1939 Germany and the Soviet Union attacked Poland and Britain, France, India, Australia and new Zealand declared war on Germany on September 3rd , the United States decided to remain neutral but did begin rearming for war , which helped end the great depression. The United States also hosted the Worlds Fair in New York early in the year. Also after speaking to the physicist Albert Einstein president Roosevelt initiated the Americas A-Bomb programme.
1939 was 70 years ago this year
Cost Of Living, News, Facts and Events, Movies, TV and Music, Technology, Born This Year, World Leaders,
1939 was 70 years ago this year
Cost Of Living, News, Facts and Events, Movies, TV and Music, Technology, Born This Year, World Leaders,
How Much things cost in 1939
Average Cost of new house $3,800.00
Average wages per year $1,730.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $28.00 per month
A loaf of Bread 8 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 14 cents
Average Price for new car $700.00
Toaster $16.00
Due to increased number of users Electricity prices have been cut by 1/2 in ten years.
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling
Average House Price 590
Average Cost of new house $3,800.00
Average wages per year $1,730.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 10 cents
Average Cost for house rent $28.00 per month
A loaf of Bread 8 cents
A LB of Hamburger Meat 14 cents
Average Price for new car $700.00
Toaster $16.00
Due to increased number of users Electricity prices have been cut by 1/2 in ten years.
Below are some Prices for UK guides in Pounds Stirling
Average House Price 590
What Events Happened in 1939
Australia- 71 people die across Victoria in one of Australia's worst ever bush fires
- Earthquake kills 30,000 in Chile
- Dictator Francisco Franco conquers Madrid, ending the Spanish Civil War
- Last public execution in France - murderer Eugene Weidmann is decapitated by the guillotine.
- Albert Einstein writes President Franklin Roosevelt in 1939 about developing the Atomic Bomb using Uranium. This led to the creation of the Manhattan Project.
- The Worlds Fair Opens in New York
- LaGuardia Airport Opens in New York
- The independent republic of Czechoslovakia is dissolved
- Regular television broadcasts began in the United States
- America ammends Neutrality Acts to allow sending military aid to countries in Europe
- Continuing drought conditions in the North Eastern US causing mass crop failure and hardship
- Following the Royal Commission recommending the formation of Arab and Jewish States Palestinians revolt
- Nazi Germany attacks Poland on September 1st , and France, Australia and the United Kingdom declare war on Germany. This is the start of World War II
- Russia Invades Finland
- Germany and Italy sign "The Pact Of Steel"
- Assassination Attempt On Hitler fails by 8 minutes
- Thailand Changes it's Name From Siam
- Pope Pius XI dies after failing health aged 81 after being the Pope for 17 years.
Popular Culture
Popular Films
- Gone with the Wind
- The Wizard of Oz
- Stagecoach
- Of Mice and Men
- Wuthering Heights
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Popular Music
- Glen Miller has a series of hits including "Moonlight Serenade."
- Moon Love , Over the Rainbow with Judy Garland and Stairway to the Stars
- Address Unknown by the Inkspots
Born This Year 1939
John Cleese News And Events From October 27thTina Turner This Day In History November 26th
Marvin Gaye News And Events From April 2nd
Francis Ford Coppola This Day In History April 7th
Ginger Baker August 19th -- London, England
Francis Ford Coppola April 7th -- Detroit, Michigan, United States
James Fox May 19th -- London, England
George Hamilton August 12th -- Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Paul Hogan October 8th -- Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia
Ayatollah Khamenei July 15th -- Mashhad, Iran
Ralph Lauren October 14th -- The Bronx, New York, United States
George Lazenby September 5th -- Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Lee Majors April 23rd -- Wyandotte, Michigan, U.S.
Lee Harvey Oswald October 18th -- New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Neil Sedaka March 13th -- Brooklyn, New York, United States
Jackie Stewart June 11th -- Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland
Terry Waite May 31st -- Styal, Cheshire, England
Technology
- The outbreak of World War II brings television broadcasting at the BBC to an end and it restarts in 1946
- The first air conditioned car the Packhard goes on show
- Hewlitt Packard is formed
Inventions Invented by Inventors and Country ( or attributed to First Use )
Frequency Modulation USA by Edwin H Armstrong - sound by radio waves
Major World Political Leaders 1939
Australia Prime Minister Joseph Lyons Till 7 AprilAustralia Prime Minister Sir Earle Page From 7 April
Australia Prime Minister Sir Earle Page Till 26 April
Australia Prime Minister Robert Menzies From 26 April
Brazil President Getúlio Vargas
Canada Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King
Germany Chancellor Adolf Hitler
Italy Prime Minister Benito Mussolini
Japan Prime Minister Fumimaro Konoe Till 5 January
Japan Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma From 5 January
Japan Prime Minister Kiichiro Hiranuma Till 30 August
Japan Prime Minister Nobuyuki Abe From 30 August
Mexico President Lázaro Cárdenas
Russia / Soviet Union
General Secretary of the Central Committee Joseph Stalin
South Africa Prime Minister James Barry Munnik Hertzog Till 5 September
South Africa Prime Minister Field Marshal Jan Christiaan Smuts From 5 September
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt
United Kingdom Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
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