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The following events occurred in
April 1939
:
April 1
, 1939 (Saturday)
Francisco Franco
announced final victory in the
Spanish Civil War
.
The United States recognized
Francoist Spain
.
[1]
The
German battleship
Tirpitz
was launched in
Wilhelmshaven
.
Adolf Hitler
attended the ceremony and made a speech that included a response to
Neville Chamberlain
's pledge of the previous day to support Poland, saying "If they [the Western Allies] expect the Germany of today to sit patiently by until the very last day while they create satellite States and set them against Germany, then they are mistaking the Germany of today for the Germany of before the war."
[2]
Cambridge
won the
91st Boat Race
. The race would not be officially held again until 1946, although unofficial races were held during the war.
The Western film
Dodge City
starring
Errol Flynn
,
Olivia de Havilland
and
Ann Sheridan
had a special premiere in
Kansas
.
[3]
Born:
Spider Martin
, photographer, in
Fairfield, Alabama
(d. 2003);
Ali MacGraw
, actress, in
Pound Ridge, New York
;
Phil Niekro
, baseball player, in
Blaine, Ohio
(d. 2020)
Died:
Anton Makarenko
, 51, Russian educator and writer
April 2
, 1939 (Sunday)
55,000 Nationalists marched in a victory parade through
Madrid
.
[4]
General elections
were held in Belgium. The
Catholic Party
won a plurality in the
Chamber of Representatives
.
Polish military officer and politician
Walery Sławek
shot himself in the mouth at his Warsaw apartment. He died the following day.
Ralph Guldahl
won the
6th Masters Tournament
.
Born:
Marvin Gaye
, singer, songwriter and musician, in Washington, D.C. (d. 1984)
April 3
, 1939 (Monday)
Hitler gave a top secret directive to the military code-named Case White, ordering the preparation of military operations against Poland for any time from September 1 forward.
[2]
Folketing elections
were held in Denmark. The
Social Democrats
lost 4 seats but maintained their majority.
Died:
Walery Sławek
, 59, Polish military officer and politician (suicide)
April 4
, 1939 (Tuesday)
Three-year old
Faisal II
became King of Iraq upon the death of his father.
Hungary and the
Slovak Republic
signed a peace treaty in
Budapest
ending their short conflict. Slovakia ceded a small amount of territory to Hungary.
[5]
Glenn Miller
and His Orchestra recorded "
Moonlight Serenade
".
Born:
Hugh Masekela
, jazz trumpeter, in
Witbank
,
South Africa
(d. 2018)
Died:
Ghazi of Iraq
, 27, King of Iraq (auto accident);
Joaquín García Morato
, 45, Nationalist fighter ace of the Spanish Civil War (crashed while performing low acrobatics for newsreel cameras)
April 5
, 1939 (Wednesday)
Albert François Lebrun
was re-elected by the French National Assembly to another seven-year term as
President of France
.
[6]
Britain's largest aircraft carrier,
HMS
Illustrious
, was launched at
Barrow-in-Furness
.
[7]
Born:
Leka, Crown Prince of Albania
(d. 2011)
April 6
, 1939 (Thursday)
Britain and France agreed on a mutual assistance pact with Poland, pledging to come to Poland's aid in the event of a German attack.
[8]
The Albanian government rejected Italy's ultimatum.
[5]
April 7
, 1939 (Friday)
The
Italian invasion of Albania
began. The Albanians offered little resistance.
Queen
Geraldine of Albania
fled to Greece with two-day-old son
Leka
. King
Zog
remained in Albania.
[9]
Joseph Lyons
died unexpectedly of a heart attack, the first Australian prime minister to die in office.
Earl Page
became 11th
Prime Minister of Australia
.
Born:
Francis Ford Coppola
, film director, in
Detroit
,
Michigan
;
David Frost
, journalist and media personality, in
Tenterden
, England (d. 2013)
Died:
Joseph Lyons
, 59, 10th Prime Minister of Australia (heart attack)
April 8
, 1939 (Saturday)
King
Zog
fled Albania to Greece as Italian forces entered
Tirana
.
[5]
[10]
Born:
Elizabeth Clare Prophet
, New Age minister and writer, in
Long Branch, New Jersey
(d. 2009)
April 9
, 1939 (Sunday)
Marian Anderson
gave an open air concert on the steps of the
Lincoln Memorial
in Washington to 75,000 people on
Easter Sunday
. This venue was chosen after Anderson was barred from the
DAR Constitution Hall
because she was black.
[5]
April 10
, 1939 (Monday)
The Italian army completed the occupation of Albania.
[5]
Dutch troops were sent to their border with Germany.
[7]
Born:
Claudio Magris
, scholar, translator and writer, in
Trieste
, Italy
Died:
Peter Patton
, 63, English ice hockey player and administrator
April 11
, 1939 (Tuesday)
Hungary announced its withdrawal from the
League of Nations
.
[8]
The game of
darts
was banned in
Glasgow
pubs for being "too dangerous".
[7]
April 12
, 1939 (Wednesday)
Shefqet Vërlaci
, a bitter enemy of the exiled King Zog, was made the new
Prime Minister of Albania
. Zog had once been engaged to marry Vërlaci's daughter but broke it off, an affront that Vërlaci had sworn to avenge.
[11]
The new National Assembly voted to abrogate the constitution of 1928 and offer the Crown of Albania to
Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
.
[12]
Slovak Propaganda Minister
Alexander Mach
declared that Slovakia would pass antisemitic measures similar to Germany's
Nuremberg Laws
.
[13]
Born:
Alan Ayckbourn
, playwright, in
Hampstead
, London, England
April 13
, 1939 (Thursday)
Britain and France both pledged to lend Greece and
Romania
all assistance possible if those two countries went to war to preserve their independence.
[14]
The
Hindustani Lal Sena
was formed.
Born:
Seamus Heaney
, poet and playwright, in
Castledawson
,
Northern Ireland
(d. 2013);
Paul Sorvino
, actor, in
Brooklyn
,
New York
(d. 2022)
April 14
, 1939 (Friday)
U.S. President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
sent Hitler a message asking, "Are you willing to give assurance that your armed forces will not attack or invade the territory or possessions of the following independent nations?" Thirty-one countries were then listed. "If such assurance is given by your Government, I shall immediately transmit it to the Governments of the nations I have named, and I shall simultaneously inquire whether, as I am reasonably sure, each of the nations enumerated above will in turn give like assurance for transmission to you. Reciprocal assurances such as I have outlined will bring to the world an immediate measure of relief." A similar message was also sent to
Benito Mussolini
, who referred to the letter in private as "absurd" but never made a public reply. Roosevelt did not expect anything substantial to come out of the message, but sent it with the intention of demonstrating to the world an important issue between democracies and dictatorships.
[15]
[16]
The
John Steinbeck
novel
The Grapes of Wrath
was published.
April 15
, 1939 (Saturday)
Romania began to pull thousands of troops from its border with Hungary following a conference between
Armand Călinescu
and
László Bárdossy
.
[17]
Born:
Howard Winstone
, boxer, in
Merthyr Tydfil
,
Wales
(d. 2000)
Died:
Oliver Percy Bernard
, 58, English architect
April 16
, 1939 (Sunday)
The Soviet Union proposed an alliance with Britain and France to contain German aggression in Eastern Europe.
[8]
A law was published in Italy proclaiming King Victor Emmanuel III's acceptance of the Crown of Albania.
[12]
The
Boston Bruins
defeated the
Toronto Maple Leafs
3–1 to win the
Stanley Cup
, four games to one.
Born:
Dusty Springfield
, pop singer, in
West Hampstead
, London, England (d. 1999)
April 17
, 1939 (Monday)
Opening Day
of the 1939 major league baseball season took place.
[18]
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the
mythical invention of baseball
by
Abner Doubleday
, every major and minor league team wore a special centennial patch on their sleeves all season.
[19]
Joe Louis
retained the world heavyweight boxing title by knocking out
Jack Roper
in the first round at
Wrigley Field
in Los Angeles.
[20]
April 18
, 1939 (Tuesday)
Neville Chamberlain
vowed to go to the aid of the Netherlands, Denmark or Switzerland if they were attacked.
[7]
Slovakia approved its first antisemitic legislation.
[21]
The French ocean liner
SS
Paris
caught fire and sank in
Le Havre
.
April 19
, 1939 (Wednesday)
Hitler appointed
Franz von Papen
German Ambassador to Turkey.
[22]
Slovakia banned Jews from working as journalists and restricted Jewish lawyers to 4% of the total legal profession.
[23]
Ellison Brown
won the
Boston Marathon
.
[24]
Born:
Ali Khameni
, 2nd Supreme Leader of Iran, in
Mashhad
Died:
Henry Stephens Salt
, 87, English writer and social reform activist
April 20
, 1939 (Thursday)
Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday
was celebrated as a national holiday throughout Germany and elsewhere.
The
Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
began.
Ted Williams
made his major league debut for the
Boston Red Sox
, going 1-for-4 with a double during a 2–0 loss to the
New York Yankees
.
[25]
A
customs union
between Italy and Albania was established.
[12]
Billie Holiday
recorded "
Strange Fruit
".
Born:
Elspeth Ballantyne
, actress, in
Adelaide
, Australia
Died:
Teodoro R. Yangco
, 77, Philippine businessman and philanthropist
April 21
, 1939 (Friday)
The
San Jacinto Monument
was dedicated near
Houston
,
Texas
.
April 22
, 1939 (Saturday)
Johnson Wax Headquarters
, designed by
Frank Lloyd Wright
, opened in
Racine, Wisconsin
.
[5]
The drama film
Dark Victory
starring
Bette Davis
was released.
Born:
Jason Miller
, playwright, in
Queens
,
New York
(d. 2001);
Ann Mitchell
, actress, in
Stepney
,
East London
, England;
Simon Napier-Bell
, music manager, author and journalist, in
Ealing Common
,
West London
, England
April 23
, 1939 (Sunday)
A decree from the Spanish Ministry of Finance restored the property of
Alfonso XIII
and all his relatives within four degrees of lineal blood relation.
[26]
Born:
Lee Majors
, actor, in
Wyandotte, Michigan
April 24
, 1939 (Monday)
Bolivian President
Germán Busch
announced the dissolution of the Constituent Assembly and assumed dictatorial powers.
[27]
April 25
, 1939 (Tuesday)
On
Budget Day
in the United Kingdom,
Chancellor of the Exchequer
Sir John Simon
raised taxes to help finance the £630 million defense budget.
[28]
President Roosevelt created the
Federal Security Agency
.
The
Zeesen short-wave transmitter
in
Nazi Germany
began making broadcasts in
Arabic
aimed at North Africa and the Middle East.
[29]
Born:
Ted Kooser
, poet, in
Ames, Iowa
Died:
John Foulds
, 58, British composer;
Georges Ricard-Cordingley
, 66, French painter
April 26
, 1939 (Wednesday)
The Neville Chamberlain government announced that due to international events, a bill would be introduced in parliament introducing military
conscription
for all males aged 20 and 21.
[30]
Robert Menzies
became 12th
Prime Minister of Australia
.
Fritz Wendel
set a new world air speed record of 469.2 mph (755 km/h) in a
Messerschmitt Me 209
.
April 27
, 1939 (Thursday)
The House of Commons approved Chamberlain's
conscription plan
, 376–145.
[31]
Born:
Judy Carne
, actress, in
Northampton
, England (d. 2015);
Erik Pevernagie
, painter and writer, in Belgium;
João Bernardo Vieira
, President of Guinea-Bissau, in
Bissau
,
Portuguese Guinea
(d. 2009)
April 28
, 1939 (Friday)
Hitler made a speech to the
Reichstag
renouncing the
Anglo-German Naval Agreement
and
German–Polish declaration of non-aggression
, yet offered to negotiate new non-aggression pacts with any nations that asked for them.
[32]
Hitler evoked laughter in the Reichstag by reciting, in exaggerated and sarcastic tones, the thirty-one countries that President Roosevelt had listed in the telegram of two weeks earlier.
[33]
April 29
, 1939 (Saturday)
Portsmouth
beat
Wolverhampton Wanderers
4–1 in the
FA Cup Final
at
Wembley Stadium
. It was the last FA Cup Final played until 1946.
Subhas Chandra Bose
resigned as President of the
Indian National Congress
.
Rajendra Prasad
became the new president.
[8]
The play
Cesare
based on the life of
Julius Caesar
by
Giovacchino Forzano
in collaboration with
Benito Mussolini
premiered at the
Teatro Argentina
in Rome.
[34]
The
Bronx–Whitestone Bridge
opened in New York City.
April 30
, 1939 (Sunday)
The
1939 New York World's Fair
opened.
NBC
inaugurated its first television broadcast with coverage of President Roosevelt at the event.
[5]
Baseball's "Iron Man",
Lou Gehrig
, plays his 2,130th consecutive game with the
New York Yankees
. This was also his final game ever played; suffering from ALS, Gehrig took himself out of the starting lineup in the next game three days later. He remained on the Yankees as team captain for the rest of the season.
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