmoch, Polish footballer and coach
• 13th » Cesare Maniago, Canadian ice hockey player
• 15th » Neil Cossons, English curator and academic
• 16th » Mac Curtis, American singer (d. 2013)
• 16th » Ralph Gibson, American art photographer
• 17th » Archbishop Christodoulos of Athens (d. 2008)
• 17th » Maury Povich, American talk show host
• 19th » Phil Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Everly Brothers) (d. 2014)
• 20th » Paul Coverdell, American captain and politician (d. 2000)
• 20th » Chandra Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan-English mathematician, astronomer, and astrobiologist
• 21st » Abdul Jalil (Bangladesh politician) known as Abdul Jolil, Bangladeshi politician (d. 2013)
• 22nd » Jørgen Garde, Danish admiral (d. 1996)
• 22nd » Alfredo Palacio, Ecuadoran politician, President of Ecuador
• 22nd » Jeff Smith (chef) e.g Jeff Smith, American chef and author (d. 2004)
• 22nd » J.C. Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1994)
• 23rd » Sonny Chiba, Japanese actor and martial artist
• 23rd » Arlene Golonka, American actress
• 24th » Ray Stevens, American singer-songwriter
• 25th » Gabriel Romanus, Swedish politician
• 27th » Julius Lester, American author and academic
• 28th » John M. Fabian, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut
• 29th » Germaine Greer, Australian journalist and author
• 31st » Claude Gauthier (singer) e.g Claude Gauthier, Canadian singer-songwriter and actor

Famous Deaths for January 1939

• 2nd » Roman Dmowski, Polish politician (b. 1864)
• 9th » Johann Strauss III, Austrian conductor (b. 1866)
• 19th » Cliff Heathcote, American baseball player (b. 1898)
• 23rd » Matthias Sindelar, Austrian footballer (b. 1903)
• 24th » Maximilian Bircher-Benner, Swiss physician (b. 1867)
• 25th » Charles Davidson Dunbar, Scottish piper (b. 1870)
• 28th » W. B. Yeats, Irish poet, Nobel Prize in Literature named Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
• 28th » Dick Scobee, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut (b. 1939)

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