What is 1939?
{{Year nav|1939}} {{Year in various calendars|1939}} '''1939''' ([[Roman numerals|MCMXXXIX]]) was a [[common year starting on Sunday]] in the [[Gregorian calendar]], the 1939th year in the [[Common Era]] (CE) and ''[[Anno Domini]]'' (AD) designations, {{Year article header/year number|1939}}. [[World War II]] started in this year. == Events == * [[May 15]] – [[Nazi Germany]] opens [[Ravensbrück concentration camp|Ravensbruück concentration camp]], the largest [[Nazi concentration camps|Nazi concentration camp]] for women * [[September 1]] – The [[World War II|Second World War]] begins when Nazi Germany [[Invasion of Poland (1939)|invades Poland]] * [[September 17]] – The [[Soviet Union]] invades [[Poland]] * [[October 6]] – Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union divide and [[Annexation|take over]] Poland * [[November 30]] – The [[Winter War]] begins == Births == * [[February 6]] – [[Mike Farrell]] * [[February 14]] – [[John Conn]] [[(Scottish-Australian writer)]] * [[March 13]] - [[Neil Sedaka]], American singer-songwriter and musician ([[The Tokens]]) * [[April 2]] – [[Marvin Gaye]] * [[July 1]] - [[Karen Black]] (d. [[2013]]) * [[July 30]] - [[Peter Bogdanovich]] * [[August 3]] – [[Wes Craven]] * [[August 19]] - [[Ginger Baker]], English drummer ([[Cream (band)|Cream]]) (d. [[2019]]) * [[September 5]] – [[George Lazenby]] * [[September 18]] – [[Frankie Avalon]] * [[October 27]] – [[John Cleese]] * [[November 13]] – [[Will Ryan]] ([[Americans|American]] [[actor]]) == Deaths == * [[September]] - Khan Sahib [[Abdul Majid Khan Tarin]], [[OBE]], [[British Indian]] judge and legislator (b. [[1877]]) * [[November 12]] -[[Norman Bethune]] == Movies released == * ''[[Dodge City (film)|Dodge City]]'' starring [[Errol Flynn]] * ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' starring [[Clark Gable]] * ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' (Best Picture Academy Award) * ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939 movie)|The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' starring [[Charles Laughton]] * ''[[The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex]]'' *