What Happened In July 1939 In History

Historical Events for July, 1939

• 4th » Lou Gehrig, recently diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, informs a crowd at Yankee Stadium (1923) or Yankee Stadium that he considered himself "The luckiest man on the face of the earth", then announces his retirement from major league baseball.
• 4th » Huỳnh Phú Sổ founds Hòa Hảo named Hòa Hảo Buddhism.
• 6th » The Holocaust named Holocaust: the last remaining Jewish enterprises in Germany are closed.

Famous Birthdays on July in 1939

• 1st » Karen Black, American actress, singer, and screenwriter (d. 2013)
• 1st » Delaney Bramlett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Delaney & Bonnie) (d. 2008)
• 1st » Dudley Knight, American actor and educator (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Ferdinand Mount, English journalist and author
• 2nd » Alexandros Panagoulis, Greek poet and politician (d. 1976)
• 2nd » John H. Sununu, American engineer and politician, 14th White House Chief of Staff
• 2nd » Paul Williams (The Temptations) named Paul Williams, American singer and choreographer (The Temptations) (d. 1973)
• 3rd » Brigitte Fassbaender, German soprano and director
• 3rd » László Kovács (politician) called László Kovács, Hungarian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Hungary) named Minister of Foreign Affairs for Hungary
• 3rd » Coco Laboy, Puerto Rican baseball player
• 5th » Booker Edgerson, American football player
• 6th » Jet Harris, English bass player (The Shadows, The Jeff Beck Group, and The Vipers Skiffle Group) (d. 2011)
• 6th » John Makepeace, English furniture designer
• 6th » Mary Peters (athlete) or Mary Peters, English pentathlete and shot putter
• 10th » Phil Kelly (footballer born 1939) called Phil Kelly, Irish-English footballer (d. 2012)
• 10th » Ahmet Taner Kışlalı, Turkish political scientist, journalist, and educator (d. 1999)
• 12th » Phillip Adams, Australian journalist
• 13th » Prakash Mehra, Indian director and producer (d. 2009)
• 13th » Lambert Jackson Woodburne, South African admiral (d. 2013)
• 14th » Karel Gott, Czech singer-songwriter and actor
• 14th » Sid Haig, American actor
• 14th » George Edgar Slusser, American scholar and author
• 15th » Calixte Duguay, Canadian singer-songwriter
• 15th » Aníbal Cavaco Silva, Portuguese politician, 19th President of the Portuguese Republic
• 16th » William Bell (singer) named William Bell, American singer-songwriter
• 16th » Denise LaSalle, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 16th » Shringar Nagaraj, Indian actor and producer (d. 2013)
• 16th » Corin Redgrave, English actor and activist (d. 2010)
• 16th » Mariele Ventre, Italian singer and conductor (d. 1995)
• 17th » Andrée Champagne, Canadian actress and politician
• 17th » Spencer Davis, Welsh singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Spencer Davis Group)
• 17th » Ali Khamenei, Iranian politician, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran
• 18th » Brian Auger, English keyboard player (Brian Auger and the Trinity, CAB (band) e.g CAB, and The Steampacket)
• 18th » Dion DiMucci, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Dion and the Belmonts)
• 18th » Edward Gramlich, American economist and educator (d. 2007)
• 18th » Jerry Moore, American football player and coach
• 20th » Judy Chicago, American painter and sculptor
• 21st » Jamey Aebersold, American saxophonist and educator
• 21st » John Negroponte, American diplomat, 1st Director of National Intelligence
• 22nd » Gila Almagor, Israeli actress and author
• 22nd » Terence Stamp, English actor and singer
• 23rd » Raine Karp, Estonian architect
• 24th » Walt Bellamy, American basketball player (d. 2013)
• 24th » David Simon, Baron Simon of Highbury, English businessman and politician
• 26th » Jun Henmi, Japanese author and poet (d. 2011)
• 26th » John Howard, Australian politician, 25th Prime Minister of Australia
• 26th » Bob Lilly, American football player and photographer
• 26th » Richard Marlow, English organist and conductor (d. 2013)
• 27th » Michael Longley, Irish poet
• 28th » Richard Johns, English air marshal
• 30th » Peter Bogdanovich, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 30th » Eleanor Smeal, American activist, founded the Feminist Majority Foundation
• 31st » Steuart Bedford, English pianist and conductor
• 31st » France Nuyen, French actress

Famous Deaths for July 1939

• 7th » Deacon White, American baseball player and manager (b. 1847)
• 8th » Havelock Ellis, English psychologist and author (b. 1859)
• 14th » Alphonse Mucha, Czech painter (b. 1860)
• 19th » Rose Hartwick Thorpe, American poet and author (b. 1850)

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