1939 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France
The 1939 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France was a scheduled tour by the New Zealand national rugby league team of Europe between September and December 1939. After arriving in the United Kingdom in August 1939, the tour was abandoned after one match had been played due to the outbreak of the Second World War.


1939 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France, Invitation
In October 1938 the British Rugby Football League (RFL) invited the New Zealand Rugby League to send a team to tour Britain during the latter part of 1939. The RFL also suggested that the side visit France as well and offered to help with arrangements for the French leg. At a special meeting of the New Zealand League Council in November 1938 both offers were accepted.


1939 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France, Squad
After trial games a squad of 26 players (14 backs and 12 forwards) was finalised on 13 July 1939.


1939 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France, Squad
J.A. Redwood (chairman of the New Zealand Rugby League) and G. Grey Campbell (chairman of the Auckland Rugby League) were named as the co-managers of the team but Grey Campbell later withdrew due to ill-health and was replaced by R. Doble, also of the Auckland Rugby League. Canterbury forward Rex King was named captain of the team.


1939 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France, Tour
The squad sailed from Wellington on 27 July 1939 onboard the RMS Rangitiki and arrived in London on 29 August 1939. Arriving at the Beechwood Hotel, Harrogate – the squad's base for the tour – on 31 August the team tried to maintain a normal attitude even in the face of the deteriorating political situation around them but acknowledged that the situation was liable to change at any time and in an interview, Doble volunteered the services of the team to help with air raid precautions in the Harrogate area. The first game of the tour took place as planned on 2 September as the tourists beat St Helens 19–3 in front of a crowd of 5,000 at Knowsley Road, but the declaration of war by Britain against Germany the following morning meant a review of the tour's viability.


1939 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France, Tour
An emergency meeting of the RFL tour sub-committee attended by the New Zealand managers on 5 September concluded that no further matches were possible and "the only course was to endeavour to arrange for the return of the party to New Zealand at the earliest possible moment". With the tour officially abandoned the remaining fixtures were all cancelled but while awaiting a ship home permission was given for the game against Dewsbury to take place on 9 September.


1939 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France, Tour
Despite being announced at short notice the game was watched by 6,200 and the tourists won 22–10 to end the tour with a 100% winning record. Through the intervention of the New Zealand High Commissioner in London, Bill Jordan, the team were able to return to New Zealand on-board the Rangitiki – the same ship they had arrived on and arrived back in Auckland in late October.


1939 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France, Tour
The New Zealand Rugby League established that the curtailment of the tour had led to a net loss of £3,827 to the League.


1939 New Zealand rugby league tour of Great Britain and France, Schedule
The schedule of games in Britain was agreed in June 1939 and the French fixtures were to be arranged while the British part of the tour was in progress. Had the tour continued there would have been 21 games against English club sides, representative matches against Yorkshire, Lancashire and Cumberland, a test match against Wales and a three-test series against Great Britain.


1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
The 1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1939 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Raymond Wolf and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference.


1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team
Paul Severin was named a first-team All-American end by the Associated Press, and a second-team All-American by the NEA.


1939 North Cornwall by-election
The North Cornwall by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held on 13 July 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of North Cornwall.


1939 North Cornwall by-election, Previous MP
The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Liberal Member of Parliament, the Rt Hon. Sir Francis Dyke Acland, Bt. died. Acland was first elected for this seat in the 1932 North Cornwall by-election and retained it until his death.


1939 North Cornwall by-election, Candidates
The Liberal Party candidate was Tom Horabin (1896 – 26 April 1956). He was a business consultant with no local ties and no track record as an election candidate. He was a close friend of John Foot, the influential Liberal candidate for neighbouring Bodmin. The Conservative candidate was E.R. Whitehouse. He had previously contested the seat at the 1935 United Kingdom general election. The local Labour party had already selected D.C.N. Wakley to contest the forthcoming General Election. However, Labour party Headquarters successfully put pressure on the local Labour party to withdraw their candidate. The action of the Labour HQ was a clear indication of a desire to electorally co-operate with the Liberal party at a forthcoming General Election, along the lines of a Popular Front.


1939 North Cornwall by-election, Result
The by-election took place shortly before the start of the Second World War.


1939 North Cornwall by-election, Result
It was the last peacetime by-election won by the Liberal Party until the 1958 Torrington by-election.


1939 North Cornwall by-election, Aftermath
Tom Horabin was the Liberal Party Chief Whip from August 1945 until he resigned and left the party in October 1946. He continued to represent North Cornwall until the 1950 general election, first as an Independent and then as a Labour MP from November 1947. In 1950 Horabin contested Exeter, but did not return to the House of Commons.


1939 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team
The 1939 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1939 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Casey Finnegan, the team compiled a 1–6–1 record (0–5 against NCC opponents) and finished in seventh place out of seven teams in the NCC. The team played its home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota.


1939 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
The 1939 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1939 college football season. In its 11th year under head coach Charles A. West and South Dakota, the team compiled a 5–3 record (4–1 against NCC opponents), shared the conference championship with South Dakota State and , and outscored opponents by a total of 124 to 78.


1939 Northeastern Huskies football team
The 1939 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University during the 1939 college football season. It was the program's seventh season and they finished with a winless record of 0–6–1 (0–2 in New England Conference play). Their head coach was James W. Dunn serving in his third season, and their captain was Cornelius Sullivan.


1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team
The 1939 Northern Illinois State Evansmen football team represented Northern Illinois State Teachers College in the 1939 college football season. There were no divisions of college football during this time period, and the Evansmen competed in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They were led by 11th-year head coach Chick Evans and played their home games at the 5,500 seat Glidden Field, located on the east end of campus.


1939 Northwestern Wildcats football team
The 1939 Northwestern Wildcats team represented Northwestern University during the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fifth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 3–4–1 record (3–2–1 against Big Ten Conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.


1939 Norwegian Football Cup
The 1939 Norwegian Football Cup was the 38th season of the Norwegian annual knockout football tournament. The tournament was open for all members of NFF, except those from Northern Norway. This final is the only final held in Tønsberg and was played at Tønsberg Gressbane on 15 October 1939. In the final, two-time former winners Sarpsborg won 2–1 against Skeid, who played their first final, and secured their third title. Fredrikstad were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Sarpsborg in the semifinal.


1939 Norwegian Football Cup, Third round
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1939 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team
The 1939 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 1939 college football season.


1939 Oga earthquake
The 1939 Oga earthquake (Japanese: 男鹿地震) struck Akita Prefecture, Japan on May 1, 1939. This event was a doublet earthquake, in which the mainshock occurred at 14:58 (JST), Mj 6.8 (Mw 7.0), with an aftershock at 15:00 (JST), Mj 6.7 (Mw 6.5). The earthquake left 27 people dead and 52 people injured, and 479 homes were destroyed.


1939 Ohio Bobcats football team
The 1939 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their 16th season under head coach Don Peden, the Bobcats compiled a 6–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 116 to 82.


1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team
The 1939 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 6–2 record and outscored foes 189–64. Head coach Francis Schmidt's team won a Big Ten Conference title for the second time in his  tenure at Ohio State. He was released as coach of Ohio State a year later.


1939 Oireachtas Cup
The 1939 Oireachtas Cup was the first staging of the Oireachtas Cup, an annual hurling tournament played as part of the Oireachtas na Gaeilge. The tournament featured one game which was played on 5 November 1939.


1939 Oireachtas Cup
Limerick won the title following a 4-4 to 2-5 defeat of Kilkenny in the final.


1939 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team
The 1939 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1939 college football season. This was the 39th year of football at A&M and the first under Jim Lookabaugh. The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 5–4–1, 3–1 in the Missouri Valley Conference.


1939 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team, After the season
The 1940 NFL Draft took place on December 9, 1939 at the Schroeder Hotel in Milwaukee. The following Oklahoma State player was selected during the draft.


1939 Oklahoma Sooners football team
The 1939 Oklahoma Sooners football team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 1939 college football season. In their third year under head coach Tom Stidham, the Sooners compiled a 6–2–1 record (3–2 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the Big Six Conference, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 186 to 62.


1939 Oklahoma Sooners football team
Two Sooners received All-America honors in 1939: tackle Gilford Duggan and Frank "Pop" Ivy. Five Sooners received all-conference honors: Duggan, Ivy, tackle Justin Bowers, and backs Beryl Clark and Robert Seymour.


1939 Oklahoma Sooners football team, Rankings
The first AP Poll for 1939 came out on October 16. The Sooners were ranked third. They finished the year ranked 19th.


1939 Oklahoma Sooners football team, NFL Draft
The following players were drafted into the National Football League following the season.


1939 Ole Miss Rebels football team
The 1939 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the 1939 college football season. The Rebels were led by second-year head coach Harry Mehre and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. After winning their first three games of the season, Ole Miss made their first ever appearance in the AP Poll. Their victory over rival Vanderbilt was also their first ever; they had lost the first 19 match-ups in the series over a 45-year span. They would finish with a record of 7–2 (2–2 SEC), to finish fifth in the Southeastern Conference.


1939 Open Championship
The 1939 Open Championship was the 74th Open Championship, held 5–7 July at the Old Course in St Andrews, Scotland. Dick Burton won his only major title, two strokes ahead of runner-up Johnny Bulla. The purse was £500 with a winner's share of £100. It was the last Open played for seven years, due to World War II.


1939 Open Championship
Qualifying took place on 3–4 July, Monday and Tuesday, with 18 holes on the Old Course and 18 holes on the New Course. As in the previous year, the number of qualifiers was limited to a maximum of 130, and ties for 130th place did not qualify. For the first time a prize of £20 was awarded to the professional with the lowest qualifying score. Amateur Jimmy Bruen led the qualifiers on 138 with Henry Cotton next on 142; the qualifying score was 156 and 129 players advanced.


1939 Open Championship
Despite taking an eight at the 14th hole, Bobby Locke opened the championship on Wednesday with a round of 70 (−3), tying Burton for the lead. In the second round on Thursday, Locke again found trouble on 14, and after a ball out of bounds fell out of the lead. The maximum number of players making the cut after 36 holes was increased from 40 to 44, and ties for 44th place did not make the cut. Eleven players tied for 35th place, so only 34 players made the cut.


1939 Open Championship
John Fallon was the surprise leader after 54 holes by two shots, but he could not cope with the strong winds and fell back to 3rd place with a final round 79 (+6). Bulla, the only American to make the 36-hole cut, began the final round on Friday afternoon four strokes behind Fallon. At the second hole, he hooked his drive over the parallel 17th fairway and into a railway yard; he finished with a round of even-par 73 and established a clubhouse lead of at even par 292. Burton, setting out just as Bulla was finishing, needed a 72 to win the title and came to the 18th needing a par four. He hit a drive over 300 yards (270 m), pitched to 15 feet (4.5 m), then holed the birdie putt for a two-shot win.


1939 Open Championship
The previous three Opens at St Andrews had been won by Americans; Burton was the first Briton to win the Open at the Old Course since 1910, won by James Braid of Scotland. Since Burton's 1939 win, the sole British winner at St Andrews was Nick Faldo of England in 1990. Burton enlisted in the Royal Air Force shortly after his win.


1939 Open Championship
This was the last Open for seven years, until 1946; World War II started in September 1939 and the championship was canceled through 1945. Birkdale Golf Club was scheduled as the venue for the 1940 championship, its first, but did not host until 1954.


1939 Open Championship, Course
^ The 10th hole was posthumously named for Bobby Jones in 1972


1939 Open Championship, Round summaries, Final round
Amateurs: Bruen (+5), Kyle (+8), Crowley (+10), Dowie (+16), Sweeny (+16)


1939 Orange Bowl
The 1939 Orange Bowl was a postseason American college football bowl game, held in Miami, Florida, on January 2, 1939.


1939 Orange Bowl
The game between the Tennessee and the Oklahoma Sooners concluded the 1938 college football season. It was the fifth edition of the Orange Bowl and took place at the Orange Bowl stadium, then known as Roddey Burdine Stadium. Both teams entered the game undefeated and untied; Tennessee was a slight favorite, and shut out the Sooners, 17–0.


1939 Orange Bowl
The head coaches were Tom Stidham of Oklahoma and Bob Neyland of Tennessee.


1939 Oregon State Beavers football team
The 1939 Oregon State Beavers football team represented Oregon State College in the 1939 college football season. The Beavers ended this season with nine wins, one loss, and one tie. The Beavers scored 186 points and allowed 77 points. Oregon State won the inaugural Pineapple Bowl, 39–6. The team was led by head coach Lon Stiner.


1939 Oregon State Beavers football team, Schedule
The Beavers finished the season with a 9–1–1 record, 6–1–1 in the Pacific Coast Conference. Ranks are based on the time the game was played.


1939 Oregon State Beavers football team, Further reading
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1939 Oregon Webfoots football team
The 1939 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the University of Oregon in the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1939 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Tex Oliver, the Webfoots compiled a 3–4–1 record (3–3–1 in PCC, fifth), outscored their opponents 101 to 74, and recorded three shutouts.


1939 Oregon Webfoots football team
Oregon played three home games on campus at Hayward Field in Eugene and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.


1939 Ormskirk by-election
The Ormskirk by-election of 1939 was held on 27 October 1939. The by-election was held due to the resignation  of the incumbent National Labour MP, Samuel Rosbotham. It was won by the National Labour candidate Stephen King-Hall.


1939 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo)
1939 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo) was the 33rd water polo championship in Hungary. There were ten teams who played one-round match for the title.


1939 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), Final list
* M: Matches W: Win D: Drawn L: Lost G+: Goals earned G-: Goals got P: Point


1939 Országos Bajnokság I (men's water polo), 2. Class
1. Tatabányai SC, 2. NTE, 3. ETE, 4. Szegedi VSE.


1939 Ottawa Rough Riders season
The 1939 Ottawa Rough Riders finished in 1st place in the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union with a 5–1 record, but lost the 27th Grey Cup to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.


1939 Ottawa municipal election
The city of Ottawa, Canada held municipal elections on December 4, 1939.


1939 PGA Championship
The 1939 PGA Championship was the 22nd PGA Championship, held July 9–15 at Pomonok Country Club in Queens, New York. Then a match play championship, Henry Picard won his only PGA Championship, defeating Byron Nelson with a birdie at the 37th hole. It was the second of his two major titles; he won the Masters in 1938. Nelson won the U.S. Open three months earlier and the next PGA Championship in 1940. Beginning in 1939, he made five finals in six PGA Championships, and won his second title in 1945.


1939 PGA Championship
Picard had not trailed and led by two as late as the 26th hole, but the match was squared on the 29th green and Nelson led by one after 32 holes. Both birdied the par-5 33rd and Picard sank a curling putt from over twenty feet (6 m) for par to halve the 34th hole and stay one back. They halved the par-3 35th at par and both had birdie putts on the 36th green. Nelson missed his from ten feet (3 m) feet while Picard sank his from three to square up the match. On the extra hole, both again had birdie putts: Picard made his from ten feet while Nelson missed his from six.


1939 PGA Championship
Defending champion Paul Runyan lost in the quarterfinals to Dick Metz.


1939 PGA Championship
This PGA Championship was held during the 1939 New York World's Fair. The golf course no longer exists; Pomonok Country Club disbanded in 1949 and the property was developed for residences.


1939 PGA Championship, Format
The match play format at the PGA Championship in 1939 called for 12 rounds (216 holes) in seven days:


1939 Pacific Tigers football team
The 1939 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific (COP) as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1939 college football season. The team was led by head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg and played home games at Baxter Stadium in Stockton, California. This was Stagg's 50th year as a head coach and his seventh at College of the Pacific. Pacific compiled an overall record of 6–6–1 with a conference mark of 2–1, placing second in the FWC. The Tigers outscored their opponents 145–116 on the season.


1939 Pacific Tigers football team, Team players in the NFL
No College of the Pacific players were selected in the 1940 NFL Draft.


1939 Pacific hurricane season
The 1939 Pacific hurricane season ran through the summer and fall of 1939. Before the satellite age started in the 1960s, data on east Pacific hurricanes was extremely unreliable. Most east Pacific storms were of no threat to land. However, 1939 saw a large number of storms threaten California.


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane One
On June 12, a hurricane was detected. The lowest pressure reported by a ship was 985 mbar (29.1 inHg). The hurricane was last seen June 13.


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Possible Tropical Cyclone Two
A possible tropical cyclone was located off the coast of Mexico on June 27. A ship reported a gale and a pressure of 1,006 mbar (29.7 inHg). The system was last seen on June 28.


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Three
On July 19, a tropical cyclone was detected. A ship reported a pressure of 1,000.7 millibars (29.55 inHg).


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Four
On July 29, a tropical cyclone was located midway between Manzanillo and Acapulco. It moved up the coast, and a ship reported a pressure of 1,000 mbar (30 inHg) on July 29 as the cyclone made landfall in the vicinity of Manzanillo.


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Five
A small tropical cyclone was detected on August 31. A ship reported gales and a pressure of 1,003.3 millibars (29.63 inHg).


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Six
A storm developed southwest of Cabo San Lucas on September 4 and paralleled the western coast of the Baja California Peninsula for two days, eventually curving northeast into the northern Baja California on September 6. From September 4 to 7, moisture from the storm and its remnants brought heavy rain to Southern California. The storm delivered over a year's worth of rainfall to Blythe, while Imperial received more than two years' worth. The flooding caused major damage in Mecca, California, and 3 feet (0.91 m) of water swamped Thermal.


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Six
Unusually heavy rains spread across the Colorado River Valley to western Arizona ahead of an approaching shortwave trough, with a maximum of 6.85 in (174 mm) falling in Truxton, Arizona. Across the state, seven stations set 24-hour rainfall records between September 4–6, while the storm's rains would contribute to the rainiest September at 38 stations.


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Seven
A tropical cyclone was first detected south of Acapulco on September 5. It intensified into a hurricane and moved northwestward. A ship sailing through the eye reported a pressure reading of 948 mbar (28.0 inHg). The tropical cyclone made landfall somewhere along the Baja California Peninsula. It dissipated inland over the northern part of the peninsula on September 12. Remnants of this tropical storm, in association with a trough, caused rain of up to 4 inches (100 mm) in southern California on September 11 and 12.


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Eight
On September 5, a tropical cyclone formed off the coast of Costa Rica. It also headed northwest and dissipated over the southern part of Baja California on September 15. The lowest reported pressure was 1,004 mbar (29.6 inHg). From September 19 to 21, remnants of this tropical cyclone caused rain measuring up to 3 inches (76 mm) in Southern California.


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nine
On September 14, a tropical cyclone formed off the coast of Central America. This tropical storm tracked northwestward and intensified into a hurricane. The sea-level pressure dropped to 975 mbar (28.8 inHg) or lower. The hurricane recurved gradually to the northeast and weakened over cool seas. On September 25, this tropical storm made landfall near Long Beach, California, and dissipated inland.


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Nine
The tropical storm caught Southern Californians unprepared. It brought heavy rain and flooding to the area, which killed 45 people. At sea, 48 were killed. The storm caused heavy property damage amounting to $2 million (1939 USD) in total, mostly to crops and coastal infrastructure.


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ten
On October 23, a tropical cyclone formed south of Cabo Corrientes, Jalisco. It intensified and headed roughly due north. A steamer, the Nevadan, caught in the eye of this extremely intense hurricane, recording a corrected central pressure of 930 mbar (hPa; 27.46 inHg). Even with modern tropical cyclone observation techniques available, this reading still qualifies this cyclone as one of the most intense on record and would likely have made it a Category 4 or 5 hurricane. The steep pressure gradient between the Nevadan and the external hurricane conditions off of Manzanillo, Colima caused several tarpaulins to burst. Other shipping was disrupted off the Mexican coast by the intense tropical cyclone.


1939 Pacific hurricane season, Systems, Hurricane Ten
The hurricane made landfall near Cabo Corrientes on October 25 and dissipated shortly thereafter. Onshore, the storm caused an extensive swath of damage. Homes were destroyed in the towns of Santiago Ixcuintla and Rosamorada in the Mexican state of Nayarit, displacing hundreds of people. In Puerto Vallarta, a strong storm surge flooded a section of the town, destroying several homes. Tobacco, corn, and rice crops in the region suffered considerable damage. The strong winds downed power lines, resulting in the delayed dissemination of damage reports. Although no exact casualty total was documented, reports indicated that the tropical cyclone caused a "few casualties". After the storm, US$6,000 was donated to help aid the displaced in the states of Nayarit and Jalisco, while doctors and nurses were sent to those areas.


1939 Pacific typhoon season
The 1939 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1939, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.


1939 Pacific typhoon season
The scope of this article is limited to the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator and west of the international date line. Storms that form east of the date line and north of the equator are called hurricanes; see 1939 Pacific hurricane season. Storms in the season were tracked by the United States Weather Bureau and released in the Monthly Weather Review under the header "Typhoons and Depressions over the Far East". The Monthly Weather Review only covers tropical cyclones west of 150° E. Due to lack of satellites and ship reports due to the Pacific Theatre of World War II, it is possible other tropical cyclones existed, especially if they were short-lived or of minor intensity.


1939 Pacific typhoon season
There were 29 known tropical cyclones, including 24 of typhoon status, of which several of the storms were deadly. A typhoon in November was the deadliest cyclone of the season, causing 49 deaths as it crossed the Philippines. The same typhoon later struck Hong Kong, where the Hong Kong Observatory recorded the first period of calm during the eye of a cyclone. At least 151 people were killed during the season, with 12 missing and unconfirmed of their status during some point during the season.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, February–May
A depression was first observed on February 3 while located about 250 miles (400 km) of Yap. It tracked steadily westward until February 7 when it stalled about 200 miles (320 km) east of the Philippine island of Mindanao. The depression remained nearly stationary for two days until turning to a steady northwest motion. It approached the island of Samar Island on February 12, where a pressure of 1,006.0 hectopascals (29.71 inHg) was reported, and subsequently turned to the north and later to the northeast. The depression was last observed on February 16 accelerating towards the Aleutian Islands. The system produced heavy rainfall in the Philippines, with extensive flooding reported in Surigao del Norte.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, February–May
On April 29, an area of low pressure was located about 300 miles (480 km) south of Yap. It moved westward, northward, and ultimately to the west-northwest before developing into a tropical depression on May 2 to the east of the Philippines. Early on May 3, after intensifying into a tropical storm the system struck Samar Island, and the next day it hit Masbate before turning northward. After passing over northern Luzon on May 5, the storm accelerated northeastward as it moved through the Luzon Strait, and intensified into a typhoon on May 7.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, February–May
While the typhoon was off the southern coast of Japan, a ship located 290 miles (465 km) south of Nagoya reported a minimum central pressure of 986.0 hectopascals (29.12 inHg). The typhoon weakened as it paralleled about 100 miles (160 km) off the coast of Japan, and was last observed on May 9 accelerating northeastward. The storm produced strong winds throughout the eastern portions of the Philippine archipelago. 90 fishermen were caught in the storm, with one person drowning and eleven missing at one estimate made one month after the storm passed the area. Winds reached tropical storm force in southern Japan.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, February–May
A tropical depression developed on May 26 in the northern portion of the South China Sea. After initially moving to the northwest, the depression later turned to the northeast and quickly intensified to attain typhoon status by May 28 while located to the east of Hainan Island. The typhoon stalled on May 30 before turning to the west, and moved inland on southern China on May 31. Several ships reported strong winds, rough seas, and heavy rainfall in conjunction with the storm, with one ship reporting a minimum central pressure of 994.0 hectopascals (29.35 inHg). On land, a station in Hong Kong recorded a pressure of about 1,000.0 hectopascals (29.53 inHg) as well as minor winds.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
On July 7, a tropical depression was first observed while located about 400 miles (645 km) east of Naha, Okinawa. It moved to the northwest, and the next day a station in Ōshima reported winds in excess of 65 mph (105 km/h) and a pressure of 978.0 hectopascals (28.88 inHg) when the storm was nearby. Based on the report, it is estimated it intensified into a typhoon, and after turning northeastward upon entering the Yellow Sea it struck North Korea. The storm turned to the east, and was last observed on July 12 in the open Pacific Ocean. Rainfall and flooding from the typhoon and several other storms during the month resulted in two deaths and considerable damage to private and public property in the Philippines.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
A tropical depression developed roughly 250 miles (400 km) of the eastern Philippines on July 7. The depression tracked northwestward initially, and after intensifying into a typhoon its motion turned to the north-northeast, followed by a turn back to the northwest on July 10. The typhoon crossed the East China Sea and made landfall on eastern China near Shanghai on July 12, where 80-mph (130-km/h) winds and a pressure of 992.0 hectopascals (29.29 inHg) were recorded. The storm weakened as it continued its motion while roughly paralleling the northern coastline, and dissipated on July 13. The passage of the typhoon killed at least six people in Shanghai.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
A typhoon quickly developed about 120 miles (195 km) west of northern Luzon on July 10. It initially moved northwestward, then a day later turned to the northeast. After passing through the Luzon Strait, the typhoon changed its motion to the northwest, resulting in a landfall on northern Taiwan. The typhoon struck southeastern China, and dissipated about 500 miles (800 km) inland on July 17. A ship en route to Hong Kong reported a pressure of 997.0 hectopascals (29.44 inHg) and winds of over 40 mph (65 km/h). A station on western Luzon recorded minor winds and slightly below normal pressures in association with the system.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
On July 22, a low pressure area formed into a tropical depression while located about halfway between the Philippines and the Marianas Islands. The depression steadily intensified as it tracked to the northwest, and attained typhoon status on July 18. After a brief turn to the north-northeast, the storm changed its motion to the northwest, and made landfall on southeastern Taiwan and later on China on July 20 about 120 miles (195 km) south of Shanghai. It quickly dissipated. A station in the Ryūkyū Islands reported a pressure of 997.0 hectopascals (29.44 inHg) with light winds.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
A tropical depression formed on July 20 while located between the Philippines and the Marianas Islands. After moving steadily northwestward, the system stalled for two days, and later turned to the north-northeast. The storm intensified into a typhoon shortly before crossing the Ryūkyū Islands, after which it turned sharply westward. Unfavorable conditions encountered the storm, and it rapidly dissipated over the open waters of the East China Sea on July 27. A station in Naha, Okinawa recorded a pressure of 999.0 hectopascals (29.50 inHg), with another station in the Ryūkyū Islands reporting winds of around 20 mph (32 km/h).


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
A well-developed typhoon was first observed on July 22 moving rapidly northward about 700 miles (1125 km) east of Taiwan. The typhoon turned to the northwest, passing just south of the Japanese island of Kyūshū. It turned to the west, crossing the Yellow Sea and striking the Chinese province of Shandong before dissipating on July 25. A station in the Ryūkyū Islands recorded a pressure of 997.0 hectopascals (29.44 inHg), with a station on Borodino Island reporting winds of about 15 mph (24 km/h).


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
On July 22, a small typhoon developed a short distance off the coast of Taiwan. It drifted northwestward, then turned to the northeast, and by July 24 unfavorable conditions caused it to dissipate. A ship sailing between Hong Kong and Shanghai, China reported a pressure of 995.0 hectopascals (29.38 inHg) and winds of around 35 mph (55 km/h).


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
An area of low pressure organized into a tropical depression on July 25 over the open waters of the western Pacific Ocean. The depression tracked northwestward, and gradually strengthened to attain typhoon status on July 27. After turning to the west, it gradually recurved towards the north and approached northern Taiwan. Under varying steering currents, the typhoon executed a counterclockwise loop over the country, and exited from the southern coastline after turning eastward. By the morning of August 1, it was located about 250 miles (400 km) east of Taiwan, after which the typhoon accelerated to the northeast.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
After reaching the Ryūkyū Islands on August 3, the storm stalled, turned to the northwest for a day, then weakened until dissipating on August 6 to the south of Japan after turning to the east. A station in the Philippines reported a pressure of 996.0 hectopascals (29.41 inHg) in association with the storm, with another station recording winds of 68 mph (110 km/h).


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
On July 28, a low pressure area formed into a tropical depression over the Marianas Islands. It tracked to the northwest, and quickly intensified into a typhoon a few hours after developing while located about 250 miles (400 km) south of the Ogasawara Islands. After changing its motion to the west, the typhoon turned sharply northward on July 31, followed by a turn to the east-northeast. The storm passed through the Ogasawara Islands on August 2, and halted its forward motion before turning to the northwest.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, July
On August 6 the typhoon struck south-central Japan and later the island of Hokkaidō after turning to the northeast, and it was last observed on August 8 in the open western Pacific Ocean. A ship passing through the center of the typhoon recorded a pressure of 960.0 hectopascals (28.35 inHg) and winds exceeding 55 mph (88 km/h).


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, August
From August 1–3, a tropical cyclone existed near the Ryukyu Islands.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, September
A tropical depression formed on September 12 about 300 miles (480 km) south of Guam. It moved northwestward without strengthening, and dissipated on September 16 about 600 miles (965 km) east of the Philippines. The depression never affected land.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, September
On September 17 a tropical depression developed in the South China Sea. It tracked westward, and intensified into a typhoon. On September 19, the storm made landfall on Vietnam about 150 miles (240 km) northwest of Da Nang, and subsequently dissipated. Meteorological details for the typhoon are unavailable due to the presence of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, September
An area of disturbed weather organized into a tropical depression on September 18 about 250 miles (400 km) west of Guam. The depression slowly intensified as it moved generally northwestward, and by September 21 it attained typhoon status while located about east of Aparri on Luzon. Shortly after strengthening into a typhoon, the storm turned to the northeast and paralleled the southern coastline of Japan a short distance offshore. It was last observed on September 24.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, September
Atmospheric pressure was relatively low over the South China Sea during the last week of September, and subsequent to the development of a circulation in an area of disturbed weather, a tropical depression formed on September 27. It quickly strengthened to typhoon status, and made landfall on eastern Vietnam just south of Da Nang on September 30. The storm quickly weakened over land, with only slight traces of the former typhoon by the following day. A station in the northern Philippines recorded a pressure of 1,000.0 hectopascals (29.53 inHg), and a recording station near the location of its final landfall reported winds of about 50 mph (80 km/h).


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, October
On October 3 a tropical depression developed about 500 miles (800 km) south-southeast of Guam, likely having originated from a tropical disturbance in the eastern Caroline Islands. The system gradually strengthened to typhoon status while it tracked west-northwestward. On October 7 the typhoon turned to the northwest and moved through the southern Luzon Strait, passing about 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Basco in the Batanes on October 9. Under unfavorable conditions the typhoon steadily weakened over the subsequent days, and dissipated on October 12 over the southern portion of the Taiwan Strait. The minimum pressure associated with the typhoon was a value of 957.0 hectopascals (28.26 inHg) at Basco, where winds exceeding 75 mph (120 km/h) were also recorded. Damage was minor over northern Luzon.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, October
A tropical depression was first observed on October 7 to the east-northeast of Guam. Tracking to the northwest, the depression steadily intensified to attain typhoon status. Several days later, it began to weaken while gradually recurving to the northeast, and on October 13 it became extratropical. A ship on its way to the Philippines recorded a pressure of 995.0 hectopascals (29.38 inHg) along with winds of about 50 mph (80 km/h).


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, October
On October 10 a tropical depression was first observed about 300 miles (480 km) south of Guam. It initially moved west-northwestward, and strengthened into a typhoon on October 11 while briefly changing its motion to the southwest. The next day the typhoon turned to the northwest, and days later turned to the north while located about 150 miles (240 km) east of Bataan Province in the Philippines. After passing through the Ryūkyū Islands, it weakened as it turned to the northeast and east, and on October 17 it was last observed turning to the southeast over the open Pacific Ocean. A ship en route to Hong Kong on October 15 recorded a pressure of 968.0 hectopascals (28.59 inHg) and winds of over 75 mph (120 km/h) while located to the east of Taiwan. The passage of the typhoon caused 33 fatalities in Japan.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, October
A low pressure area developed into a tropical depression on October 21 about 300 miles (480 km) northwest of Guam. After initially moving northwestward, it turned to the north and intensified into a typhoon on October 22. On October 23 it passed near or over the Ogasawara Islands, where a recording station reported a pressure of 996.0 hectopascals (29.41 inHg). The typhoon was last observed on October 23 accelerating northeastward.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, November–December
On November 4 a tropical disturbance organized into a tropical depression while located about 300 miles (480 km) east of Mindanao. It moved quickly to the west-northwest, and struck the Philippine island of Samar without strengthening further. After passing through the archipelago, the storm entered the South China Sea late on November 5, and gradually weakened until dissipation on November 9 near southwestern Taiwan. A station in Santa Cruz in Laguna province recorded a pressure of 997.0 hectopascals (29.44 inHg), with at least one station in the Philippines reporting tropical storm force winds. Reports from the country indicate it was potentially a typhoon, though meteorologists decided it was not due to relatively high pressures and lack of significant convection to the southwest of the center.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, November–December
A tropical depression formed on November 6 about 500 miles (800 km) east of Mindanao. It initially moved to the west-northwest, and gradually recurved to the northeast. After accelerating east-northeastward, the depression was last observed on November 13 as a remnant low pressure area over the open western Pacific Ocean. It is unknown if it strengthened into a tropical storm.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, November–December
On November 22 a tropical depression formed to the east of Mindanao, and subsequently tracked to the northwest. Days later it stalled while located about 250 miles (400 km) east of Samar Island, and gradually weakened. Cold air intruded the circulation on November 25, and two days later it became extratropical.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, November–December
A well-developed typhoon was first observed on November 29 while located about 150 miles (240 km) south of Yap. It moved to the northwest, and struck Samar Island on December 2. The typhoon continued northwestward through the archipelago, and gradually weakened while drifting through the South China Sea. It turned to the northeast, and dissipated on December 5 off the coast of northern Luzon. The typhoon produced heavy rainfall and strong winds along its path through the Philippines. Rivers throughout Masbate island were overflown from the abundant rainfall, causing 34 fatalities on the island. A station on Samar Island recorded a barometric minimum of 975.0 hectopascals (28.79 inHg).


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, November–December
An area of disturbed weather organized into a tropical depression on December 5 about 200 miles (320 km) southwest of Guam. After moving west-northwestward for several days, it turned to the northeast on December 9, during which it attained typhoon status. The typhoon maintained peak winds for about two days before quickly weakening to a remnant area of low pressure on December 11. A ship in the vicinity of the cyclone reported a minimum pressure of 952.0 hectopascals (28.11 inHg).


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, November–December
On December 16, a low pressure area quickly organized into a typhoon about 350 miles (565 km) east of Surigao. It moved quickly to the northwest at speeds of about 30 mph (48 km/h), faster than all but one previously known typhoon. The storm struck southeastern Luzon and turned to the north and north-northeast. After passing near Manila it reached open waters on December 20. For the following two days, it drifted eastward, possibly executing a loop, and after accelerating to the northeast it was last observed on December 24. A station at Sorsogon recorded a pressure of 998.0 hectopascals (29.47 inHg). While passing through the northern Philippines, the typhoon produced heavy rainfall, killing 19 on Masbate and 14 in northern Luzon.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, November–December
The final typhoon of the season was first observed on December 22 about 225 miles (360 km) south of Guam. It initially moved to the northwest, and on December 24 the typhoon turned to the east-northeast. It steadily weakened, and was last observed on December 26 accelerating out to sea. The typhoon produced heavy rainfall and winds of around 50 mph (80 km/h) on Guam. The minimum pressure associated with the typhoon was a ship report of 995.0 hectopascals (29.38 inHg).


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Hong Kong typhoon (Typhoon Twenty-Three)
On November 18 a tropical depression was first observed to the east of Mindanao. The depression steadily intensified as it tracked west-northwestward, and intensified into a typhoon before striking Samar Island and Leyte Island on November 19. It continued westward until reaching the western region of the South China Sea on November 22. An approaching cold front turned the typhoon to the northeast, resulting in a rare occurrence of a typhoon recurving northeastward in the western portion of the South China Sea.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Hong Kong typhoon (Typhoon Twenty-Three)
On November 24 the typhoon passed over Macau, and two hours later the eye crossed directly over Hong Kong. The calm of the center of the eye lasted for fifteen minutes at the Hong Kong Observatory, the first time on record that the calm of a typhoon was recorded there. The typhoon began to become extratropical after making landfall, and continued northeastward through southern China. It gradually weakened while passing through the Taiwan Strait and possibly over Taiwan before dissipating on November 26.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Hong Kong typhoon (Typhoon Twenty-Three)
While crossing over the Philippines, a station in Capiz on Panay Island recorded a pressure of 981.0 hectopascals (28.97 inHg) as well as winds in excess of 55 mph (88 km/h). The passage of the typhoon sunk a motor boat on Masbate island, killing 48 of the 50 occupants aboard. One person was reported missing and presumed dead in Balangiga in Eastern Samar, believed to be caused by drowning. Property damage was great in Samar, Leyte, and Capiz provinces. In Hong Kong, wind gusts reached 74 mph (119 km/h) during a rainband ahead of the storm.


1939 Pacific typhoon season, Systems, Hong Kong typhoon (Typhoon Twenty-Three)
Rainfall began seven hours before the arrival of the typhoon, and amounted to roughly 4.27 inches (108 mm). The heaviest rainfall occurred in rainbands ahead of the typhoon, with about 1.6 inches (40 mm) falling during a 1-hour time period. The lowest pressure recorded in Hong Kong was about 989.0 hectopascals (29.21 inHg) while the typhoon was passing through the area. Damage was minor in Hong Kong.


1939 Palestine Cup
The 1939 Palestine Cup (Hebrew: הגביע הארץ-ישראלי, HaGavia HaEretz-Israeli) was the tenth season of Israeli Football Association's nationwide football cup competition.


1939 Palestine Cup
The defending holders, Hapoel Tel Aviv, won the cup for the third time in a row, beating Maccabi Avshalom Petah Tikva 2–1 in the Maccabiah Stadium.


1939 Palestine League
The 1939 Palestine League was the seventh season of league football in the British Mandate for Palestine.


1939 Palestine League
Due to the Arab Revolt the league was split into regional leagues in Tel Aviv (two tiers), Samaria and South districts, while in Jerusalem, Haifa and Tiberias leagues were played, managed by the British Army.


1939 Palestine League
Maccabi Tel Aviv won the Tel Aviv regional league on goal average, while Beitar Netanya and Maccabi Rehovot won the Samaria and Southern divisions. Neither of the winning teams is listed as champions in the Israel Football Association.


1939 Pan Am Sikorsky S-43 crash
The Seaplane Baby Clipper NC 16933 Crash took place in Rio de Janeiro on August 13, 1939. The aircraft, owned by Pan Am, was flying Miami-Rio, with stops in the cities of Antilla, Port-au-Prince, San Pedro de Macorís, San Juan, Port of Spain, Georgetown, Paramaribo, Cayenne, Belém, São Luís, Fortaleza, Natal, João Pessoa, Recife, Maceió, Aracaju, Salvador, Caravelas and Vitória. This would be the first accident of a Pan Am aircraft in Brazil.


1939 Pan Am Sikorsky S-43 crash, Aircraft
The Sikorsky S-43 was a Flying Boat seaplane. Pan Am would order 10 units, which would be used on routes connecting the United States to the Caribbean and Latin America. The aircraft involved in the accident was manufactured at the Sikorsky Aircraft Industrial Plant in Bridgeport, CT. It was assigned the serial number "4324". Construction would be finished on December 20th, 1936. After being flight-tested and approved, it would receive tail number NC 16933 from the Civil Aeronautics Authority. These aircraft would be christened "Baby Clipper" by Pan Am. The "Baby Clippers" began service at Pan Am on September 10th, 1937 and would be retired in 1945.


1939 Pan Am Sikorsky S-43 crash, Flight history
The aircraft involved was a three-year-old Sikorsky S-43B airliner registered NC16933. It had first flown in 1936, and had accumulated a total of 3,650 flight hours during its career.


1939 Pan Am Sikorsky S-43 crash, Flight history
The aircraft took off from Miami on a scheduled international passenger flight to Rio de Janeiro, with many stopovers across the Caribbean and South America. As it neared its destination, the aircraft circled Rio in preparation for a normal approach. As it was circling, however, the left engine lost power, putting the aircraft into a descending left yaw turn. As the yaw grew sharper, the pitch angle also steepened until the aircraft struck a caisson and crashed into Guanabara Bay, about one kilometer from Rio's Santos Dumont Airport. Of the twelve passengers and four crew members, only two passengers survived.


1939 Paraguayan Primera División season
The 1939 season of the Paraguayan Primera División, the top category of Paraguayan football, was played by 10 teams. The national champions were Cerro Porteño.


1939 Paris–Nice
The 1939 Paris–Nice was the seventh edition of the Paris–Nice cycle race and was held from 16 March to 19 March 1939. The race started in Paris and finished in Nice. The race was won by Maurice Archambaud.


1939 Paris–Roubaix
The 1939 Paris–Roubaix was the 40th edition of the Paris–Roubaix, a classic one-day cycle race in France. The single day event was held on 9 April 1939 and stretched 250 km (155 mi) from Paris to its end in a velodrome in Roubaix. The winner was Émile Masson Jr. from Belgium.


1939 Paris–Tours
The 1939 Paris–Tours was the 34th edition of the Paris–Tours cycle race and was held on 7 May 1939. The race started in Paris and finished in Tours. The race was won by Frans Bonduel.


1939 Pau Grand Prix
The 1939 Pau Grand Prix was a motor race held on 2 April 1939 at the Pau circuit, in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. The Grand Prix was won by Hermann Lang, driving the Mercedes-Benz W154. Manfred von Brauchitsch finished second and Philippe Étancelin third.


1939 Pau Grand Prix
With the event of World War II, this would be the last Pau Grand Prix until 1947, two years after the war ended.


1939 Penn Quakers football team
The 1939 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its second season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 4–4 record and was outscored by a total of 98 to 70. The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.


1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football team
The 1939 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1939 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Higgins and played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.


1939 Peruvian Primera División
The 1939 season of the Primera División Peruana, the top category of Peruvian football, was played by 8 teams. The national champions were Universitario. From 1931 until 1942 the points system was W:3, D:2, L:1, walk-over:0.


1939 Peruvian constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Peru on 18 June 1939. The proposed changes were approved by 88% of voters. Following the referendum, Manuel Prado Ugarteche was elected President on 4 December.


1939 Peruvian constitutional referendum
On 6 August 1945 the Congress passed a Law 10334, which declared the amendments unconstitutional, as they were not passed in line with Article 236 of the 1933 constitution.


1939 Peruvian constitutional referendum, Background
In 1933 Congress elected Óscar R. Benavides to serve the remainder of President Luis Miguel Sánchez Cerro's five-year term in office. In the 1936 presidential elections no candidate received a majority of the vote. Due to this, and one candidate being supported by the banned American Popular Revolutionary Alliance, the Electoral Tribunal later declared the election invalid. Congress subsequently extended Benavides' term until 1939 and allowed him to rule by decree.


1939 Peruvian constitutional referendum, Background
On 19 April 1939 he issued Law 8875 calling for a referendum on constitutional reform. The changes included setting six-year terms for both the Congress (although one third of members would be elected every two years) and the President.


1939 Peruvian general election
General elections were held in Peru on 22 October 1939 to elect the President and both houses of the Congress. In the presidential elections the result was a victory for Manuel Prado Ugarteche of the Concentración Nacional coalition, who received 77.5% of the vote. The Concentración Nacional also won a landslide victory in the Congressional elections, winning 45 of the 48 seats in the Senate and 111 of the 140 seats in the Chamber of Deputies.


1939 Philadelphia Athletics season
The 1939 Philadelphia Athletics season involved the A's finishing seventh in the American League with a record of 55 wins and 97 losses.


1939 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1939 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1939 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1939 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1939 Philadelphia Athletics season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1939 Philadelphia Eagles season
The 1939 Philadelphia Eagles season was the franchise's 7th season in the National Football League. The team failed to improve on their previous output of 5–6, winning only one game. The team failed to qualify for the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season. The October 22 game against Brooklyn was the first NFL game to be televised.


1939 Philadelphia Eagles season, Off Season
The Eagle moved their training camp to St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.


1939 Philadelphia Eagles season, Off Season, NFL Draft
The 1939 NFL Draft had 22 rounds and was held on December 9, 1938.


1939 Philadelphia Eagles season, Off Season, NFL Draft
The Eagles drafted in the 4th spot in the 20 rounds they had picks. They chose a total 20 players, of which 9 made the team for the 1939 season.


1939 Philadelphia Eagles season, Off Season, NFL Draft
The Chicago Cardinals choose Charles "Ki" Aldrich as a center that went to Texas Christian. The TCU Horned Frogs had 3 players in the top 7 picks in the first round


1939 Philadelphia Eagles season, Off Season, Player selections
The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away.


1939 Philadelphia Eagles season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1939 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs
The Eagles had a 1–9–1 record and failed to make it to the 1939 NFL Championship Game. The game was on December 10, 1939, at Wisconsin State Fair Park in West Allis near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This was the seventh NFL championship game played. The Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants to win their fifth title. The game attendance was 32,379.


1939 Philadelphia Eagles season, Playoffs
The game matched the champions of the Eastern Division, New York Giants (9–1–1) against the Western Division champion Green Bay Packers (9–2–0). The Packers won 27–0 in a rematch of the 1938 NFL Championship Game that was won by the Giants.


1939 Philadelphia Eagles season, Roster
(All time List of Philadelphia Eagles players in franchise history)


1939 Philadelphia Eagles season, Roster
As was in 1937 roster and 1938 roster, this year team is mostly rookies and players with 1 or 2 years NFL experience.


1939 Philadelphia Phillies season
The 1939 Philadelphia Phillies season was a season in Major League Baseball. The Phillies finished eighth in the National League with a record of 45 wins and 106 losses.


1939 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1939 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1939 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1939 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1939 Philadelphia Phillies season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1939 Philadelphia mayoral election
The Philadelphia mayoral election of 1939 saw the election of Robert Eneas Lamberton.


1939 Philippine constitutional plebiscite
A plebiscite on the amendment to the Constitution of the Philippines pursuant to resolution of the dated November 3, 1939, setting up export tariffs for goods such as sugar. This occurred on October 24, 1939.


1939 Pittsburgh Panthers football team
The 1939 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1939 college football season. The team compiled a 5–4 record under head coach Charley Bowser.


1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season
The 1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the franchise's seventh season as a professional football club in the National Football League (NFL). The Pirates brought John McNally back for his third year, however, after finishing with a 2–9 record, Owner Art Rooney provided him with support by signing Walt Kiesling during the offseason. Despite this, the Pirates experienced their worst season yet, placing last in the league with a 1–9–1 record. The team just barely tallied a number in the win column, but during Week 11, they beat the Philadelphia Eagles. It was their first win at home in 9 games at Forbes Field (Week 10, 1937). It was also the final season for the franchise before becoming the "Steelers" the following season.


1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season, Offseason, 1939 NFL Draft
Pittsburgh's 1939 Draft (like many of the Steelers drafts from these days) was useless. The one player that played longer 1 season was Sam Boyd who played just 3 season for the Pirates/Steelers. The Pirates also traded their first two picks to Chicago and Brooklyn. The Bears would draft future Hall of Famer, QB Sid Luckman, and the Dodgers would select Clarence "Pug" Manders who eventually played 9 years of pro ball.


1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season, Regular season, Game Summaries, Week 3 (Monday October 2, 1939): Chicago Bears
Between this game and the next, the Pirates shoehorned in a midseason exhibition game against the McKeesport Olympics, in McKeesport on October 4. The Pirates won that game, 9–6.


1939 Pittsburgh Pirates (NFL) season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season
The 1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season was the 58th season of the Pittsburgh Pirates franchise; the 53rd in the National League. The Pirates finished sixth in the league standings with a record of 68–85.


1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Starters by position
Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Batting, Other batters
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in


1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Starting pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Other pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1939 Pittsburgh Pirates season, Player stats, Pitching, Relief pitchers
Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts


1939 Poland v Hungary football match
The Last Game, as it is known in Poland, was played on Sunday, 27 August 1939, at the Wojska Polskiego Stadium in Warsaw. It was the last game of the interwar Polish football team before the Second World War. The Polish national football team faced and beat one of the best teams of that period - 1938's FIFA World Cup runners-up, Hungary, four goals to two. This match has generally been forgotten by the Hungarians - for them it was just one of many international friendlies, without any significance. In Poland, however, it is still remembered as the last match before World War II and also because it was a victory over a renowned team - the biggest success in history of Polish football up to that time.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match
Four days before the match, the Germans and the Soviets had secretly signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, according to which Poland was to be wiped off the map of Europe. The perception in Warsaw was that something was up in the air, mobilization of the Polish Army was supposed to be announced at any time, but in spite of this people were hoping for the best, enjoying the weather and last days of summer vacation.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match
In 1939, the Hungarian football team was widely regarded as one of the best in the world, and hardly anyone in Poland believed that their players in white and red uniforms, their national colours, were going to win over their opponents. This opinion was echoed by the nation's largest sports daily Przegląd Sportowy, which in Saturday's issue exclaimed in large print on the front page, "Without chances, but ready to fight". Poland was to face the Hungarians for the ninth time - up to then, the Poles had never won.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match
A famous Scotsman Alex James, who in the summer of 1939 temporarily helped Józef Kałuża with training of Polish players, had left Warsaw for Britain a few days earlier. It is likely he too felt that war was imminent and wanted to escape the country. James did not believe in Poland's victory, either. Just before the game, he sent three dispatches advising Poles to concentrate on defence and hope for a lucky draw.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, Match summary
At 5 p.m. sharp, Finnish referee Esko K. Pekonen blew his whistle for the first time. For the first half hour, the visitors were the more effective team, ceaselessly attacking Krzyk's goal, who got into difficulties early on. In just fourteen minutes time, Hungary's Gyula Zsengeller scored the first goal from a short distance. The Polish fans, many of them in military uniforms, who overflowed the stands, were suddenly quieted. In the 30th minute, another goal was scored by Hungary - this time by Sándor Ádám. It looked like Poland was going to get a drubbing, but soon the Poles managed to regain control of the game.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, Match summary
Just 180 seconds later, in the 33rd minute, Dytko passed the ball to Piontek who headed it to Wilimowski. The Polish topscorer ran a few meters and then fired high into the net, above the goalie. Poland continued attacking during the remainder of the half.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, Match summary
In second half, the situation continued, with Polish players attacking and the Hungarians unable to defend their score. In the 64th minute, Jablonski passed the ball to Piontek, who then put Wilimowski into action. 'Ezi' dribbled past two defenders and shot from a close range.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, Match summary
In the 75th minute of the game, Hungarian defender Sándor Bíró touched the ball with his hand in penalty area and conceded the foul. Piatek shot with force and precision, making the score 3-2. Just 60 seconds later - another feat by Wilimowski. The Hungarians were unable to take the ball away from him which resulted in another goal: 4-2, settling the game.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, Match summary
During the last minutes, the Polish side, happy with the result, attempted to defend it and although the Hungarians managed to score a goal, one of their players was in an off-side position and so it was disallowed.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, After the match
At the final whistle, the Polish fans were overcome with joy. They had just witnessed the biggest success to date in the history of Polish football. Everybody was in good mood, hoping that political situation would - just like events in the game - get better. The visitors, although unhappy, accepted the defeat with honor, stating that the Poles were a better team.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, After the match
However, there were people who were predicting catastrophe. Ominous were the words of the director of PZPN, Colonel Kazimierz Glabisz, who during the after-game banquet said: "Who knows - maybe this was the last game before another war?"


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, The games that never took place
Meanwhile, Polish officials were planning the next games. On Sunday, 3 September 1939, in Warsaw, Poland was going to face Bulgaria. Coach Kaluza had already selected players for this match. These were:


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, The games that never took place
In reserve stayed: Adolf Krzyk (Brygada Częstochowa), Władysław Szczepaniak and Stanislaw Filipek (both Polonia Warszawa), Edmund Białas (KPW Poznań).


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, The games that never took place
Then, on Wednesday, September 6, 1939, probably in Belgrade, Poland was scheduled to face Yugoslavia. Coach Kaluza decided to send there almost identical team as the one that beat Hungary. There was only one difference - Schreier was going to replace Jaznicki. In reserve were: Brom, Pytel, Bialas and Piec.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, The games that never took place
On 24 September 1939, two international friendlies were scheduled. Polish first team was going to play Romania in Warsaw, Polish reserve was going to go to Helsinki, to face Finland.


1939 Poland v Hungary football match, The games that never took place
On Friday, 1 September 1939, Germany invaded, World War II started, and Sunday's game was the last match of inter-war Poland.


1939 Portland Pilots football team
The 1939 Portland Pilots football team was an American football team that represented the University of Portland as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its third year under head coach Robert L. Mathews, the team compiled a 1–5–1 record. The team played its home games at Multnomah Stadium in Portland, Oregon.


1939 Portsmouth South by-election
The Portsmouth South by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 12 July 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of Portsmouth South, in Hampshire.


1939 Portsmouth South by-election, Result
Sir Jocelyn Morton Lucas was elected unopposed for the Conservative Party.


1939 Portsmouth South by-election, Aftermath
In the 1945 general election, the Conservatives held the seat.


1939 Primera División de Chile
The 1939 Campeonato Nacional de Fútbol Profesional was Chilean first tier’s 7th season. Colo-Colo was the tournament’s champion, winning its second title.


1939 Prince Edward Island general election
The 1939 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on May 18, 1939.


1939 Prince Edward Island general election
The governing Liberals of Premier Thane Campbell were able to retain a strong majority in the Legislature, though not as impressive as their total sweep of all 30 seats in the previous election. Campbell became Premier in 1936 following the death of his predecessor Walter Lea. This election was the first to see a government re-elected to a second term since the 1915 election.


1939 Prince Edward Island general election
The Conservatives, led by former Premier William J.P. MacMillan were able to win back three districts and return an Official Opposition to Legislature. Following the lead of the federal Conservatives in 1942, the party changed its name to the "Progressive Conservatives" (or PCs), which remains the party's name today.


1939 Prince Edward Island general election, Members elected
The Legislature of Prince Edward Island had two levels of membership from 1893 to 1996 - Assemblymen and Councillors. This was a holdover from when the Island had a bicameral legislature, the General Assembly and the Legislative Council.


1939 Prince Edward Island general election, Members elected
In 1893, the Legislative Council was abolished and had its membership merged with the Assembly, though the two titles remained separate and were elected by different electoral franchises. Assembleymen were elected by all eligible voters of within a district, while Councillors were only elected by landowners within a district.


1939 Princeton Tigers football team
The 1939 Princeton Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Princeton University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its second season under head coach Tad Wieman, the team compiled a 7–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 132 to 65. Princeton played its 1939 home games at Palmer Stadium in Princeton, New Jersey.


1939 Princeton Tigers football team
Princeton was ranked No. 19 in the AP Poll issued prior to its final game against Navy. Despite defeating Navy by a 28–0 score, the Tigers dropped out of the final AP Poll. Princeton's sole loss was to the 1939 Cornell Big Red football team that finished the season undefeated and ranked No. 4 in the final AP Poll.


1939 Princeton Tigers football team
Tackle Bob Tierney was Princeton's team captain. Guard James H. Worth received the John Prentiss Poe Cup, the team's highest award.


1939 Purdue Boilermakers football team
The 1939 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1939 Big Ten Conference football season. In their third season under head coach Allen Elward, the Boilermakers compiled a 3–3–2 record, finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference with a 2–1–2 record against conference opponents, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 56 to 53.


1939 Quebec general election
The 1939 Quebec general election was held on October 25, 1939, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. The Quebec Liberal Party, led by former premier Adélard Godbout, defeated the incumbent Union Nationale, led by Maurice Duplessis.


1939 Quebec general election
This was Godbout's second non-consecutive term of office and his only victory out of four consecutive general elections opposing Duplessis.


1939 Quebec general election
The Action libérale nationale, which had won 25 seats in the 1935 election and then merged with the Quebec Conservative Party, was re-formed by Paul Gouin, who had split with Duplessis soon after the formation of the Union Nationale. However the ALN obtained only 4.5% of the vote and no seats. It soon disbanded. Also, a rump Conservative Party ran three candidates who won 0.2% of the vote and no seats. This party also disbanded.


1939 Quebec general election, Results
* Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election.


1939 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
The 1939 Railway Cup Hurling Championship was the 13th series of the Railway Cup, an annual hurling championship organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The championship took place between 26 February and 17 March 1939. It was contested by Connacht, Leinster and Munster.


1939 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
On 17 March 1939, Munster won the Railway Cup after a 4-04 to 1-06 defeat of Leinster in the final at Croke Park, Dublin. It was their 8th Railway Cup title overall and their third in succession.


1939 Railway Cup Hurling Championship
Munster's Locky Byrne was the Railway Cup's top scorer with 3-01.


1939 Returning/Chicken vs. Macho
"1939 Returning" and "Chicken vs. Macho" are songs by British indie rock band The Crocketts. "1939 Returning" was produced by Charlie Francis, and "Chicken vs. Macho" (which features guest vocalist Mary Hopkin) was produced by Francis with Bird & Bush. The two tracks were featured on the band's 2000 second album The Great Brain Robbery, and released together as its third and final single on 16 October 2000.


1939 Returning/Chicken vs. Macho, Composition
Writer and vocalist Davey MacManus has provided the following explanation of the meaning of "1939 Returning":


1939 Returning/Chicken vs. Macho, Composition
We open with the subject of mankind's continual digging of his own grave. We learnt nothing by our mistakes over the centuries. Unless we invent a gene or a virus which makes everyone caring and kind, we are all doomed. The quicker the better says us.


1939 Returning/Chicken vs. Macho, Composition
Speaking about "Chicken vs. Macho", he provided the following insight:


1939 Returning/Chicken vs. Macho, Composition
I hate people that are threatening. I hate knowing the truth. I want to be surrounded by white lies spoken through the fleshy lips of smiling Swedish women. Mary Hopkin sings on this song. We are very honoured to have her working with us.


1939 Returning/Chicken vs. Macho, Reception
In his unfavourable review of The Great Brain Robbery, Melody Maker writer Daniel Booth identified "1939 Returning" as one of two "white hot-stormers" on the album.


1939 Rhode Island State Rams football team
The 1939 Rhode Island Rams football team was an American football team that represented Rhode Island State College (later renamed the University of Rhode Island) as a member of the New England Conference during the 1939 college football season. In its 20th season under head coach Frank Keaney, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record (1–2 against conference opponents) and finished in fourth place in the conference. The team played its home games at Meade Stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island.


1939 Rice Owls football team
The 1939 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1939 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Jimmy Kitts, the team compiled a 1–9–1 record (0–5–1 against SWC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 143 to 77.


1939 Ripon by-election
The Ripon by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of Ripon in the West Riding of Yorkshire.


1939 Roller Hockey World Cup
The 1939 Roller Hockey World Cup was the second roller hockey world cup, organized by the Fédération Internationale de Patinage a Roulettes (now under the name of Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports). It was contested by 7 national teams (all from Europe) and it is also considered the 1939 European Roller Hockey Championship and the 1939 Montreux Nations Cup. All the games were played in the city of Montreux, in Switzerland, the chosen city to host the World Cup.


1939 Romanian general election
General elections were held in Romania in June 1939. The Chamber of Deputies was elected on 1 June, whilst the Senate was elected a day later. They were the first since the introduction of the royal dictatorship of King Carol II under the 1938 constitution. Voters were presented with a single list from the National Renaissance Front, which had been the only legally permitted party in Romania since December.


1939 Romanian general election, Electoral system
The new electoral system saw voters elect candidates in eleven constituencies. Within the constituencies voters and candidates were divided into groups based on their occupations, and could only vote or stand in those groups. Each constituency having between five and ten seats per occupational group. The number of seats for each group was the same in every constituency even if the number of voters was different, leading to the over-representation of some groups, including the Industry and Commerce group. Voters had as many votes as there were seats available. The number of seats in the Chamber of Deputies was reduced from 387 to 258, whilst the number of seats in the Senate awarded through elections fell from 113 to 88.


1939 Romanian general election, Electoral system
The voting age was also raised from 21 to 30, with franchise limited to literate men and women who were effectively working in agriculture, commerce or industry or had an intellectual occupation. Opposition parties were banned.


1939 Rose Bowl
The 1939 Rose Bowl was the 25th edition of the college football bowl game, played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Monday, January 2, and concluded the 1938 college football season.


1939 Rose Bowl
The seventh-ranked USC Trojans of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) downed the undefeated #3 Duke Blue Devils of the Southern Conference, 7–3.


1939 Rose Bowl
Scoreless after three quarters, Duke gained the lead with a 23-yard field goal by Tony Ruffa early in the fourth. However, backup quarterback Doyle Nave of the Trojans completed four straight passes to sophomore end "Antelope" Al Krueger, who outmaneuvered Eric "The Red" Tipton and scored the winning touchdown with one minute remaining. Krueger's touchdown marked the first points scored against Duke during the season.


1939 Rose Bowl
For his performance in the game, Krueger was inducted into the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame in the class of 1995.


1939 Rutgers Queensmen football team
The 1939 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1939 college football season. In their second season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled a 7–1–1 record, won the Middle Three Conference championship, and outscored their opponents 146 to 70. Rutgers was undefeated in its first eight games, but fell short of its first undefeated season in 70 years when Brown scored 13 points in the fourth quarter to defeat the Queensmen, 13–0, in a Thanksgiving Day game at Providence, Rhode Island.


1939 SANFL Grand Final
The 1939 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. Port Adelaide beat West Torrens 124 to 77.


1939 SANFL season
The 1939 South Australian National Football League season was the 60th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.


1939 SMU Mustangs football team
The 1939 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1939 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled a 6–3–1 record (4–2 against conference opponents) and were outscored by a total of 118 to 60. The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in the University Park suburb of Dallas.


1939 Saint Louis Billikens football team
The 1939 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its sixth and final season under head coach Cecil Muellerleile, the team compiled a 5–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 103 to 95. The team played its home games at Edward J. Walsh Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.


1939 Saint Mary's Gaels football team
The 1939 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1939 college football season. In their 19th and final season under head coach Slip Madigan, the Gaels compiled a 3–4–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 84 to 57.


1939 Salvadoran Constitutional Assembly election
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in El Salvador in January 1939. At the time the country was a one-party state under the control of the National Pro Patria Party.


1939 Salvadoran presidential election
Presidential elections were held in El Salvador on 3 January 1939. Maximiliano Hernández Martínez was the only candidate, and won unopposed.


1939 San Diego State Aztecs football team
The 1939 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State College during the 1939 college football season.


1939 San Diego State Aztecs football team
San Diego State competed in the inaugural season of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). They had competed in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) for the previous 13 years. The 1939 team was led by head coach Leo B. Calland in his fifth season with the Aztecs. They played home games at Aztec Bowl in San Diego, California. The Aztecs finished the season with two wins and seven losses (2–7, 0–2 CCAA). Overall, the team was outscored by its opponents 60–148 for the season.


1939 San Diego State Aztecs football team, Team players in the NFL
No San Diego State players were selected in the 1940 NFL Draft.


1939 San Diego mayoral election
The 1939 San Diego mayoral election was held on April 25, 1939 to elect the mayor for San Diego. Incumbent mayor Percy J. Benbough stood for reelection to a second term. In the primary election, Percy J. Benbough and Jacob Weinberger received the most votes and advanced to a runoff election. Benbough was then reelected mayor with a majority of the votes in the runoff.


1939 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
Incumbent Mayor Percy J. Benbough stood for reelection to a second term. Mayor Benbough had fallen out politically with the volunteer Civic Affairs Conference that had endorsed him in the previous election. Therefore, Benbough campaigned alongside a slate of city council candidates opposed to the conference's candidates, promising to "mow 'em down."


1939 San Diego mayoral election, Campaign
On March 28, 1939, Benbough came in first in the primary election with 57.9 percent of the votes, followed by Jacob Weinberger in second place with 24.3 percent. Because they had the two highest vote tallies, Benbough and Weinberger advanced to the runoff election. On April 25, 1939, Benbough came in first place in the runoff election with 77.9 percent of the vote and was reelected to the office of the mayor.


1939 San Francisco Dons football team
The 1939  San Francisco Dons football team was an American football team that represented the University of San Francisco as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their third season under head coach George Malley, the Dons compiled a 4–3–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 92 to 91.


1939 San Francisco State Staters football team
The 1939 San Francisco State Staters football team represented San Francisco State College during the 1939 college football season.


1939 San Francisco State Staters football team
Although the "Gator" was voted to be the mascot for the team in 1931, local newspaper articles called the team the "Staters" from 1935 through 1940. The team was led by first-year head coach Dick Boyle. They played home games at Roberts Field in San Francisco, California. San Francisco State finished with a record of two wins, four losses and two ties (2–4–2). For the season the team was outscored by its opponents 59–70.


1939 San Jose State Spartans football team
The 1939 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College during the 1939 college football season.


1939 San Jose State Spartans football team
San Jose State competed in the inaugural year of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was classified as an independent for the previous four seasons (1935-1938). The Spartans were led by head coach Dudley DeGroot, in his eighth year, and played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California.


1939 San Jose State Spartans football team
The Spartans finished the season as undefeated CCAA champions with a final record of thirteen wins and no losses (13-0, 3-0 CCAA). The Spartans dominated their opponents, scoring 324 points for the season while giving up only 29, for an average score of 24–2. Only four opposing teams scored against the Spartans, never more than seven points, and eight teams were shut out.


1939 San Jose State Spartans football team
The Spartans spent two weeks in the Associated Press poll in 1939. They were ranked No. 19 in Week 7 and No. 18 in week 8.


1939 San Jose State Spartans football team
Famed football coach Pop Warner was an advisory coach for the Spartans in 1939 and 1940, helping the team to a 24–1 record over the two seasons. The October 20th game vs. College of the Pacific marked the first time Warner had coached against Amos Alonzo Stagg since the two coaches had met in 1907, when Warner was coaching Carlisle and defeated Stagg's University of Chicago.


1939 San Jose State Spartans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1940 NFL Draft.


1939 San Jose State Spartans football team, Team players in the NFL
The following player ended his San Jose State career in 1939, was not drafted, but played in the NFL.


1939 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team
The 1939 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos football team represented Santa Barbara State during the 1939 college football season.


1939 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team
1939 was the inaugural year for the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). Santa Barbara State was one of four charter members of the conference, along with Fresno State Normal School, San Diego State College and San Jose State College. The Gauchos were led by sixth-year head coach Theodore "Spud" Harder and played home games at La Playa Stadium in Santa Barbara, California. They finished the season with a record of five wins, four losses and one tie (5–4–1, 1–2 CCAA).


1939 Santa Barbara State Gauchos football team, Team players in the NFL
No Santa Barbara Gaucho players were selected in the 1940 NFL Draft.


1939 Santa Clara Broncos football team
The 1939 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Buck Shaw, the Broncos compiled a 5–1–3 record, outscored opponents by a total of 117 to 40, and were ranked No. 14 in the final AP Poll.


1939 Santa Clara Broncos football team
After going winless in its first three games (one loss and two ties), the team went undefeated in the final six games, including victories over Purdue, Stanford, and Michigan State, and a scoreless tie with No. 11 UCLA.


1939 Santa Clara Broncos football team
Santa Clara center John Schiechl was a consensus pick on the 1939 College Football All-America Team. End Bill Anahu was named to the second team by the International News Service. Schiechl and Anahu were also both first-team picks on the 1939 All-Pacific Coast football team.


1939 Santos FC season
The 1939 season was the twenty-eighth season for Santos FC.


1939 Scranton Tomcats football team
The 1939 Scranton Tomcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Scranton during the 1939 college football season. The team compiled a 7–0–2 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 159 to 40. The team played its home games at Athletic Park in Scranton, Pennsylvania.


1939 Scranton Tomcats football team
Tom Davies was the team's head coach for three years from 1937 to 1939. He left Scranton in March 1940 with a record of 20–3. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970.


1939 Sewanee Tigers football team
The 1939 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1939 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Harry E. Clark, Sewanee compiled a 3–5 record.


1939 Sheffield Hallam by-election
The Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 10 May 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of Sheffield Hallam in Yorkshire.


1939 South African Grand Prix
The 1939 South African Grand Prix was a voiturette race held at the Prince George Circuit on 2 January 1939.


1939 South African Senate election
The election to the fourth Senate of South Africa took place on November 17, 1939, when the Provincial Councils met to each elect eight members of the Senate. After the election and the appointment of eight more Senators by Governor-General Sir Patrick Duncan, the Senate was left with a pro-war majority. There were 24 pro-government Senators (20 United Party including 7 nominated members, 2 Dominion Party and 2 Labour Party) and 16 opposition Senators (10 supporters of General Hertzog including one nominated member, and 6 Purified National Party). The four Native Representative Senators were also pro-war.


1939 South African Senate election
After the South African general election of 1948, a Reunited National Party-Afrikaner Party coalition came to power, with minority support in the Senate. The new government used the Senate dissolution power to trigger a new election to the body, which occurred July 28, 1948.


1939 South American Basketball Championship
The 1939 South American Basketball Championship was the 7th edition of this tournament. It was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and won by the host, Brazil national basketball team. 5 teams competed.


1939 South American Basketball Championship, 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.


1939 South American Championship
The fifteenth edition of the South American Championship was held in Lima, Peru from January 15 to February 12.


1939 South American Championship, Overview
The participating countries were Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. Although CONMEBOL members since 1927, this tournament was the first time the Ecuadorian side participated. Colombia –member since 1936– withdrew again from the tournament, as well as Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil. Peru won for the first time.


1939 South American Championship, Final round
Each team played against each of the other teams. Two (2) points were awarded for a win, one (1) point for a draw and zero (0) points for a defeat.


1939 South American Championship squads
The following squads were named for the 1939 South American Championship that took place in Peru.


1939 South American Championships in Athletics
The 1939 South American Championships in Athletics  were held in Lima, Peru. This edition marked the introduction of athletic events for women competitors between 25 and 28 May.


1939 South Ayrshire by-election
The South Ayrshire by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 20 April 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of South Ayrshire in Scotland.


1939 South Carolina Gamecocks football team
The 1939 South Carolina Gamecocks football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Carolina as a member of the Southern Conference during the 1939 college football season. In their second season under head coach Rex Enright, South Carolina compiled a 3–6–1 record.


1939 South Dakota Coyotes football team
The 1939 South Dakota Coyotes football team was an American football team that represented the University of South Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1939 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Harry Gamage, the team compiled a 4–5 record (4–1 against NCC opponents), finished in third place out of seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 106 to 61. The team played its home games at Inman Field in Vermillion, South Dakota.


1939 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team
The 1939 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team was an American football team that represented South Dakota State University in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1939 college football season. In its second season under head coach Jack V. Barnes, the team compiled a 7–2 record, tied for the conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 141 to 95.


1939 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1939 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament took place from March 1–4, 1939 at Thompson Gym in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Clemson Tigers won their first Southern Conference title, led by head coach Joe Davis.


1939 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
The top eight finishers of the conference's fifteen members were eligible for the tournament. Teams were seeded based on conference winning percentage. The tournament used a preset bracket consisting of three rounds.


1939 Southern Illinois Maroons football team
The 1939 Southern Illinois Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois Normal University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1939 college football season. Under first-year head coach Glenn Martin, the team compiled a 0–8 record and finished in last place in the IIAC. The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.


1939 Southern Illinois Maroons football team
George Holliday, a fullback from Elkville, and Elbert Smith, a tackle from Carterville, were the team captains. Quarterback Bob Musgrave was the team's only representative on the Associated Press All-Illinois Intercollegiate Conference football team. Other key players included Heine Stumpf and Bill Groves.


1939 Southern Rhodesian general election
General elections were held in Southern Rhodesia on 14 April 1939, the fifth elections since the colony of Southern Rhodesia was granted internal self-government. Prime Minister Godfrey Huggins' United Party government were re-elected in a landslide. The elections were called slightly earlier than the deadline as Huggins feared the German invasion of Czechoslovakia would lead to European War.


1939 Southern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
In 1937, a new Electoral Act was passed. The franchise was extended slightly to those who were not British subjects but who had been in active wartime service in the armed forces. Electors were also required to have lived for three months in their electoral districts. The requirement for qualifying for the vote on the basis of receiving salary or wages of £100 per annum was extended also to people with income of £100 per annum, a change which principally benefited those who had investment income but few assets.


1939 Southern Rhodesian general election, Electoral system
Voters were also no longer required to demonstrate proficiency in English through a dictation test. The postal vote, which had been introduced in 1928, was extended in 1937 to all voters living more than 25 miles away from the nearest polling station. Finally, those who had drawn government rations were disenfranchised.