What Happened In June 1939 In History

Historical Events for June, 1939

• 1st » First flight of the Germany or German Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter-bomber airplane.
• 4th » Holocaust: The MS e.g St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, in the United States, after already being turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, more than 200 of its passengers later die in Nazism
• 6th » Judge Joseph Force Crater, known as the "Missingest Man in New York", is Declared death in absentia called declared legally dead.
• 12th » The Baseball Hall of Fame opens in Cooperstown, New York.
• 17th » Last public guillotining in France: Eugen Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles, Yvelines or Versailles outside the Saint-Pierre prison.

Famous Birthdays on June in 1939

• 1st » Cleavon Little, American actor and singer (d. 1992)
• 3rd » Frank Blevins, English-Australian politician, 7th Deputy Premier of South Australia (d. 2013)
• 3rd » Steve Dalkowski, American baseball player
• 3rd » Ian Hunter (singer) or Ian Hunter, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Mott the Hoople)
• 3rd » Jon Tolaas, Norwegian poet and author (d. 2012)
• 3rd » Kathleen E. Woodiwiss, American author (d. 2007)
• 4th » Jeremy Browne, 11th Marquess of Sligo, Irish politician
• 4th » Denis de Belleval, Canadian politician
• 4th » George Reid (Scottish politician) or George Reid, Scottish politician, 2nd Presiding Officer of the Scottish Parliament
• 5th » Joe Clark, Canadian journalist and politician, 16th Prime Minister of Canada
• 5th » Margaret Drabble, English author and critic
• 5th » L. R. Wright, Canadian author (d. 2001)
• 6th » Louis Andriessen, Dutch pianist and composer
• 6th » Gary U.S. Bonds, American singer-songwriter
• 6th » Eddie Giacomin, Canadian-American ice hockey player, coach, and sportscaster
• 7th » Yuli Turovsky, Russian-Canadian cellist, conductor and educator (d. 2013)
• 8th » Bernie Casey, American football player and actor
• 8th » Francis Jacobs, English lawyer and judge
• 9th » Ileana Cotrubaș, Romanian soprano and actress
• 9th » Eric Fernie, Scottish historian and academic
• 9th » David Hobbs (racing driver) known as David Hobbs, English race car driver and sportscaster
• 9th » Dick Vitale, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster
• 9th » Charles Webb (author) named Charles Webb, American author
• 10th » Guy Harwood, English horse trainer
• 10th » Alexandra Stewart, Canadian actress
• 11th » Christina Crawford, American actress and author
• 11th » Rachael Heyhoe Flint, Baroness Heyhoe Flint, English cricketer
• 11th » Diana Moran, English model and journalist
• 11th » Bernard Purdie, American drummer (Hummingbird (band) named Hummingbird)
• 11th » Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver
• 12th » Frank McCloskey, American sergeant and politician (d. 2003)
• 13th » Tom Cheek, American sportscaster (d. 2005)
• 13th » Siegfried Fischbacher, German-American magician
• 14th » Steny Hoyer, American politician
• 14th » Peter Mayle, English author
• 14th » Colin Thubron, English author
• 14th » James Wright (academic) e.g James Wright, English academic
• 15th » Ward Connerly, American activist and businessman, founded the American Civil Rights Institute
• 15th » Brian Jacques, English author (d. 2011)
• 16th » Billy "Crash" Craddock, American singer
• 17th » Donald Anderson, Baron Anderson of Swansea, Welsh politician
• 18th » Lou Brock, American baseball player
• 18th » Jean-Claude Germain, Canadian author, journalist, and historian
• 18th » Brooks Firestone, American businessman and politician
• 19th » Bernd Hoss, German footballer and manager
• 19th » Al Wilson (singer) called Al Wilson, American singer (d. 2008)
• 20th » Michael Buckley (civil servant) or Michael Buckley, English civil servant
• 20th » Ramakant Desai, Indian cricketer (d. 1998)
• 20th » Budge Rogers, English rugby player
• 21st » Rubén Berríos, Puerto Rican lawyer and politician
• 22nd » Hugh Annesley (police officer) or Hugh Annesley, Irish police officer
• 22nd » Don Matthews, American-Canadian football player and coach
• 24th » Michael Gothard, English actor (d. 1992)
• 25th » Allen Fox, American tennis player
• 26th » Chuck Robb, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 64th Governor of Virginia
• 27th » R. D. Burman, Indian singer-songwriter (d. 1994)
• 27th » Ivan Doig, American author
• 29th » Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
• 29th » Lo Lieh, Hong Kong martial artist, actor, and director (d. 2002)
• 29th » Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer and coach
• 30th » Tunku Annuar, Malaysian son of Badlishah of Kedah (d. 2014)
• 30th » Tony Hatch, English pianist, composer, and producer
• 30th » José Emilio Pacheco, Mexican poet and author (d. 2014)

Famous Deaths for June 1939

• 4th » Tommy Ladnier, American trumpet player (b. 1900)
• 16th » Chick Webb, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1905)
• 17th » Allen Sothoron, American baseball player, coach, and manager (b. 1893)
• 19th » Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (b. 1878)
• 25th » Richard Seaman, English race car driver (b. 1913)
• 26th » Ford Madox Ford, English author, poet, and critic (b. 1873)

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