year in basketball this year 1939 Events The first NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Championship NCAA Tournament is played. The University of Oregon defeated Ohio State University 46 33 in Evanston, Illinois to become the inaugural national champions of this tournament. The third European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1939, is won by Lithuania. The seventh South American Basketball Championship in Rio de Janeiro is won by Brazil. Israel national basketball team joins the FIBA Tournaments College Men flagicon USA NCAA 1939 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament NCAA 1938 39 Oregon Ducks men s basketball team Oregon 46, Ohio State Buckeyes men s basketball Ohio State 33 NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player Most Outstanding Player Jimmy Hull , Ohio State 1939 National Invitation Tournament National Invitation Tournament LIU Blackbirds men s basketball Long Island 44, Loyola Ramblers Loyola IL 32 flagicon USA National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA 1939 NAIA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament NAIA Southwestern College Moundbuilders Southwestern KS 32, San Diego State Aztecs San Diego State 31 Births January 21 Tom Stith , All American at St. Bonaventure University June 9 Dick Vitale , College basketball announcer July 24 Walt Bellamy , Hall of Fame center Deaths November 28 James Naismith , Inventor of basketball b. 1898 fr 1939 en basket ball ... more details
The Consensus 1939 College Basketball All American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All American teams. ref http web1.ncaa.org web files stats m basketball RB 2009 Award.pdf ... Americans DEFAULTSORT 1939 Ncaa Men s Basketball All Americans Category NCAA Men s Basketball All ... Square Garden 1925 Madison Square Garden . 1939 Consensus All America team Image Bernard Opper.jpg ... Wildcats men s basketball Kentucky . style width 600px border 1 solid gray Consensus First Team bgcolor ... Team Ernie Andres Senior Indiana Hoosiers men s basketball Indiana Jimmy Hull Senior Ohio State Buckeyes men s basketball Ohio State Chet Jaworski Senior Rhode Island Rams men s basketball Rhode Island ... men s basketball Oregon br style width 600px border 1 solid gray Consensus Second Team bgcolor CCCCCC ... Anet Senior Oregon Ducks men s basketball Oregon Bob Calihan Junior Detroit Titans men s basketball ... Opper Senior Kentucky Wildcats men s basketball Kentucky Individual All America teams class wikitable ... ref http www.ncaapublications.com Uploads PDF m basketball finesta2ccdb4e d86f 4abf a138 5bb24fd77472.pdf 2005 NCAA Basketball s Finest All Americans Helms, Converse, Collyer s & MSG p.208. Accessed 2009 ... men s basketball Indiana rowspan 10 colspan 6 align center No second or third teams Gus Broberg Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth Lauren Gale Oregon Ducks men s basketball Oregon Jimmy Hull Ohio State Buckeyes men s basketball Ohio State Chet Jaworski Rhode Island Rams men s basketball Rhode Island State John Lobsiger Missouri Tigers men s basketball Missouri Bobby Moers Texas Longhorns men s basketball Texas Jesse Renick Oklahoma State Cowboys men s basketball Oklahoma A&M Irving Torgoff Long Island University Long Island Slim Wintermute Oregon Ducks men s basketball Oregon style border top 2px solid black rowspan 5 Converse shoe company Converse Bobby Anet Oregon Ducks men s basketball Oregon Ernie Andres Indiana Hoosiers men s basketball Indiana Pick Dehner Illinois Fighting Illini men s basketball ... more details
Infobox FIBA tourney continent year 1939 host Brazil dates 14 April 30 April teams 5 federations venues 1 cities 1 champions Brazil title number 1 ppg t prevseason small South American Basketball Championship 1938 South American br Basketball Championship 1938 small nextseason small South American Basketball Championship 1940 South American br Basketball Championship 1940 small The South American Basketball Championship 1939 was the seventh South American Basketball Championship . It was held in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil and won by the host Brazil national basketball team . 5 teams competed. Final rankings Bk BRA Bk URU Bk ARG Bk PER Bk CHI Results Each team played the other four teams once, for a total of four games played by each team and 10 overall in the tournament. style border collapse collapse border 1 cellspacing 0 cellpadding 5 align center bgcolor efefef width 20 Rank width 220 Team width 20 Pts width 20 W width 20 L width 20 PF width 20 PA width 20 Diff align center bgcolor gold 1 align left Bk BRA 8 4 0 139 120 19 align center bgcolor silver 2 align left Bk URU 7 3 1 151 122 29 align center bgcolor cc9966 3 align left Bk ARG 6 2 2 151 126 25 align center 4 align left Bk PER 5 1 3 129 132 3 align center 5 align left Bk CHI 4 0 4 97 167 70 width 75 cellspacing 1 width 25 width 25 width 25 style font size 90 align right Brazil align center 34 32 Uruguay style font size 90 align right Brazil align center 31 30 Argentina style font size 90 align right Brazil align center ... en events competition latest results.asp?RoundID 2818&CompetitionCode SAMSM&Season 1939&fisC false&lang &act link 1 FIBA.com archive for SAC1939 SoAmerBaskChamp Category South American Basketball Championship 1939 Category 1939 in basketball S Category Sports festivals in Brazil B Category Basketball in Brazil Category 1939 in Brazil es Torneo Sudamericano de B squetbol de 1939 it FIBA South American Championship 1939 sv Sydamerikanska m sterskapet i basket 1939 ... more details
Cleanup date March 2009 Chris Smith born March 31, 1939 starred in basketball at Virginia Tech from 1958 ... American basketball player DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1939 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Smith, Chris Category 1939 births Category Basketball players from West Virginia ... 6 center basketball center during an era of exceptional local talent in what was then known as the Kanawha ... 2010 ACC Men s Basketball Legends cite news url http www.charlestondailymail.com Sports localsports ... Draft, Smith was the highest draft choice for any Virginia Tech basketball player ever when he was selected ... accessdate January 30, 2010 publisher Sports Reference LLC work basketball reference.com ref In 1982, he was the only basketball player inducted as a charter member to Virginia Tech s Hall of Fame. ref ... 2010 ACC Men s Basketball Legends Rebounds per Game 36 Season Rebounds 495 Career Rebounds 1508 Season ... NCAA Men s Basketball Records Book. ref name NCAA Men s Basketball Records cite web url http web1.ncaa.org web files stats m basketball RB 2010 D1.pdf title 2009 10 NCAA Men s Basketball Records Book ... records for more than 50 years. According to the 2009 2010 Virginia Tech Basketball Program, Smith is regarded by many as the greatest basketball player in school history . In 2010, he was chosen .... ref name 2010 ACC Men s Basketball Legends ref name theACC.com cite news url http www.theacc.com sports m baskbl spec rel 012610aaa.html title ACC Announces the 2010 Men s Basketball Tournament Legends ... of the Virginia Tech Basketball Program as documented by ESPN s recently published and printed ESPN College Basketball Encoclopedia. ref name apr2011 cite book title ESPN College Basketball ... the Southern Conference Championship with a record of 12 1. ref name NCAA Men s Basketball Records ... Second Team All American. Sports Illustrated featured the Virginia Tech basketball team ... titled Tech Basketball Recruits said Noe to West Virginia ref name JC cite news title Tech basketball ... more details
Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament Year 1939 Image ImageSize Caption Teams 8 FinalFourArena Patten Gymnasium FinalFourCity Evanston, Illinois Champions 1938 39 Oregon Webfoots men s basketball team Oregon TitleCount 1st RunnerUp Ohio State Buckeyes men s basketball Ohio State GameCount 1st Semifinal1 Oklahoma Sooners men s basketball Oklahoma FinalFourCount 1st Semifinal2 Villanova Wildcats men s basketball ... Points 58 The 1939 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in Single elimination tournament single elimination play to determine the NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Championship . It was the first NCAA basketball national championship tournament. It began on March 17, 1939, and ended with the championship game on March 27 on Northwestern University s campus in Evanston ... also 1939 NAIA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament navbox 1939 Oregon Webfoots men s basketball navbox DEFAULTSORT 1939 Ncaa Men s Division I Basketball .... The East region did not hold a third place game until the 1941 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball ... I Basketball Tournament 1947 tournament . 1938 39 Oregon Webfoots men s basketball team Oregon ... Region Seed Team Coach Conference Finished Final Opponent Score East East n a Brown Bears men s basketball Brown George Allen basketball coach George Allen Ivy League Elite Eight Villanova Wildcats men s basketball Villanova L 42 30 East n a Ohio State Buckeyes men s basketball Ohio State Harold Olsen Big Ten Runner Up 1938 39 Oregon Webfoots men s basketball team Oregon L 46 33 East n a Villanova Wildcats men s basketball Villanova Alex Severance Independent National Semifinals Ohio State Buckeyes men s basketball Ohio State L 53 36 East n a Wake Forest Demon Deacons men s basketball Wake Forest Murray Greason Southern Conference Southern Elite Eight Ohio State Buckeyes men s basketball Ohio State L 64 52 West West n a Oklahoma Sooners men s basketball Oklahoma Bruce Drake Big Eight Conference ... more details
NCAATeamSeason Mode Basketball Year 1939 40 Prev year 1938 39 Next year 1940 41 Team Indiana Hoosiers Image Image size 150 Conference Big Ten Conference Division ShortConference Big Ten CoachRank APRank Record 20 3 ConfRecord 9 3 HeadCoach Branch McCracken AsstCoach1 Ralph Graham AsstCoach2 AsstCoach3 StadiumArena Wildermuth Intramural Center IU Fieldhouse Champion BowlTourney 1940 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament NCAA Men s Division I Tournament BowlTourneyResult 1940 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament Champions The 1939 40 Indiana Hoosiers men s basketball team represented Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University . The Head Coach was Branch McCracken and was a member of the Big Ten Conference . The team won the second ever NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Championship NCAA Tournament Championship , defeating Kansas Jayhawks men s basketball Kansas 60 42 in the final. Roster class wikitable style text align left Name Position Height Year Home Town Curly Armstrong 33 Forward 5 11 Junior Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne, IN James Clifton 16 Center 6 3 Junior ..., OH NCAA basketball tournament main 1940 NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament Eastern Regionals Indiana 48, Springfield College Springfield 24 Indiana 39, Duquesne Dukes men s basketball Duquesne 30 Championship Indiana 60, Kansas Jayhawks men s basketball Kansas 42 ref http www.databasesports.com ... NCAA Men s Basketball All Americans All American Marv Huffman, NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding ... s basketball official website 1940 Indiana Hoosiers men s basketball navbox Indiana Hoosiers men s basketball navbox NCAA Men s Basketball Champions DEFAULTSORT 1939 40 Indiana Hoosiers Men s Basketball Team Category Indiana Hoosiers men s basketball seasons Category 1939 40 NCAA men s basketball season Indiana Hoosiers Category NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Championship seasons Category NCAA Men s Division I Basketball Championship Final Four seasons ... more details
Infobox NAIA Basketball Tournament Year 1939 Image ImageSize 150px Caption 1939 NAIA Men s Division I National Basketball Tournament Teams 32 FinalFourArena Municipal Auditorium Kansas City Municipal Auditorium FinalFourCity Kansas City, Missouri Champions Southwestern College Kansas Southwestern Kan. TitleCount 1st ChampGameCount 1st ChampFFCount 2nd RunnerUp San Diego State Aztecs men s basketball San Diego State GameCount 1st RunnerFFCount 1st Semifinal1 Glenville State College Glenville State W.Va. FinalFourCount 1st Semifinal2 Peru State College Peru State Neb. FinalFourCount2 1st Coach CoachSchool CoachCount MVP Edgar Hinshaw MVPTeam Southwestern Kan. Player PlayerSchool Hustle HustleSchool Attendance unknown OneTopScorer TwoTopScorers TopScorer TopScorerTeam TopScorer2 TopScorer2Team Points The 1939 NAIA Division I Men s Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium Kansas City Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri . The 3rd annual National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single elimination format. ref http naia.cstv.com NAIA.org ref This was also the year the NCAA Basketball tournament ... I Basketball Tournament 1981 tournament which ended in overtime with a score of 86 85. 1939 ... NAIA Men s Division I Basketball Tournament DEFAULTSORT 1939 Naia Men s Division I Basketball Tournament Category NAIA Men s Basketball Championship Category 1939 in basketball NAIA Men s Division I Basketball ... Southwestern College Kansas Southwestern College Kan. defeat San Diego State Aztecs men s basketball ... NAIA Basketball Tournament Most Valuable Player Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award . The first ... by the 1939 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later Leading ... NAIA Championship History ref 1939 NAIA bracket 32TeamBracket RD1 First Round br March ... Diego State Aztecs men s basketball San Diego State RD1 score29 49 RD1 seed30 RD1 team30 Northern State ... more details
Use mdy dates date March 2011 Year dab 1939 the film 1939 film Year nav 1939 C20 year in topic NOTOC Year 1939 Roman numerals MCMXXXIX was a common year starting on Sunday link will display the full calendar ... fission has been achieved by Otto Hahn . January 13 &ndash Black Friday 1939 Black Friday ... in British policies towards Europe. January 24 &ndash An 1939 Chill n earthquake earthquake kills 30,000 ... by the Supreme Court of the United States . March March &ndash The 1936 1939 Arab revolt ... publish Aleister Crowley s Eight Lectures on Yoga . March 22 &ndash After an 1939 German ultimatum .... April 3 &ndash Adolf Hitler orders the German military to start planning for Fall Weiss 1939 Fall ... and the German Polish Non Aggression Pact . April 30 &ndash The 1939 New York World s Fair opens ... Paper of 1939 , sharply restricting Jewish immigration to the Palestine Mandate . Sweden , Norway ... of 1939. June 17 &ndash In the last public guillotining in France, murderer Eugen Weidmann is decapitated .... August 15 &ndash MGM s classic musical film The Wizard of Oz 1939 film The Wizard of Oz , based on The Wonderful ... to begin the opening operations for Fall Weiss 1939 Fall Weiss , the invasion of Poland . The Ship ... with the plan for Fall Weiss 1939 Fall Weiss . At approximately 1830 Central European time .... MGM s classic musical film The Wizard of Oz 1939 film The Wizard of Oz , based on The Wonderful Wizard ... 1939 begin crossing the border into Poland . Norway , Finland , Sweden , and Switzerland declare their neutrality ... 09 10 title On This Day September 10, 1939 publisher CBC.ca accessdate 2011 09 15 ref ref cite web ... in the Invasion of Poland 1939 campaign of 1939. For the first few days all goes well and the Germans ... surrender. The Poles refuse and the Siege of Warsaw 1939 siege begins in earnest. September 16 &ndash ... Customs Service to implement the Neutrality Acts of 1930s Neutrality Act of 1939 , allowing cash and carry ... hours . December 26 &ndash Miners strike in Borinage , Belgium . December 27 &ndash The 1939 Erzincan ... more details
Infobox FIBA tourney continent Europe year 1939 host Lithuania dates 21 May 28 May teams 8 federations ... 16.6 ppg t rpg p rpg t apg p apg t prevseason EuroBasket 1937 nextseason EuroBasket 1946 The 1939 FIBA European Championship , commonly called FIBA EuroBasket 1939 , was the third FIBA EuroBasket regional basketball championship, held by FIBA Europe . Eight national teams affiliated with the International Basketball Federation FIBA took part in the competition. Defending champions Lithuania hosted .... The price for seat were 2,5 5 LTL and for standing spot 1,5 2 LTL. Example of EuroBasket 1939 ticket. ref http ikrauk.15min.lt aktualu 43765 EuroBasket 1939 ticket photo ref Results The 1939 competition ... by head to head results. The winning team was Lithuania national basketball team Lithuania . In retrospect ... soured to such an extent that it led to the cancellation of the subsequent 1939 Baltic Cup football ... winners bk 1939 FIBA European Champions Lithuania 2nd Final standings style border collapse collapse ... States national basketball team at the Basketball at the 1936 Summer Olympics 1936 Summer Olympics ... EuroBasket 1939 http www.eurobasket.com events ec ec39.asp Eurobasket.com 1939 EChampionship Eurobasket Category EuroBasket Category 1939 in basketball Category Basketball in Lithuania Category Sports festivals in Lithuania Category Sport in Kaunas Category 1939 in Lithuania cs Mistrovstv Evropy v basketbale mu 1939 de Basketball Europameisterschaft 1939 et 1939. aasta Euroopa meistriv istlused korvpallis el 1939 es Campeonato Europeo de Baloncesto Masculino de 1939 fr Championnat d Europe de basket ball 1939 hr Europsko prvenstvo u ko arci Litva 1939. it FIBA EuroBasket 1939 he 1939 lv 1939. gada Eiropas empion ts basketbol lt 1939 m. Europos krep inio empionatas hu 1939 es f rfi kos rlabda Eur pa bajnoks g mk 1939 nl Eurobasket mannen 1939 ja 1939 pl Mistrzostwa Europy w Koszyk wce 1939 ru ... more details
European basketball championship, Eurobasket 1939 , is won by Lithuania national basketball team Lithuania . The seventh South American Basketball Championship 1939 South American Basketball Championship in Rio de Janeiro is won by Brazil national basketball team Brazil . Cricket May 29 Northamptonshire ...1939 in sports describes the year s events in world sport. Note many sporting events did not take place because of World War II American football NFL championship Green Bay Packers 27 0 New York Giants in the NFL championship game played at Milwaukee Milwaukee, Wisconsin College championship NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship College football national championship Texas A&M Aggies football Texas A&M Association football England Football League First Division First Division &ndash Everton F.C. Everton win the 1938&ndash 39 in English football 1938&ndash 39 title. FA Cup &ndash Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth beat Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers 4&ndash 1. The outbreak of World War II means all competitive football in England is suspended in September, and the 1939&ndash 40 in English football 1939&ndash 40 season cancelled. Various regional leagues and cups ... Baseball January 24 &ndash Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1939 Hall of Fame election &ndash The goal ... to the Hall of Fame he had announced his retirement after the Hall s June opening. Basketball NBL ... Belmont Stakes &ndash Motor racing Grand Prix motor racing Grand Prix racing &ndash Main article 1939 ... skiing FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 12th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1939 are held at Zakopane ... team France is readmitted to the championship after the 1939 series is completed but will be unable ... Athlete of the Year . Davis Cup 1939 International Lawn Tennis Challenge davis AUS 3 2 davis USA 1912 ... &ndash 1950 Category Sports by year Category 1939 in sports de Sportjahr 1939 fr 1939 en sport hu 1939 a sportban mk 1939 ja 1939 pt 1939 no desporto sv Sport ret 1939 ... more details
Infobox planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Loretta symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer C. Kowal discovery site Palomar Observatory Palomar discovered October 17, 1974 designations yes mp name 1939 alt names 1974 UC mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 3.5211730 perihelion 2.7187816 semimajor eccentricity 0.1285893 period 2012.9156496 avg speed inclination 0.90799 asc node 40.41688 mean anomaly 135.85399 arg peri 191.15052 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo 0.0942 temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 10.80 1939 Loretta 1974 UC is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on October 17, 1974 by C. Kowal at Palomar Observatory Palomar . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 1939 Loretta JPL Small Body Database Browser on 1939 Loretta References Reflist Refbegin Behrend, R. 2011 Observatoire de Geneve web site, http obswww.unige.ch behrend page cou.html Refend Minor planets navigator 1938 Lausanna 1940 Whipple Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Loretta Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for people Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1974 Beltasteroid stub es 1939 Loretta eo 1939 Loreto fa it 1939 Loretta la 1939 Loretta hu 1939 Loretta ja no 1939 Loretta nn 1939 Loretta pl 1939 Loretta pt 1939 Loretta sk 1939 Loretta sr 1939 Loretta tl 1939 Loretta uk 1939 vi 1939 Loretta yo 1939 Loretta ... more details
Statistics of rvalsdeild in the 1939 season. Overview It was contested by 4 teams, and Knattspyrnuf lagi Fram Fram won the championship. League standings class wikitable style text align center Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Knattspyrnuf lagi Fram Fram 3 2 0 1 5 6 1 4 2 Knattspyrnuf lag Reykjav kur KR 3 1 1 1 7 5 2 3 3 Knattspyrnuf lagi V kingur V kingur 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 3 4 Valur 3 0 2 1 3 4 1 2 References rvalsdeild seasons 1938 39 in European football UEFA 1939 40 in European football UEFA DEFAULTSORT Urvalsdeild 1939 Category Football in Iceland Category 1939 domestic association football leagues Category 1939 in association football Category 1939 in Iceland fr Championnat d Islande de football 1939 is Efsta deild karla knattspyrnu 1939 it rvalsdeild 1939 lt Islandijos futbolo var ybos 1939 m. hu 1939 es izlandi labdar g bajnoks g els oszt ly pl Meistaraflokkur 1939 ... more details
Events from the year 1939 in Canada . Events May 17 King George VI of the United Kingdom King George VI and Elizabeth Bowes Lyon Queen Elizabeth begin their royal tour of Canada , eventually visiting every province. September 3 The Department of Labour Canada Department of Labour establishes the Wartime Prices and Trade Board to control inflation September 7 Prime Minister of Canada Prime Minister Mackenzie King calls for a 18th Canadian Parliament special session of Parliament of Canada Parliament , to discuss a declaration of war versus Nazi Germany . The session lasts until September 13. ref cite web url http www.parl.gc.ca procedure book livre Document.aspx?Language E&Mode 1&sbdid 889adbf1 f9d0 48f3 a479 fd4b5f7ef59d&sbpid 2a4c4984 9568 45e8 adad 110be0023944 title House of Commons Procedure and Practice 8. The Parliamentary Cycle Opening a Parliament and a Session publisher Parliament of Canada accessdate 2011 09 15 ref September 10 World War II Canada declares war on Germany , one week after Britain does so September 11 World War II Canada establishes a High Commission of Canada in Canberra , Australia . Australia High Commission of Australia in Ottawa reciprocates , the next day. ref cite web url http www.canadainternational.gc.ca australia australie assets pdfs CanadaInAustralia english.pdf title Australia Canada relations publisher Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada accessdate 2011 02 13 ref September 16 World War II The Royal Canadian Navy escorts the first ..., 1939 Quebec election is won by the Liberals under Joseph Ad lard Godbout . December 17 World ... in Canada 1890 November 28 James Naismith , sports coach and innovator, inventor of basketball b ... b. 1851 in Canada 1851 References Reflist commons category 1939 in Canada Canada year nav DEFAULTSORT 1939 In Canada Category 1939 in Canada Category Years of the 20th century in Canada Category 1939 by country Canada fr 1939 au Canada ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic 1939 architecture The year 1939 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings April 21 The San Jacinto Monument is dedicated near Houston, Texas . July 26 The Barber Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Birmingham , England , designed by Robert Atkinson architect Robert Atkinson , is officially opened. Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC , designed by John Russell Pope , is begun. St Patrick s Cathedral, Melbourne St Patrick s Cathedral , Melbourne , Australia is officially completed. Vulcan Park in Birmingham, Alabama is dedicated. Events Jane Drew sets up an all female architectural practice in London . Awards Royal Gold Medal Percy Thomas . Grand Prix de Rome , architecture unknown . Births June 21 Charles Jencks October 9 Nicholas Grimshaw December 5 Ricardo Bofill Deaths September 26 Kirtland Cutter born 1860 in architecture 1860 DEFAULTSORT 1939 In Architecture Category 1939 architecture fr 1939 en architecture mk 1939 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1939 Events in the year 1939 in India . Incumbents Emperor of India George VI Events 3 March In Bombay , Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India. 3 May The All India Forward Bloc is formed by Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose . World War II breaks out in 1939 and political dead lock in India. Births 27 June Rahul Dev Burman,composer,singer 21 November Mulayam Singh Yadav , politician and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh . 12 December Swadesh Bharati , poet, novelist and literary critic. Full date unknown Bani Basu , author, essayist, critic and poet. Arun Joshi , novelist died 1993 in India 1993 . DEFAULTSORT 1939 In India Category 1939 in India Category 1939 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India India hist stub ... more details
NOTOC See also 1938 in Afghanistan , 1939 other events of 1939 , and 1940 in Afghanistan . A year of otherwise peaceful progress is broken by echoes of the trouble in Europe. The government declares its neutrality, but is reported to have ordered a general mobilization and to be exercising special vigilance on the Soviet frontier. In its attitude generally, Afghanistan is keeping touch with the other signatories of the Treaty of Saadabad , Turkey, Iraq, and Iran . May 1939 It is announced that the government has decided to privatize all government owned factories. September 7, 1939 In the week following the German invasion of Poland, hostilities against the government are opened on the eastern border by a tribal gathering from Tirah , but it is suppressed in little more than a week by joint action on the part of the Afghan and British authorities. December 1939 The government announces the opening of a twice weekly bus service between Kabul and Mazari Sharif , in Afghan Turkestan, a distance of 382 miles 615 km , by a road traversing the Hindu Kush which was first planned by King Nadir Shah . Category 1939 by country Afghanistan Category Years of the 20th century in Afghanistan Category 1939 in Asia Afghanistan Category 1939 in Afghanistan Years in Afghanistan ... more details
basketball team finishes the Eurobasket 1939 on the third spot, behind Lithuania and Latvia June ...TOC right Political incumbents On September 30, 1939, the last government of the Second Polish Republic ... 1939 Fall Weiss April 14. In Warsaw, Jozef Beck meets Hungary Hungarian attache, Andreas Hory April ... the Pozna Voivodeship 1921 1939 Pozna Voivodeship July 15. On the anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald ... 45 am September Invasion of Poland 1939 September 22. Joint Nazi Soviet military parade in Brzesc nad ... and France officially recognize the government of General Sikorski. Battle of Kock 1939 battle of Kock ... Wiehler , premiere March 17, 1939, Dokt r Murek , with Nora Ney based on a book by Tadeusz ... The national ice hockey team for the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championships in Switzerland has been ... champion of Poland. Second is Cresovia Grodno , third CWS Warszawa February February 4. In the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championships , Poland in Group C Basel beats the Netherlands 9 0 February 5. In the 1939 ... round of the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland in Basel loses to Switzerland 0 4 February 8. In the second round of the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland in Basel beats Hungary 5 3 February 9. In the second round of the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championships, Poland in Basel loses to the United States 0 4 February 10. In the consolidation round of the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championships ... in Zakopane February 12. In the consolidation round of the 1939 World Ice Hockey Championships ... beats Italy 10 6 March 26. In the first game of the 1939 season of the Ekstraklasa Polish football league , Garbarnia Krak w beats at home Ruch Chorz w 2 1 att. 4000 April April 2. Games of the 1939 ... in the 1939 European Amateur Boxing Championships April 16. In the games of the Ekstraklasa Polish ... , Franciszek Szymura and a bronze by Zbigniew Kowalski , leaves Dublin, after the 1939 European Amateur Boxing Championships . Poland overall is the winner of team competition. In Riga , in a basketball ... more details
Events from the year 1939 in Denmark . Incumbents Monarch Christian X of Denmark HM Christian X Prime minister Thorvald Stauning Events Undated Empty section date January 2011 Births Empty section date January 2011 Deaths April 7 &ndash Mary Steen , photographer born 1856 in Denmark 1856 August 3 &ndash August Enna , composer born 1859 in Denmark 1859 December 20 &ndash Fritz Syberg , artist and illustrator born 1862 in Denmark 1862 References reflist See also Denmark year nav Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT 1939 In Denmark Category 1939 in Denmark Category 1939 by country Denmark Category Years of the 20th century in Denmark ... more details
Year nav topic4 1939 archaeology science The year 1939 in archaeology involved some significant events. Explorations Excavations University of Pennsylvania project at Piedras Negras, Guatemala ends started 1931 . Palace of Nestor in Pylos by Carl Blegen resumed 1952 69 . Publications Empty section date August 2010 Finds Matthew Stirling discovers the bottom half of Stela C at Tres Zapotes . May Sutton Hoo ship burial unearthed by Basil Brown and Edith Pretty in Suffolk , England . Awards Empty section date August 2010 Miscellaneous May 6 Dorothy Garrod is elected to the Disney Professorship of Archaeology in the University of Cambridge , the first woman to hold an Oxbridge chair. Births Barry Cunliffe Peter J Reynolds Deaths March 2 Howard Carter , Egyptologist Category 1939 in science Archaeology Category 1939 Archaeology Category Years in archaeology no Arkeologi ret 1939 ... more details
Statistics of Ekstraklasa in season 1939. The championship was unfinished because of the Nazi German attack on Poland which triggered the Second World war. League standings class wikitable style text align center Pos Club P Pts W D L GF GA 1 align left Ruch Chorz w 14 18 8 2 4 50 22 2 align left Wis a Krak w 12 16 7 2 3 31 20 3 align left Pogo Lw w 13 16 7 2 4 27 22 4 align left AKS Chorz w 12 15 6 3 3 30 14 5 align left Warta Pozna 12 15 7 1 4 34 20 6 align left Cracovia football club Cracovia 13 14 7 0 6 23 32 7 align left Polonia Warsaw 13 12 5 2 5 28 28 8 align left Garbarnia Krak w 13 10 4 2 7 17 32 9 align left Warszawianka Warszawa 11 5 2 1 8 16 29 10 align left Union Touring d 12 3 1 1 10 15 51 References http www.rsssf.com tablesp polhist.html Poland List of final tables RSSSF Ekstraklasa seasons 1938 39 in European football UEFA 1939 40 in European football UEFA Category Ekstraklasa seasons Category 1939 in association football Ekstraklasa, 1939 Category 1939 in Poland Ekstraklasa, 1939 Poland footy competition stub fr Championnat de Pologne de football 1939 it Liga 1939 hu 1939 es lengyel labdar g bajnoks g els oszt ly pl Liga polska w pi ce no nej 1939 ... more details
For the film starring Romalo Garia 1939 film Use mdy dates date February 2012 Year nav topic5 1939 film television radio Yearsinfilm SIDEBAR NAV BOX The year 1939 in motion pictures is widely considered ... dvds 1939 the best year f b 86897.html title Michael Giltz DVDs 1939 The Best Year For Movies...Ever ..., and the United Kingdom at that time . Events Motion picture historians and film often rate 1939 as the greatest ... title Introduction to 1939, Hollywood s Greatest Year url http www.tcm.com this month article 238944 0 1939 70th Anniversary of Hollywood s Greatest Year.html publisher Turner Classic Movies accessdate August 6, 2011 ref ref name EW Article cite news last Schwarzbaum first Lisa title 1939 Film s finest ... , and during 1939 there were the premiere s of an outstandingly large number of exceptional motion ... 1939 film The Wizard of Oz premiered at Grauman s Chinese Theater in Los Angeles. October 17 Mr. Smith .... Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture 1939 was one of the years in which the Academy ... The winner Goodbye, Mr. Chips Love Affair 1939 film Love Affair Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Ninotchka Of Mice and Men Stagecoach 1939 film Stagecoach The Wizard of Oz 1939 film The Wizard ... Ninotchka . The five nominees for Best Director of 1939 all went on to become legendary film ... income These figures are not necessarily the sums that were taken in during 1939 and in particularly ... 1939. class wikitable Rank Title Studio Actors Worldwide Gross 1. Gone with the Wind film Gone ... of Oz 1939 film The Wizard of Oz MGM Judy Garland , Ray Bolger , Jack Haley , Bert Lahr 16,538,431 3. Ninotchka MGM Greta Garbo 4. Dodge City 1939 film Dodge City Warner Bros. Errol Flynn , Olivia de ... , Jean Arthur , Claude Rains 6. Jesse James 1939 film Jesse James 20th Century Fox Tyrone Power , Henry Fonda 7. The Old Maid 1939 film The Old Maid Warners Bros. Bette Davis , Miriam Hopkins 8. The Women 1939 film The Women MGM Norma Shearer , Joan Crawford , Rosalind Russell , Joan Fontaine 9. The Story ... more details
year nav topic 1939 chess Events in chess in 1939 Chess events in brief Last 21st edition of Howard Staunton s The Chess Player s Handbook is published. 21 August 19 September 1939 the 8th Chess Olympiad ... Paul Keres on first board . ref http www.olimpbase.org 1939 1939in.html ref The Women s World ... in Argentina in 1939 notes in Spanish url http ar.geocities.com carloseadrake AJEDREZ Asilados ... deadurl yes ref Most of them were Jewish and had come to Buenos Aires in August 1939 on the Belgian ... 1939 American Chess Federation and National Chess Federation form the United States Chess Federation ... won by Anton Kohler , Efim Bogoljubow and Eisinger Jr, 26 December 1938 January 1939. Leningrad Moscow won by Salo Flohr ahead of Samuel Reshevsky , January 3 February 1, 1939. Amsterdam KNSB , won ... ahead of Gideon St hlberg and Szab , March 1939. Warsaw won by Najdorf ahead of Paulino Frydman Paulin Frydman . Lodz won by Izaak Appel and Jakub Kolski , ahead of Teodor Regedzi ski , March 1939 ... , won by Georgy Lisitsin . L beck won by Alfred Brinckmann , start 2 April 1939. Krefeld won by Georg Kieninger and Ludwig Engels , start 6 April 1939. Cieplice l skie Zdr j Bad Warmbrunn won ... , start 7 April 1939. Aberdeen the Scottish Chess Championship , won by Max Pavey , April 1939. Margate won by Paul Keres ahead of Jos Ra l Capablanca and Flohr, 12 21 April 1939. Leningrad the 11th USSR Chess Championship , won by Mikhail Botvinnik ahead of Alexander Kotov , April 15 May 16, 1939. Stuttgart Europa Turnier won by Bogoljubow ahead of Kurt Richter , start 15 May 1939. Montreux ... , won by Ilmar Raud . Jerusalem Championship of the City , won by Moshe Czerniak , June 1939. Berlin the Berlin City Chess Championship , won by M lbitz ahead of Paul Mross , June 1939. Bad ... 1939. Vienna won by Eliskases ahead of Hans M ller chess player Hans M ller , start 11 June 1939. Bad Harzburg won by Eliskases ahead of St hlberg, start 25 June 1939. Bad Oeynhausen the 6th German Chess ... more details
Year nav topic5 1939 television radio film The year 1939 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television related events in 1939. TOC Events February 23 the first televised boxing match, the British Lightweight Champion match Eric Boon v Arthur Danaher, is shown live by the BBC and simultaneously in several cinemas. ref http www.thevalvepage.com tvyears 1939 tvy1939text.htm 1939 television at thevalvepage.com , URL accessed 19 April 2011 ref March 4 The BBC One BBC Television Service broadcasts one of the first plays to be written especially for television, Condemned To Be Shot by R. E. J. Brooke. The production is notable for the use of a camera as the first person perspective of the play s unseen central character. March 27 The BBC broadcasts the entirety of Magyar Melody live from Her Majesty s Theatre His Majesty s Theatre . The 175 minute broadcast is the first showing of a full length musical on television. April television demonstrations are held at the 1939 New York World s Fair World s Fair in New York City and the Golden Gate International Exhibition in San Francisco. April 30 Franklin D. Roosevelt , appearing at the opening of the 1939 New York World s Fair , becomes the first President of the United States to give a speech that is broadcast ... Page UK October 8, 1936 1939 1946 1952 rowspan 2 Starlight TV series Starlight UK November 3, 1936 1939 1946 1949 The Disorderly Room UK April 17, 1937 August 20, 1939 rowspan 2 For The Children UK April 24, 1937 1939 July 7, 1946 1950 Sports Review UK April 30, 1937 1939 rowspan 2 Telecrime UK August 10, 1938 July 25, 1939 October 22, 1946 November 25, 1946 Ending this year August 20 The Disorderly Room UK 1937 & 1939 . Sports Review UK 1937 1939 . Births January 17 Maury Povich , talk show ... Deaths Years in television Category 1939 in television es Anexo Televisi n en 1939 fr 1939 la t l vision pt 1939 na televis o sq 1939 n televizion ... more details
See also 1938 in France , 1939 other events of 1939 , 1940 in France . Events from the year 1939 in France . Events 27 February United Kingdom and France recognize Francisco Franco Franco s government in Spain . 17 June Last public guillotining in France murderer Eugen Weidmann . 3 September United Kingdom , France, New Zealand and Australia declare war on Nazi Germany Germany . Sport 10 July 1939 Tour de France Tour de France begins. 30 July Tour de France ends, won by Sylv re Maes of Belgium . Births 1 February Claude Fran ois , singer and songwriter died 1978 in France 1978 . 29 March Roland Arnall , businessman and diplomat in the United States died 2008 in France 2008 . 3 April Fran ois de Roubaix , film score composer died 1975 in France 1975 . 9 May Pierre Desproges , humorist died 1988 in France 1988 . 30 September Jean Marie Lehn , chemist, shared Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1987. 10 November Maia Simon , actress died 2007 in France 2007 . Deaths 14 October Polaire Emilie Marie Bouchaud , singer and actress born 1874 in France 1874 . 5 November Charles Barrois , geologist and palaeontologist born 1851 in France 1851 . Full date unknown Henri B nard , physicist born 1874 in France 1874 . Jules Felix Coutan , sculptor born 1848 in France 1848 . References reflist Category 1939 in France Category Years of the 20th century in France fr 1939 en France ... more details
Year nav topic 1939 art List of years in Art Events May Release of Detective Comics 27, the debut of Batman . December 14 A Scheme for recording changing aspects of Britain which will employ United Kingdom British Watercolor painting watercolour painter s during World War II is put forward by Sir Kenneth Clark for support by the Pilgrim Trust . ref cite book editor Saunders, Gill title Recording Britain location London publisher V&A year 2011 isbn 9781851776610 ref Ben Nicholson and Barbara Hepworth settle near St Ives, Cornwall , effectively establishing the St Ives School of abstract avant garde artists. Picasso retrospective curated by Alfred H. Barr, Jr. and staged jointly by the Museum of Modern Art New York City New York and the Art Institute of Chicago opens. Exhibition Contemporary Unknown American Painters at the Museum of Modern Art New York introduces Grandma Moses to the public. First of the Madeline books, illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans . Awards Archibald Prize Max Meldrum The Hon G J Bell, Speaker of the House of Representatives Works See also Category 1939 paintings Category 1939 sculptures Paul Delvaux The Phases of the Moon I Aaron Douglas Power Plant, Harlem Julio Gonz lez sculptor Julio Gonz lez , Monsieur Cactus Fernand L ger Adam and Eve Births February 16 David Griffiths portrait painter David Griffiths , portrait painter March 17 Jim Gary , United States American sculpture sculptor d. 2006 in art 2006 March 24 G rard Coste , painter and diplomat April 1 Spider Martin , photographer d. 2003 in art 2003 April 8 Trina Schart Hyman , United States American illustrator of children s books d. 2004 in art 2004 April 25 Patrick Anson, 5th Earl of Lichfield ... 1877 date unknown Jane Mary Dealy , painter and illustrator 1856 in art 1856 See also 1939 in fine arts of the Soviet Union References reflist DEFAULTSORT 1939 In Art Category 1939 in art mk 1939 pt 1939 na arte ru 1939 sv Konst ret 1939 ... more details
Encyclopedia
top
