1939 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The 1939 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record and was outscored by a total of 92 to 66. Ernest Neill was the team captain.


1939 Colgate Red Raiders football team
The team played its home games at the newly-constructed Colgate Athletic Field, later renamed Andy Kerr Stadium, in Hamilton, New York. The first game at the new facility was played against NYU on September 30, 1939. Colgate's first victory at the new stadium was on October 14, 1939, against Brown.


1939 College Football All Polish-American Team
The 1939 College Football All Polish-American Team was the first all-star College Football Team of Polish-Americans. The team was selected by five American sport scribes from leading American newspapers. All members were of Polish descent.


1939 College Football All-America Team
The 1939 College Football All-America team is composed of college football players who were selected as All-Americans by various organizations and writers that chose College Football All-America Teams in 1939. The nine selectors recognized by the NCAA as "official" for the 1939 season are (1) Collier's Weekly, as selected by Grantland Rice, (2) the Associated Press, (3) the United Press, (4) the All-America Board, (5) the International News Service (INS), (6) Liberty magazine, (7) the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), (8) Newsweek, and (9) the Sporting News.


1939 College Football All-America Team
Two players, USC guard Harry Smith and Cornell tackle Nick Drahos, were unanimously chosen by all nine official selectors. Two other players, Iowa halfback Nile Kinnick and Michigan halfback Tom Harmon were selected as first-team All-Americans by eight of the nine official selectors, with Kinnick winning the Heisman Trophy in 1939 and Harmon winning it in 1940.


1939 College Football All-America Team, Consensus All-Americans
For the year 1939, the NCAA recognizes nine published All-American teams as "official" designations for purposes of its consensus determinations. The following chart identifies the NCAA-recognized consensus All-Americans and displays which first-team designations they received.


1939 Colne Valley by-election
The Colne Valley by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held on 27 July 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Colne Valley.


1939 Colne Valley by-election, Previous MP
Ernest Marklew, who had been a Councillor in Grimsby, was first elected as MP for Colne Valley in 1935 when he gained the seat from the Liberal party. He died on 14 June 1939, forcing a by-election on the Labour party.


1939 Colne Valley by-election, Candidates
The Labour party selected 52-year-old Glenvil Hall to defend the seat. He had been Labour MP for Portsmouth Central from 1929 to 1931. The Liberal party selected 34-year-old Lance Mallalieu to fight the seat. He had been the MP for the seat from 1931 until defeated by Marklew at the last General Election in 1935. The Conservative party selected 41-year-old Cecil Pike as their new candidate. He had been Conservative MP for Sheffield Attercliffe from 1931 to 1935.


1939 Colne Valley by-election, Aftermath
Hall continued as MP for Colne Valley until his death in 1962. He served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury in the 1945-50 Labour government. Mallalieu left the Liberal party for Labour before being elected Labour MP for Brigg in 1948. Pike did not contest another election.


1939 Colombian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Colombia in February 1939 to elect the Chamber of Representatives. The Liberal Party received the most votes.


1939 Colorado A&M Aggies football team
The 1939 Colorado A&M Aggies football team was an American football team that represented Colorado Agricultural College (now known as Colorado State University) in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1939 college football season. In their 29th season under head coach Harry W. Hughes, the Aggies compiled a 2–7 record (2–4 against MSC opponents), finished sixth in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 128 to 89.


1939 Colorado Buffaloes football team
The 1939 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado during the 1939 college football season. Head coach Bunny Oakes led the team to a 5–1 mark in the MSC and 5–3 overall.


1939 Columbia Lions football team
The 1939 Columbia Lions football team was an American football team that represented Columbia University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In his tenth season, head coach Lou Little led the team to a 2–4–2 record, and the Lions were outscored 88 to 72 by opponents.


1939 Columbia Lions football team
The team played its home games at Baker Field in Upper Manhattan.


1939 Connecticut Huskies football team
The 1939 Connecticut Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 1939 college football season. The Huskies were led by sixth-year head coach J. Orlean Christian and completed the season with a record of 5–3.


1939 Copa Aldao
The 1939 Copa Aldao was the final match to decide the winner of the Copa Aldao, the 12th. edition of the international competition organised by the Argentine and Uruguayan Associations together. The final was contested by Uruguayan club Nacional and Argentine club Independiente.


1939 Copa Aldao
The match was played at San Lorenzo Stadium in Buenos Aires, where Independiente achieved a conclusive 5–0 victory over Nacional, winning its second consecutive Copa Aldao Trophy.


1939 Copa del Generalísimo
The 1939 Copa del Generalísimo was the 37th staging of the Copa del Rey, the Spanish football cup competition.


1939 Copa del Generalísimo
The competition started on 14 May 1939 and concluded on 25 June 1939 with the final, held at the Montjuïc Stadium in Barcelona.


1939 Copa del Generalísimo Final
The Copa del Generalísimo 1939 Final was the 37th final of the King's Cup. The final was played at Montjuïc in Barcelona, on 25 June 1939, being won by Sevilla FC, who beat Racing Club de Ferrol 6-2.


1939 Coppa Italia Final
The 1939 Coppa Italia Final was the final of the 1938–39 Coppa Italia. The match was played on 18 May 1939 between Ambrosiana-Inter and Novara. Ambrosiana-Inter won 2–1.


1939 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 1939 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 30th staging of the Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1909. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 29 January 1939. The championship began on 23 April 1939 and ended on 13 August 1939.


1939 Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
On 13 August 1939, Ballincollig won the championship following a 4-06 to 4-02 defeat of Ballinora in the final at the Mardyke. This was their fifth championship title overall and their first title since 1935.


1939 Cork Junior Hurling Championship
The 1939 Cork Junior Hurling Championship was the 42nd staging of the Cork Junior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board.


1939 Cork Junior Hurling Championship
On 13 November 1939, Cloyne won the championship following a 6–05 to 3–03 defeat of Mayfield in the final at Midleton Sportsfield. It was their first ever championship title.


1939 Cork Senior Football Championship
The 1939 Cork Senior Football Championship was the 51st staging of the Cork Senior Football Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place on 7 February 1939.


1939 Cork Senior Football Championship
St. Nicholas' entered the championship as the defending champions, however, they were beaten by Beara in the semi-final.


1939 Cork Senior Football Championship
On 12 November 1939, Clonakilty won the championship following a 0-07 to 0-05 defeat of Beara in the final at Skibbereen Town Park. This was their first championship title.


1939 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
The 1939 Cork Senior Hurling Championship was the 51st staging of the Cork Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Cork County Board in 1887. The draw for the opening round fixtures took place at the Cork County Convention on 29 January 1939. The championship began on 19 March 1939 and ended on 15 October 1939.


1939 Cork Senior Hurling Championship
On 15 October 1939, Glen Rovers won the championship following a 5-04 to 2-05 defeat of Blackrock in the final. This was their sixth championship title overall and the sixth of eight successive championships.


1939 Cornell Big Red football team
The 1939 Cornell Big Red football team represented Cornell University in the 1939 college football season. They finished with an 8–0 record and were named national champion by Litkenhous and co-national champion by Sagarin. They outscored their opponents 197 to 52. After capping off a perfect season, Cornell declined a bid to the Rose Bowl so that the football players could catch up on their schoolwork. The Big Red finished the season ranked #4 in the Associated Press's final poll.


1939 Cotton Bowl Classic
The 1939 Cotton Bowl Classic was the third edition of the postseason college football bowl game, between the St. Mary's Gaels and the Texas Tech Red Raiders.


1939 Cotton Bowl Classic, Background
Texas Tech was undefeated and ranked eleventh in the final AP poll (released in early December). Sportswriters had tagged the California-based Gaels as a "Cinderella" team, due to their tawdry 5–2 record, though the two blemishes were by narrow margins to ranked teams on the road. It was the first bowl game for unranked St. Mary's and the second for Texas Tech, which played in the previous season's Sun Bowl.


1939 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Texas Tech committed eight turnovers in the game; five interceptions and three fumbles. Entering the fourth quarter, the Gaels led 20–0 with a touchdown scored in each quarter; runs by Ed Heffernan and Michael Klotovich in the first half and Whitey Smith's interception return in the third quarter.


1939 Cotton Bowl Classic, Game summary
Texas Tech scored twice in the fourth quarter on touchdown catches by Elmer Tarbox and E.J. McKnight from Gene Barnett. The extra point on the second score was blocked and the score was 20–13. Tech nearly tied the game when George Webb caught a pass from Barnett, heading for daylight until Lou Rimassa stopped him in St. Mary's territory. But Tech could only advance to St. Mary's 15-yard line and they failed to score; St. Mary's held on to win in one of the biggest upsets in college football history.


1939 Cotton Bowl Classic, Aftermath
St. Mary's played in two more bowl games, in the mid-1940s, and lost both. The program was dropped in 1951 and later returned joined Division II, and moved up to Division I-AA in the 1990s; the football program was discontinued prior to the 2004 season. Texas Tech did not reach a Cotton Bowl again until 1995; the Red Raiders have yet to win in four appearances.


1939 Country Party of Australia leadership election
A leadership election was held on 13 September 1939 to select Earle Page's replacement as leader of the Country Party of Australia and de facto-Deputy Prime Minister. Archie Cameron was elected party leader in preference to John McEwen seven votes to five.


1939 Country Party of Australia leadership election, Background
When Joseph Lyons died in office in April 1939, Country Party leader Earl Page was commissioned as caretaker Prime Minister capacity while the United Australia Party (UAP) could elect a new leader. When Robert Menzies was elected as the new UAP leader, Page refused to work under him, and made an extraordinary personal attack on him in the House, accusing him of ministerial incompetence and cowardice for refusing to enlist during World War I. Subsequently, Page refused to serve in Menzies' cabinet and withdrew the Country Party from the coalition. However, this proved unpopular and his party soon rebelled and caused him to resign as party leader. This left the field open for a new leader.


1939 Country Party of Australia leadership election, Aftermath
According to McEwen, the result had been skewed due to the absence of four Country Party MPs who had refused to sit in the party room whilst Page was leader. A motion to re-admit them as members was defeated by seven votes to six. McEwen later claimed in his memoirs that the dissentient MPs were "all strong supporters of mine and, had they been allowed to vote, I would have won the election". All were subsequently re-admitted to the party several months later.


1939 County Championship
The 1939 County Championship was the 46th officially organised running of the County Championship. Yorkshire County Cricket Club won their 21st Championship.


1939 County Championship
The Championship was the last for six years due to World War II and during the 1939 Championship three matches were not played due to the outbreak of the war, they were abandoned on the third day.


1939 Coupe de France Final
The Coupe de France Final 1939 was a football match held at Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir, Colombes on May 14, 1939, that saw RC Paris defeat Olympique Lillois 3–1 thanks to goals by José Pérez, Emile Veinante and Jules Mathé.


1939 Coventry bombing
The Coventry bombing of 25 August 1939 was carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) as a part of its S-Plan campaign of bombing English cities. A bomb was left in Coventry city centre in the West Midlands, which resulted in 5 deaths and 70 injuries. Two IRA members were convicted of the bombing and hanged, while a third, who acknowledged planting the bomb, escaped. Several accused were acquitted. It was the first bombing of the campaign in which civilians were killed. Republican sources later stated that civilians were not the intended target(s).


1939 Coventry bombing, Attack
On 25 August 1939 at around 1.40pm, an Irish Republican Army member left a bomb in the basket of a bicycle, which was left against a kerb outside Astley's shop in the busy Broadgate area of Coventry. At 14:32 the 5.1 lb (2.3 kg) bomb exploded killing five people and injuring seventy.


1939 Coventry bombing, Attack
The bicycle is said to have been bought by the leader of the group James McCormick, who used the alias James Richards, in Halfords, with the bomb stored at his lodgings in 25 Clara Street. The potassium chlorate to be used in the bomb was then brought by train to Coventry by IRA transport officer, Peter Barnes, who returned to London the same day.


1939 Coventry bombing, Attack
The bombing took place nine days before the outbreak of World War II. While the official objective of the S-Plan was to force a British withdrawal from Northern Ireland, it has been said that the bombing was intended "to aid the German cause" or as a "public display" of the IRA's strength to Germany.


1939 Coventry bombing, Attack
The five who died were: Elsie Ansell, 21; John Arnott, 15; Rex Gentle, 30; James Clay, 82; Gwilym Rowlands, 50. Ansell, who was closest to the blast, was only identifiable by her engagement ring.


1939 Coventry bombing, Arrest and trial
The chief suspect was the leader of the Coventry IRA Dominic Adams who was the uncle of the former President of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams. Prior to the explosion Adams fled Coventry via train.


1939 Coventry bombing, Arrest and trial
Barnes was arrested first and a raid at his lodgings in Westbourne Terrace, London, uncovered damning evidence in regards to the Coventry bombing. He was also linked to three "bicycle bomb" plots in London. On 28 August, the Coventry City Police along with Special Branch raided the lodgings at 25 Clara Street, where equipment for making bombs was discovered and the five occupants arrested. Initially released pending deportation, those arrested at Clara Street where re-arrested on 2 September.


1939 Coventry bombing, Arrest and trial
On 27 September, Barnes and McCormick, along with Joseph and Mary Hewitt, and Brigid O'Hara, were charged with the murder of Elsie Ansell, one of the bomb victims. Joby O'Sullivan who had planted the bomb said he wasn't caught because the authorities were expecting him to get a ferry at Holyhead back to Ireland. Instead he got a train to London and stayed there "until everything died down." The trial took place at Warwick Assizes, Birmingham. Both Hewitts and O'Hara were acquitted. Barnes and McCormick, however, were sentenced to death for their part in the bombing. Both Barnes and McCormick stated during his trial that their orders were not to endanger life. As the Judge was about to deliver sentence, McCormick stated "As a soldier of the Irish Republican Army I am not afraid to die, as I am doing it for a just cause."


1939 Coventry bombing, Arrest and trial
Prior to the executions, the Irish Taoiseach, Éamon de Valera, requested several times for the sentences to be commuted. The requests were refused; Barnes and McCormick were hanged at Winson Green Prison on 7 February 1940. As they were being led to the execution, Barnes continued to protest his innocence, whereas McCormick remained defiant shouting "republican propaganda". They were buried in unmarked graves.


1939 Coventry bombing, Aftermath
Both Barnes and McCormick were seen as martyrs back in Ireland, and their bodies were exhumed and repatriated.


1939 Coventry bombing, Aftermath
Many Irish people living in Coventry after the bombing found that the city's attitude had turned against them even though most of them had no IRA sympathies. Some Irish were told to find new lodgings, whilst strike action was threatened in factories unless they withdrew all 2,000 Irish labourers. An anti-IRA protest march was staged in Baginton by thousands of workers of Armstrong Whitworth. The chief constable of Coventry, Captain Hector, had to issue a denial saying that he was "perfectly good Sommerset man" and not Irish.


1939 Coventry bombing, Aftermath
The outbreak of World War II on 3 September saw the bombing quickly leave the headlines. The Blitz of 1940 saw Coventry's centre, including the Broadgate area, totally destroyed, thus leading to the Coventry bombing to be described as the forgotten bombing.


1939 Coventry bombing, Aftermath
The bomb was believed to have been meant for an electricity generating plant in the outskirts of Coventry. However, in 1969 whilst speaking to Irish journalist, Mike Burns, O'Sullivan is said to have planted the bomb and said that the intended target was a police station and that the bike kept get getting stuck in tram tracks meaning it had to be abandoned.


1939 Coventry bombing, Aftermath
A republican committee in London was set up to campaign for the return of their bodies to Ireland. Finally in 1969 their bodies were brought to Dublin City where upon arrival at Dublin Airport they were met with an IRA guard of honour and the relatives of the deceased. They were reburied in Mullingar, County Westmeath and their funeral was attended by 15,000 people. Republican Jimmy Steele gave the graveside oration.


1939 Coventry bombing, Aftermath
In 2016 a graveside commemoration was held by the 'Spirit of Irish Freedom Society Westmeath' and the 'Tomas Allen Society'.


1939 Coventry bombing, Memorial
In October 2015 a sandstone monument was unveiled in the grounds of Coventry Cathedral. A few dozen people gathered to witness it being unveiled, including relatives of four of the dead.


1939 Creighton Bluejays football team
The 1939 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1939 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Marchmont Schwartz, the team compiled a 4–5 record (2–4 against MVC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 43. The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.


1939 Cuban Constitutional Assembly election
Constitutional Assembly elections were held in Cuba on 15 November 1939. The result was a victory for the Opposition Front, which won 41 of the 76 seats.


1939 Cup of the Ukrainian SSR
The 1939 Ukrainian Cup was a football knockout competition conducting by the Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR and was known as the Ukrainian Cup.


1939 Cupa României Final
The 1939 Cupa României Final was the sixth final of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. It was disputed between Sportul Studențesc București and Rapid București, and was won by Rapid București after a game with 2 goals. It was the fourth cup for Rapid, and the third of six consecutive successes.


1939 Currie Cup
The 1939 Currie Cup was the 20th edition of the Currie Cup, the premier domestic rugby union competition in South Africa.


1939 Currie Cup
The tournament was won by  Transvaal for the second time; they beat  Western Province 17–6 in the final in Cape Town. This was the first time in the history of the competition that a final was held to determine the winner.


1939 Danish Folketing election
Folketing elections were held in Denmark on 3 April 1939, except in the Faroe Islands where they were held on 19 April. They followed a dissolution of both chambers in order to call a referendum on changing the constitution. The referendum was held on 23 May but failed due to a low voter turnout. The result of the elections was a victory for the Social Democratic Party, which won 64 of the 149 seats. Voter turnout was 79.2% in Denmark proper and 47.8% in the Faroes.


1939 Danish Landsting election
The Danish Landsting election of 1939 was held on 14 April 1939, with the exception that the electors that elected the candidates standing in the constituencies were elected on 3 April.


1939 Danish Landsting election
As the election followed a dissolution of both chambers in order to call a referendum on changing the constitution, the seats of all seven constituencies as well as the seats elected by the parliament were up for election.


1939 Danish Landsting election
The referendum was held on 23 May but failed due to a low voter turnout.


1939 Danish Landsting election, Notes
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1939 Danish constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Denmark on 23 May 1939. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new constitution. Although it was approved by 91.9% of those who voted, a turnout of only 48.9% meant that the percentage of eligible voters approving it was only 44.46%, below the 45% required by the existing constitution of 1915.


1939 Danish constitutional referendum
The Danish constitution was finally altered to its present form following a 1953 referendum.


1939 Danish constitutional referendum, Proposed changes
The two primary changes in the proposed constitution from 1939 was lowering the electoral age from 25 to 23 years, and replacing the Landsting with a new chamber of parliament, the Rigsting.


1939 Danish constitutional referendum, Proposed changes
Additionally, the united parliament (Danish: den forenede rigsdag) consisting of the members of the two other chambers was to become a third chamber of parliament. The united parliament would handle the more important types of bills, including the budget and proposed changes to the constitution. Other bills could be proposed in either the Folketing or the Rigsting, and in order to pass they would have to go through three readings in the chamber in which they originated, and two readings in the other. This would have been a simplification of the existing process where all bills had to go through three readings in each of the two chambers.


1939 Dartmouth Indians football team
The 1939 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1939 college football season. The Indians were led by sixth-year head coach Earl Blaik and played their home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire. They finished with a record of 5–3–1 and outscored opponents by a total of 154 to 73.


1939 Dartmouth Indians football team
After amassing a 5–0–1 record to start the season and shutting out four of those opponents, Dartmouth ascended to 14th in the AP Poll, but lost their last three contests against, No. 4 Cornell, Princeton, and a Stanford team that finished 1–7–1—their only win coming against Dartmouth. Indians finish the year unranked.


1939 Dayton Flyers football team
The 1939 Dayton Flyers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Dayton as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their 17th season under head coach Harry Baujan, the Flyers compiled a 4–4–1 record.


1939 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team
The 1939 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team was an American football team that represented the University of Delaware in the 1939 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Stephen Grenda, the team compiled a 1–7 record and was outscored by a total of 134 to 47.


1939 Delaware State Hornets football team
The 1939 Delaware State Hornets football team represented the State College for Colored Students—now known as Delaware State University—in the 1939 college football season as an independent.


1939 Denver Pioneers football team
The 1939 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver in the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) during the 1939 college football season. In its first season under head coach Cac Hubbard, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record (3–2–1 against RMC opponents), finished in third place in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 75.


1939 Detroit Lions season
The 1939 Detroit Lions season was their tenth in the league. The team failed to improve on their previous season's output of 7–4, winning only six games. They failed to qualify for the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.


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


1939 Detroit Tigers season
The 1939 Detroit Tigers season was a season in American baseball. The team finished fifth in the American League with a record of 81–73, 261⁄2 games behind the New York Yankees.


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


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


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


1939 Detroit Titans football team
The 1939 Detroit Titans football team represented the University of Detroit in the 1939 college football season. Detroit outscored its opponents by a combined total of 149 to 90 and finished with a 5–3–1 record in its 15th year under head coach and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Gus Dorais.


1939 Down by-election
The Down by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held in the United Kingdom on 10 May 1939 for the House of Commons constituency of Down in Northern Ireland.


1939 Down by-election, Aftermath
Little subsequently left the party in the run-up to the 1945 general election in a dispute over re-selection and stood as an Independent Unionist.


1939 Drake Bulldogs football team
The 1939 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football represented Drake University in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1939 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Vee Green, the team compiled a 5–5 record (2–3 against MVC opponents), finished fourth in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 104 to 83.


1939 Drexel Dragons football team
1939 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Walter Halas.


1939 Duke Blue Devils football team
The 1939 Duke Blue Devils football team represented the Duke Blue Devils of Duke University during the 1939 college football season. Dutch Stanley succeeded Carl Voyles as end coach of the "Iron Dukes". Halfback George McAfee led the team in rushing, receiving, scoring, kickoff returns, punt returns, interceptions, and punting.


1939 Duquesne Dukes football team
The 1939 Duquesne Dukes football team represented Duquesne University in the 1939 college football season. The Dukes were led by first-year head coach Aldo Donelli. For the second time in four years, the Dukes upset cross-town rivals Pittsburgh, this time as the Panthers were the number one team in the US. The Dukes finished undefeated, with a record of 8–0–1, and ranked 10th in the AP Poll.


1939 East Carolina Pirates football team
The 1939 East Carolina Pirates football team was an American football team that represented represented East Carolina Teachers College (now known as East Carolina University) as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their only season under head coach O. A. Hankner, the team compiled a 0–8 record.


1939 East Norfolk by-election
The East Norfolk by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held on 26 January 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of East Norfolk.


1939 East Norfolk by-election, Previous MP
The seat had become vacant on 14 November 1938, when the constituency's National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP), William Lygon, Viscount Elmley had succeeded to the peerage as the 8th Earl Beauchamp. He had been East Norfolk's MP since he was first elected as a Liberal at the 1929 general election, when he gained the seat from the Conservatives. He joined the breakaway National Liberals in 1931, and at the following General election was not opposed by the Conservatives.


1939 East Norfolk by-election, Candidates
Only two candidates contested the by-election: Frank Medlicott for the National Liberals, and Norman Tillett for the Labour Party. Medlicott was a 36-year-old London solicitor who had not contested an election since standing for the Liberal party at Acton in 1929. Tillett was a Norwich solicitor, whose great-grandfather and uncle were both Liberal MPs for Norwich. Tillett had fought the seat at the last General Election. A number of local Conservatives who were unhappy about supporting Medlicott tried to get an Independent Conservative candidate to stand. For a while, it seemed as if James F. Wright, the Secretary of the Norfolk Farmers Union would run as an Independent Conservative, but by close of nominations, there were just the two candidates.


1939 East Norfolk by-election, Result
Medlicott held the seat for the National Liberals, with a reduced but still substantial majority.


1939 East Norfolk by-election, Aftermath
The 1945 general election was again a two-way contest between Medlicott and Tilett, and Medlicott held the seat.


1939 East Norfolk by-election, Aftermath
When the East Norfolk constituency was abolished for the 1950 general election, he was returned for the new Central Norfolk seat.


1939 Eastern Suburbs season
Eastern Suburbs (now known as the Sydney Roosters) competed in their 32nd New South Wales Rugby League season in 1939.


1939 Eastern Suburbs season, Details
In the 1939 season Eastern Suburbs line-up contained the following players:- ??? (Coach); Jack Arnold, W. Bamford, D. Bartlett, Dave Brown, S. Callaghan, H. 'Nick'Dalton, Percy Dermond, Dick Dunn, Noel Hollingdale, Henry 'Harry' Pierce, Ray Stehr


1939 Edmonton municipal election
The 1939 municipal election was held November 8, 1939 to elect a mayor and five aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council. Elections for school trustees were not held, as candidates for both the public and separate boards were acclaimed.


1939 Edmonton municipal election
There were ten aldermen on city council, but five of the positions were already filled: Hugh MacDonald, Mack McColl, James Ogilvie, Sidney Parsons, and Blair Paterson (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1938 and were still in office.


1939 Edmonton municipal election
There were seven trustees on the public school board, but two of the positions were already filled: Izena Ross and W G McConachie had been elected to two-year terms in 1938 and were still in office. Armour Ford had also been elected to a two-year term in 1938, but had resigned; accordingly, Sidney Bowcott was acclaimed to a one-year term by virtue of being the last candidate to have submitted his nomination. On the separate board, there were four vacancies out of seven positions, as Adrian Crowe (SS), James O'Hara, and J O Pilon were continuing.


1939 Edmonton municipal election, Voter turnout
There were 11,470 ballots cast out of 55,388 eligible voters, for a voter turnout of 20.7%.


1939 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Public school trustees
M Downey (SS), Albert Ottewell (SS), Bruce Smith, R L Sutherland, and Sidney Bowcott were acclaimed.


1939 Edmonton municipal election, Results, Separate (Catholic) school trustees
Romeo Bouchard, Hugh Currie, Robert Tighe, and William Wilde (SS) were acclaimed.


1939 Ekstraklasa
Statistics of the Ekstraklasa for the 1939 season. The championship was unfinished because of the Nazi German attack on Poland which triggered the Second World War.


1939 Emperor's Cup, Overview
It was contested by 8 teams, and Keio BRB won the championship.


1939 Emperor's Cup Final
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1939 Emperor's Cup Final
1939 Emperor's Cup Final was the 19th final of the Emperor's Cup competition. The final was played at Meiji Jingu Gaien Stadium in Tokyo on June 11, 1939. Keio BRB won the championship.


1939 Emperor's Cup Final, Overview
Keio BRB won the championship, by defeating defending champion Waseda University 3–2.


1939 English Greyhound Derby
The 1939 Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 24 June 1939 at White City Stadium. The winner Highland Rum received a first prize of £1,250. The attendance was 92,000 and the totalisator turnover for the final was £14,341 and for the meeting it was £114,780 which set a new record for a greyhound meeting. Using historic inflation (2019) this equates to £7.5 million.


1939 English Greyhound Derby, Final result, Distances
2½, 12, head, 1 (lengths)The distances between the greyhounds are in finishing order and shown in lengths. From 1927-1950 one length was equal to 0.06 of one second but race times are shown as 0.08 as per modern day calculations.


1939 English Greyhound Derby, Review
Junior Classic was expected to be a serious contender for the 1939 Derby; he had won the Catford and Stamford Bridge Produce Stakes and the Puppy Derby in 1937, before winning the 1938 Gold Collar but had suffered a five month layoff after breaking a toe. Other major contenders were seen as Gretas Rosary, the St Leger champion and Demotic Mack.


1939 English Greyhound Derby, Review
The eight first round heats were held on 10 June and Gretas Rosary, Roe Side Scottie and Glen Ranger were surprise eliminations.


1939 English Greyhound Derby, Review
In the quarter finals, held five days later, Carmel Ash and Demotic Mack were in good form as they both progressed unbeaten. Gayhunter trained by Harry Buck and Junior Classic accounted for the other two quarters, both making amends for first round defeats. Irish Derby champion Abbeylara, now trained by Leslie Reynolds went out at this stage.


1939 English Greyhound Derby, Review
The semi-finals provided wins for Carmel Ash (4-5f) and Junior Classic (9-4); Carmel Ash had won every round to qualify for the final and Highland Rum, owned by Irishman J Harty (a rate collector), progressed through in unspectacular fashion managing just one first round win and Mister Mutt qualified for the final by virtue of taking the final spot in every round.


1939 English Greyhound Derby, Review
Black Peter trained by Stan Raymond was withdrawn from the final following an injury sustained during training, this was the only time Gloucester would ever have a finalist. A record 92,000 attended and the tote turnover set new records of £14,341 for a single race and £114,780 for a meeting. As the traps rose, the outsider Mister Mutt took the lead. Bad crowding resulted as the field reached the first bend together and wide runner Highland Rum took advantage building a five length lead from Carmel Ash. Highland Rum won the race, with Carmel Ash running on well for second place with Demotic Mack a further 12 lengths behind in third place.


1939 English cricket season
1939 was the 46th season of County Championship cricket in England. It was the one and only season in which English cricket adopted the eight-ball over. It was the last season before the Second World War and it was not until 1946 that first-class cricket could resume in England on a normal basis. The West Indies were on tour and England won the Test series 1–0. The West Indian team departed early, with several matches cancelled, because of the growing international crisis. In the 1940 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, author R. C. Robertson-Glasgow reviewed the 1939 season and remarked that it was "like peeping through the wrong end of a telescope at a very small but happy world".


1939 English cricket season, Test series
England played three Tests against West Indies, whose team included George Headley and Learie Constantine. England won the First Test by 8 wickets and the other two were drawn.


1939 English cricket season, Test series
Constantine was recognised by Wisden as one of its "Five Cricketers of the Year".


1939 English cricket season, Test series
Having completed the Third Test on Tuesday, 22 August, the West Indian tourists cancelled their next match against Sussex which was scheduled to start at the County Ground, Hove on Saturday, 26 August. Three later matches versus Kent, an England XI and H. D. G. Leveson-Gower's XI were also cancelled.


1939 English cricket season, County Championship
The 1939 County Championship was determined on an average points basis because the county teams did not all play the same number of matches, the range varying from 24 to 32. Yorkshire won the title for the third successive season, playing 30 matches with 20 wins and 2 defeats to produce a points average of 9.286. Middlesex was the runner-up with 8.182 from 26 matches with 13 wins and 3 defeats.


1939 English cricket season, County Championship
Yorkshire were captained by Brian Sellers, whose efforts earned him a place in Wisden's "Five Cricketers of the Year". The team had five batsmen who all scored more than 1000 championship runs: Len Hutton (2167), Wilf Barber (1388), Herbert Sutcliffe (1230), Maurice Leyland (1191) and Arthur Mitchell (1087). The bowling depended on Hedley Verity (165 wickets), Ellis Robinson (102), Bill Bowes (96) and Frank Smailes (49). The wicket-keeper was Arthur Wood who completed 39 catches and 27 stumpings. Other players included Cyril Turner and future England captain Norman Yardley.


1939 English cricket season, County Championship
Runners-up Middlesex were well served by Test batsmen Bill Edrich (1948 runs), Denis Compton (1853) and Jack Robertson (1562). Wicket-keeper Fred Price had an outstanding season with 53 catches and 20 stumpings. Middlesex relied heavily on its two main bowlers Jim Sims (142 wickets) and Jim Smith (84). Edrich and Price were recognised by Wisden as two of its "Five Cricketers of the Year".


1939 English cricket season, County Championship
Gloucestershire finished third under England captain Wally Hammond who scored 2121 championship runs. Other good performers for Gloucestershire were batsmen Charlie Barnett, Jack Crapp and George Emmett; seam bowler Colin Scott and the outstanding spin bowler Tom Goddard who took 181 championship wickets.


1939 English cricket season, County Championship
Noted batsmen at other counties were John Langridge (Sussex) with 2106 championship runs; Les Ames (Kent), Joe Hardstaff junior (Nottinghamshire), Arthur Fagg (Kent), Eddie Paynter (Lancashire), Harold Gimblett (Somerset) and Laurie Fishlock (Surrey) who all made more than 1700 runs. Walter Keeton of Nottinghamshire was recognised by Wisden as one of its "Five Cricketers of the Year" after he scored 312* against Middlesex, which was the highest individual score of the 1939 season and remains the highest ever made for Nottinghamshire.


1939 English cricket season, County Championship
Noted bowlers elsewhere were Reg Perks (Worcestershire) and Doug Wright (Kent), the only others to take more than 130 championship wickets.


1939 English cricket season, Leading batsmen – all first-class matches
George Headley had the highest average of batsmen who played in more than a couple of matches. He scored 1745 runs @ 72.60 (HS 234*). The highest runscorer was Len Hutton with 2883 @ 62.67 (HS 280*).


1939 English cricket season, Leading batsmen – all first-class matches
Other leading batsmen were Wally Hammond, Denis Compton, Bill Edrich, Joe Hardstaff junior and John Langridge who all scored more than 2000 runs.


1939 English cricket season, Leading bowlers – all first-class matches
Hedley Verity had the best average of regular bowlers with 191 wickets @ 13.13 (BB 9–62). It turned out to be Verity's final season as he was killed in action during the war. In his last appearance on 1 September, he took 7 for 9 as Yorkshire "skittled" Sussex for only 33.


1939 English cricket season, Leading bowlers – all first-class matches
The most wickets were taken by Tom Goddard with 200 @ 14.86 (BB 9–38). Other leading bowlers were Reg Perks, Jim Sims, Bill Copson and Doug Wright who all took more than 140 wickets.


1939 English cricket season, Debutants
Among the first-class debutants in 1939 were future England players Alec Bedser, Godfrey Evans, Cliff Gladwin and Willie Watson.


1939 English cricket season, Debutants
Those whose first-class careers ended in 1939 include Ken Farnes and Hedley Verity who were both killed in action during the war.


1939 English cricket season, Immediate impact of the war
The season was almost over when war was declared on Sunday, 3 September and only ten first-class matches were cancelled. Four were due to begin on Saturday, 2 September but all were delayed due to the emergency and then cancelled after the declaration of war. Two earlier games involving the West Indian tourists had already been cancelled. Four remaining games, including Gentlemen v Players, were due to begin on different days during the following week and all were cancelled.


1939 English cricket season, Immediate impact of the war
The final matches played before the war were six County Championship games that began on Wednesday, 30 August and were completed on or before Friday, 1 September, the day the Wehrmacht invaded Poland. Three of these games were completed with a result on the second day. Two more were ended as draws by agreement on the Friday morning after news of the invasion was reported.


1939 English cricket season, Immediate impact of the war
The last match to be completed was Sussex v Yorkshire at Hove. From an overnight position of 330–3 in the first innings, chasing a Sussex score of 387, Yorkshire continued on the Friday morning and totalled 392 all out. Sussex collapsed in their second innings and were all out for only 33, whereupon Yorkshire made 30–1 to win by nine wickets. That ended the 1939 season and also marked the end of first-class cricket in England until the first of the Victory Tests began on 19 May 1945.


1939 English cricket season, Immediate impact of the war
The few remaining county matches were cancelled immediately and Birley comments that there was "none of the unfortunate disposition to linger over it as in 1914". Cricket in 1939 accepted the inevitable, summarised in the September 1939 issue of The Cricketer by Sir Home Gordon who found a suitable metaphor: "England has now begun the grim Test match against Germany".


1939 English cricket season, Immediate impact of the war
The Third Test was the last match played at The Oval in 1939. Soon after war was declared, the ground was requisitioned and modified for use as a prisoner-of-war camp, but no prisoners were ever held there. Lord's was prepared for a similar fate but the authorities decided against it and Lord's was able to stage many games throughout the war to raise money for charity.


1939 English cricket season, Immediate impact of the war
H. S. Altham wrote in 1940 about a visit to Lord's in December 1939 as "a sobering experience; there were sandbags everywhere and the Long Room was stripped bare with its treasures safely stored below ground". Having painted a bleak picture thus far, Altham ended on a note of defiance: "but the turf was a wondrous green, Old Father Time on the Grand Stand roof was gazing serenely at the nearest (barrage) balloon and one felt that somehow it would take more than totalitarian war to put an end to cricket".


1939 Erzincan earthquake
The 1939 Erzincan earthquake struck eastern Turkey at 1:57:23 a.m. on 27 December local time with a moment magnitude of 7.8Mw and a maximum Mercalli intensity of XII (Extreme). It was the second most powerful earthquake recorded in Turkey, after the 1668 North Anatolia earthquake. This was one of the largest in a sequence of violent shocks to affect Turkey along the North Anatolian Fault between 1939 and 1999. Surface rupturing, with an horizontal displacement of up to 3.7 meters, occurred in a 360 km long segment of the North Anatolian Fault Zone. The earthquake was the most severe natural loss of life in Turkey in the 20th century, with 32,968 dead, and some 100,000 injured.


1939 Erzincan earthquake, Preface
The North Anatolian Fault in Asia Minor is a major transform fault boundary where the Eurasian Plate slides past the smaller Anatolian Microplate. Running for over 1,600 km, the fault stretches from Eastern Turkey to the Sea of Marmara. The North Anatolian fault has been, and remains very active. Erzincan has been destroyed by earthquakes at least 11 times since 1,000 AD. Between 1942 and 1967, there were six major earthquakes along the same fault, with three above 7 Mw.


1939 Erzincan earthquake, Earthquake
With an epicenter near the city of Erzincan, the earthquake rupture propagated westwards for a length of 400 km. Surface ruptures are still visible to this day. The shaking lasted for 52 seconds. It resulted in a tsunami with heights of 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) that hit the Black sea coast.


1939 Erzincan earthquake, Damage
The earthquake seriously damaged some 116,720 buildings. Occurring in winter, it was difficult for aid to reach the affected areas.


1939 Erzincan earthquake, Damage
Initially, the death toll was about 8,000 people. The next day on 27 December, it was reported that it had risen to 20,000. During the same day, the temperature fell to −30 °C (−22 °F). An emergency rescue operation began. By January 5, almost 33,000 had died due to the earthquake and due to low temperatures, blizzard conditions and floods.


1939 Erzincan earthquake, Aftermath
The total destruction of the earthquake prompted Turkey to adopt seismic building regulations. So extensive was the damage to the city of Erzincan that its old site was entirely abandoned and a new settlement was founded a little further to the north.


1939 Estonian Cup
The 1939 Estonian Cup (Estonian: Eesti Karikas) was the second season of the Estonian football knockout tournament. 11 teams took part of the competition. In the final, played on November 6 in Kadriorg Stadium in Tallinn, Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi won 4–1 over ESS Kalev Tallinn.


1939 European Amateur Boxing Championships
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1939 European Amateur Boxing Championships
The 1939 European Amateur Boxing Championships were held in Dublin, Ireland from 18 to 22 April. It was the sixth edition of the bi-annual competition was organised by the European governing body for amateur boxing, EABA. There were 71 fighters from 12 countries participating.


1939 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1939 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Davos, Switzerland (men), London, United Kingdom (ladies), and Zakopane, Poland (pairs). Elite senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed for the title of European Champion in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and pair skating.


1939 European Wrestling Championships
The 1939 European Wrestling Championships were held in 24–27 April 1939 Oslo, Norway. The competitions were held only in Greco-Roman wrestling.


1939 FA Cup Final
The 1939 FA Cup Final was contested by Portsmouth and Wolverhampton Wanderers at Wembley. Portsmouth won 4–1, with goals from Bert Barlow, John Anderson and two by Cliff Parker. Dicky Dorsett scored Wolves' effort.


1939 FA Cup Final
As a result of the suspension of the FA Cup for the duration of the Second World War, the next FA Cup final was not until seven years later in 1946, thereby enabling Portsmouth fans to claim that their team has held the Cup for the longest time.


1939 FA Cup Final
Wolves had entered the game as clear favourites, having scored 19 goals in their five FA Cup games and lying second in the league table. By contrast, Portsmouth were struggling in the relegation zone.


1939 FA Cup Final
Captain Jimmy Guthrie was presented with the cup by King George VI. Portsmouth manager Jack Tinn said afterwards that his side won thanks to the help of his "lucky spats".


1939 FA Cup Final, Match summary
Approaching the half-hour mark, Barlow scored Portsmouth's first goal from within the area. Portsmouth pressed their advantage, refusing to let Wolves back into the contest. Anderson hooked in a second just before half time after McAlinden's chip in from the right had left the advancing Scott in no-man's-land.


1939 FA Cup Final, Match summary
Immediately after the restart, Wolves goalkeeper Scott fumbled a shot on the goal line and only prevented the strike creeping in with an outstretched hand on top of the ball. However, Cliff Parker slid in to kick the ball from under the keeper's hand to make it 3–0. Wolves drove forward to try to mount a recovery but a solitary Dorsett strike from eight yards was their only success. Portsmouth put the result beyond any doubt when Parker headed in his second and Portsmouth's fourth from close range from a Worrall cross.


1939 FA Cup Final, Additional history
When World War II began in September 1939, this caused the 1939 FA Cup champions Portsmouth to hold the distinction of holding the FA Cup trophy for the longest uninterrupted period - seven years - as the FA Cup competition was not held again until the end of World War II. Portsmouth manager Jack Tinn was rumoured to have kept the FA Cup trophy 'safe under his bed' throughout the duration of the war, but this is an urban myth.


1939 FA Cup Final, Additional history
Because the naval city of Portsmouth was a primary strategic military target for German Luftwaffe bombing, the FA Cup trophy was actually taken ten miles to the north of Portsmouth, to the nearby Hampshire village of Lovedean, and there it resided in a quaint thatched roof country pub called The Bird in Hand for the duration of the war. After the war, the FA Cup trophy was presented back by Portsmouth F.C. to the Football Association in time for the 1946 FA Cup Final.


1939 FA Cup Final, Additional history
Portsmouth's Tommy Rowe, who died in May 2006 at the age of 92, was the last surviving player from the 1939 FA Cup Final match.


1939 Fareham by-election
The Fareham by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Fareham in Hampshire on 6 October 1939. The seat had become vacant when Sir Thomas Inskip, the constituency's Conservative Party Member of Parliament had been ennobled as Viscount Caldecote on 6 September and appointed as Lord Chancellor. Inskip had held the Fareham seat since a by-election in 1931.


1939 Fareham by-election
The Conservative candidate, Dymoke White, was returned unopposed. During World War II, unopposed by-elections were common, since the major parties had agreed not to contest by-elections when vacancies arose in seats held by the other parties; contests occurred only when independent candidates or minor parties chose to stand, and the Common Wealth Party was formed in 1942 with the specific aim of contesting war-time by-elections.


1939 Fareham by-election
However, this was the first by-election since the start of the war, and no other candidates were nominated. The last unopposed by-election had been Portsmouth South in July 1939.


1939 Finnish Grand Prix
The 1939 Finnish Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Eläintarharata on 7 May 1939.


1939 Finnish parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Finland on 1 and 2 July 1939. Following the elections, the National Progressive Party-led government of Aimo Cajander continued in office. However, he was replaced by Risto Ryti's Progressive-led war government in December 1939.


1939 Finnish parliamentary election, Background
The leading issues were the distribution of the growing prosperity's benefits, the prospects for the centre-left coalition government's continuation, the right-wing opposition's criticism of the government's numerous and allegedly poorly prepared legislative proposals, and the Finnish national security under the threat of World War II. Prime Minister Cajander opposed the notable increase of defence spending before the elections, because that would require raising taxes.


1939 Finnish parliamentary election, Background
Finance Minister Väinö Tanner and Governor of the Bank of Finland, Risto Ryti, opposed the taking of a foreign loan to buy modern military equipment for the Finnish army, although the Finnish national debt in 1939 was among the lowest in the Western world. Most Finnish voters were apparently satisfied with the centre-left Cajander government's performance, because it received almost three-quarters of the seats. The voter turnout was the highest of the Finnish parliamentary elections of the 1920s and 1930s.


1939 Florida Gators football team
The 1939 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1939 college football season. The season was the fourth and final year for Josh Cody as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Cody's 1939 Florida Gators finished with a 5–5–1 overall record, but with a winless 0–3–1 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing twelfth of thirteen teams in the SEC.


1939 Florida Gators football team, Postseason
After leaving Florida, Josh Cody would later become the long-time head coach of the Temple Owls men's basketball team and the Temple University athletic director, and was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1970.


1939 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
The 1939 Football Championship of UkrSSR were part of the 1939 Soviet republican football competitions in the Soviet Ukraine.


1939 Fordham Rams football team
The 1939 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University during the 1939 college football season. The season opener against Waynesburg was the first college football game ever broadcast on television.


1939 French Championships (tennis)
The 1939 French Championships (now known as the French Open) was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland-Garros in Paris, France. The tournament ran from 8 June until 17 June. It was the 44th staging of the French Championships and the last one held before a six-year hiatus due to World War II. It was the second of four Grand Slam tennis events of the year.


1939 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Don McNeill /  Charles Harris defeated  Jean Borotra /  Jacques Brugnon  4–6, 6–4, 6–0, 2–6, 10–8


1939 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Simonne Mathieu  /  Jadwiga Jędrzejowska defeated  Alice Florian /  Hella Kovac 7–5, 7–5


1939 French Championships (tennis), Finals, Mixed Doubles
Sarah Palfrey /  Elwood Cooke defeated  Simonne Mathieu  /  Franjo Kukuljević  4–6, 6–1, 7–5


1939 French Championships – Men's Singles
Don McNeill defeated Bobby Riggs 7–5, 6–0, 6–3 in the final to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1939 French Championships.


1939 French Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Don McNeill is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1939 French Championships – Women's Singles
First-seeded Simonne Mathieu defeated Jadwiga Jędrzejowska 6–3, 8–6 in the final to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1939 French Championships.


1939 French Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
The seeded players are listed below. Simonne Mathieu is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.


1939 French Grand Prix
The 1939 French Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at Reims-Gueux on 9 July 1939.


1939 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
The 1939 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School during the 1939 college football season.


1939 Fresno State Bulldogs football team
Fresno State competed in the inaugural year of the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). They had previously been part of the Far Western Conference (FWC) from 1925–1938. The team was led by fourth-year head coach James Bradshaw and played home games at Fresno State College Stadium on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season with a record of ten wins and one loss (10–1, 1–1 CCAA). The Bulldogs outscored their opponents 244–98 for the season.


1939 Fresno State Bulldogs football team, Team players in the NFL
No Fresno State Bulldog players were selected in the 1940 NFL Draft.


1939 Gent–Wevelgem
The 1939 Gent–Wevelgem was the sixth edition of the Gent–Wevelgem cycle race and was held on 24 May 1939. The race started in Ghent and finished in Wevelgem. The race was won by André Declerck.


1939 George Washington Colonials football team
The 1939 George Washington Colonials football team was an American football team that represented George Washington University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its second season under head coach William Reinhart, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 78 to 53.


1939 Georgetown Hoyas football team
The 1939 Georgetown Hoyas football team was an American football team that represented Georgetown University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jack Hagerty, the Hoyas compiled a 7–0–1 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 109 to 22. The team was ranked No. 16 in the AP Poll of November 20 but dropped out of the final poll.


1939 Georgetown Hoyas football team
The team played its home games at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.


1939 Georgia Bulldogs football team
The 1939 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1939 college football season.


1939 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football team
The 1939 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football team represented the Georgia Teachers College—now known as Georgia Southern University—during the 1939 college football season. The team was led by Crook Smith in his 11th year as head coach.


1939 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
The 1939 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1939 college football season. The Yellow Jackets were led by 20th-year head coach William Alexander and played their home games at Grant Field in Atlanta, Georgia.


1939 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
Georgia Tech finished undefeated in Southeastern Conference play, claiming a share of the conference title with Tennessee and Tulane. They suffered two close non-conference losses: the first, a season-opening road trip loss to Notre Dame; and the second, a one-point loss to Duke at home, in which Georgia Tech missed the would-be tying point-after attempt in the second quarter and missed the winning field goal in the final minute of the game. The Yellow Jackets finished ranked in the final AP Poll for the first time, and were invited to their second ever bowl game, the 1940 Orange Bowl, where they defeated Missouri.


1939 German Grand Prix
The 1939 German Grand Prix was a Grand Prix motor race held at the Nürburgring on 23 July 1939.


1939 German Ice Hockey Championship
The 1939 German Ice Hockey Championship was the 23rd season of the German Ice Hockey Championship, the national championship of Germany. EK Engelmann Wien won the championship by defeating Berliner Schlittschuhclub in the final.


1939 German football championship
The  1939 German football championship, the 32nd edition of the competition, was won by Schalke 04, the club's fourth German championship, by defeating Admira Wien 9–0 in the final, with Ernst Kalwitzki scoring five goals. For Admira it was the club's only appearance in the German championship while the 9–0 result was the highest winning margin for any of the finals held between 1903 and 1963, surpassing VfB Leipzig's 7–2 victory over DFC Prag in the inaugural 1903 final. For Schalke, it continued the club's most successful era, having won the 1934, 1935 and 1937 final and going on to win the 1940 and 1942 ones as well.


1939 German football championship
Schalke's Ernst Kalwitzki was the 1939 championships top scorer with eleven goals, having previously finished as the top scorer in 1937.


1939 German football championship
The eighteen 1938–39 Gauliga champions, two more than in 1938 because of the addition of the Gauliga Ostmark after the Anschluss and the Gauliga Sudetenland after the Munich Agreement, competed in a group stage with the four group winners advancing to the semi-finals. The two semi-final winners then contested the 1939 championship final. The groups were divided into three with four clubs and one with six clubs with the latter, in turn, subdivided into two groups of three teams each and a final of these group winners to determine the over all group champions.


1939 German football championship
While, in the following season, the German championship was still played with eighteen clubs as well but it gradually expanded through a combination of territorial expansion of Nazi Germany and the sub-dividing of the Gauligas in later years, reaching a strength of thirty one in its last completed season, 1943–44.


1939 German football championship, Competition, Group 1
Group 1 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Brandenburg, Niedersachsen, Nordmark and Ostpreußen:


1939 German football championship, Competition, Group 2, Group 2A
Group 2A was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Mittelrhein, Niederrhein and Pommern:


1939 German football championship, Competition, Group 2, Group 2B
Group 2B was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Bayern, Sachsen and Sudetenland:


1939 German football championship, Competition, Group 3
Group 3 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Baden, Mitte, Ostmark and Württemberg:


1939 German football championship, Competition, Group 4
Group 4 was contested by the champions of the Gauligas Hessen, Schlesien, Südwest and Westfalen:


1939 German football championship, Competition, Semi-finals
Two of the four clubs in the 1939 semi-finals had reached the same stage in the previous season, Hamburger SV and FC Schalke 04, while Admira Wien and Dresdner SC replaced Fortuna Düsseldorf and previous seasons champions Hannover 96 in comparison to 1938:


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania
The 1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania was an oral ultimatum which Joachim von Ribbentrop, Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany, presented to Juozas Urbšys, Foreign Minister of Lithuania on 20 March 1939. The Germans demanded that Lithuania give up the Klaipėda Region (also known as the Memel Territory) which had been detached from Germany after World War I, or the Wehrmacht would invade Lithuania. The Lithuanians had been expecting the demand after years of rising tension between Lithuania and Germany, increasing pro-Nazi propaganda in the region, and continued German expansion.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania
It was issued just five days after the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia. The 1924 Klaipėda Convention had guaranteed the protection of the status quo in the region, but the four signatories to that convention did not offer any material assistance. The United Kingdom and France followed a policy of appeasement, while Italy and Japan openly supported Germany, and Lithuania accepted the ultimatum on 22 March 1939. It proved to be the last territorial acquisition for Germany before World War II, producing a major downturn in Lithuania's economy and escalating pre-war tensions for Europe as a whole.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Klaipėda dispute
Klaipėda (German: Memel), an important seaport in East Prussia, was detached from Germany by Article 28 of the Treaty of Versailles and was governed by the Allies according to Article 99. France assumed administration of the region while Lithuania continued to lobby for its control, claiming that it should belong to Lithuania as it had a significant Lithuanian population (see Lithuania Minor) and was that country's only access to the Baltic Sea. Poland also laid claim to the territory.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Klaipėda dispute
As the Allies were hesitant to make a decision and it seemed that the region would remain a free state much like the Free City of Danzig, Lithuania took the initiative and organized the Klaipėda Revolt in January 1923. Soviet Russia and Germany supported the action. The region, as an autonomous territory with its own parliament (Klaipėda Parliament), was attached to Lithuania. The region covered about 2,400 square kilometres (930 sq mi) and had a population of approximately 140,000.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Klaipėda dispute
During the 1920s, Lithuania and Germany maintained a relatively normal relationship as they were united by anti-Polish sentiment. In January 1928, after long and difficult negotiations, Germany and Lithuania signed a border treaty, which left Klaipėda on the Lithuanian side. However, tensions began rising in the 1930s after Nazi Germany replaced the Weimar Republic. An especially tense period came in February 1934 when the Lithuanian government arrested dozens of pro-Nazi activists. In response to these arrests and trials, Germany declared a boycott of Lithuanian agricultural imports.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Klaipėda dispute
The boycott caused an economic crisis in Suvalkija (southern Lithuania), where farmers organized violent protests. However, after the plebiscite in Saar most of the pro-Nazi prisoners received amnesty. In the wake of the amnesties, Lithuanian prestige suffered both abroad and in Klaipėda, allowing Germany to strengthen its influence in the region.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Rising tension
In the spring of 1938 Adolf Hitler personally stated that gaining Klaipėda was one of his highest priorities, second only to gaining the Sudetenland. When Poland presented its ultimatum to Lithuania in March 1938, Germany openly declared that in the event of a military clash between Poland and Lithuania, its army would invade Lithuania to capture Klaipėda and a large portion of western Lithuania. A week after Lithuania accepted the Polish ultimatum, Germany presented an eleven-point memorandum that demanded freedom of action for pro-German activists in the region and a lessening of Lithuanian influence there. Its points were worded in a deliberately vague manner, which would enable Germany to accuse Lithuania of violations. Lithuania chose to postpone dealing with the problem, hoping that the international situation would improve. In the meantime it hoped to give the German population no reasons for complaint.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Rising tension
This tactic did not prove successful: pro-Nazi propaganda and protests were rampant, even among the Lithuanian population, and the local government was powerless to prevent them. The Nazis physically harassed Lithuanian organizations. On 1 November 1938 Lithuania was pressured into lifting martial law and press censorship. During the December elections to the Klaipėda Parliament, pro-German parties received 87% of votes (25 seats out of 29) in the Klaipėda territory. Dr. Ernst Neumann, the chief defendant in the 1934 trials, was released from prison in February 1938 and became the leader of Klaipėda's pro-German movement.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Rising tension
In December he was received by Adolf Hitler, who assured him that the Klaipėda issue would be resolved by March or April 1939. Neumann and other Nazi activists claimed the right of self-determination for the region and demanded that Lithuania open negotiations over the political status of Klaipėda. The parliament was expected to vote for a return to Germany when it convened on 25 March 1939. Germany's official channels maintained silence on the issue. Germany hoped that Lithuania would voluntarily give up the troubled region, and a public stance could have disturbed the sensitive discussions it was then engaged in with Poland over an anti-Communist alliance against the Soviet Union.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, The ultimatum
Rumors had reached the Lithuanian government to the effect that Germany had specific plans to take over Klaipėda. On 12 March Foreign Minister Urbšys represented Lithuania at the coronation of Pope Pius XII in Rome. On his return to Lithuania he stopped in Berlin with the hope of clarifying the growing rumors. On 20 March Ribbentrop agreed to meet with Urbšys, but not with Kazys Škirpa, who was asked to wait in another room. The conversation lasted for about 40 minutes. Ribbentrop demanded the return of Klaipėda to Germany and threatened military action.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, The ultimatum
Urbšys relayed the verbal ultimatum to the Lithuanian government. Because the ultimatum was never set down in writing and did not include a formal deadline, some historians have downplayed its importance, describing it as a "set of demands" rather than as an ultimatum. However, it was made clear that force would be used should Lithuania resist, and it was warned not to seek help from other nations. While a clear deadline was not given, Lithuania was told to make a speedy decision and that any clashes or German casualties would inevitably provoke a response from the German military.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, The ultimatum
Lithuania secretly informed the signatories of the Klaipėda Convention about these demands, since technically Lithuania could not transfer Klaipėda without the approval of the signatories. Italy and Japan supported Germany in the matter, while the United Kingdom and France expressed sympathy for Lithuania but chose not to offer any material assistance. They followed a well-publicized policy of appeasing Hitler. The UK treated the issue in the same way as it had treated the Sudeten Crisis and made no plans to assist Lithuania or the other Baltic States if they were attacked by Germany.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, The ultimatum
The Soviet Union, while supporting Lithuania in principle, did not wish to disrupt its relations with Germany at that point, since it was contemplating an alliance with the Nazis. Without any material international support Lithuania had no choice but to accept the ultimatum. Lithuanian diplomacy characterized the concession as a "necessary evil" that would enable Lithuania to preserve its independence and maintained the hope that it was merely a temporary retreat.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Acceptance
At 1:00 a.m. on 23 March 1939 Urbšys and Ribbentrop signed a treaty, effective 22 March 1939, stating that Lithuania was voluntarily transferring the Klaipėda Region to Germany. The treaty comprised five articles:


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Acceptance
Article I: The Klaipėda Region, cut off from Germany by the Treaty of Versailles, is reunited with the German Reich, effective today.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Acceptance
Article II: The Klaipėda Region is to be evacuated immediately by Lithuanian military and police forces. The Lithuanian Government will take care that the territory is left in orderly condition through the evacuation.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Acceptance
Both sides will name commissioners, so far as it will prove necessary, who are able to carry out the handing over of administration not held in the hands of autonomous authorities of the Klaipėda Region.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Acceptance
Regulations of the rest of the questions resulting from the exchange of State sovereignty, especially economic and financial questions, questions of officials as well as citizenship, are reserved for special agreements.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Acceptance
Article III: In order to make allowance for her economic needs, a Lithuanian free-port zone will be established for Lithuania in Klaipėda. Details will be expressively regulated in accordance with directions of an enclosure attached to this agreement.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Acceptance
Article IV: In order to strengthen their decision and to safeguard the friendly development of relations between Germany and Lithuania, both sides assume the obligation neither to proceed against the other by force nor to support an attack from a third side against one of the two sides.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Acceptance
Article V: This agreement becomes effective upon signature. In witness, whereof, the plenipotentiaries of both sides sign this treaty, prepared double in double original in the German and in the Lithuanian languages.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Aftermath
Before the treaty was signed, German soldiers had already entered the port of Klaipėda. Adolf Hitler, on board the cruiser Deutschland, personally toured the city and gave a short speech. The armada sailing to Klaipėda included the cruiser Admiral Graf Spee, the light cruisers Nürnberg, Leipzig, and Köln, two destroyer squadrons, three torpedo boat flotillas, and one tender flotilla. At the time the Lithuanian navy had only one warship, the Prezidentas Smetona, a 580-ton converted minesweeper. While the Germans were celebrating the return of the city, European politicians expressed fears that the Free City of Danzig would be Hitler's next target.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Aftermath
President Antanas Smetona's unconditional acceptance of a second ultimatum in the space of a little over one year became a major source of dissatisfaction with his authoritarian rule. The German ultimatum triggered a political crisis: the passive cabinet of Vladas Mironas was replaced by a cabinet headed by General Jonas Černius. For the first time since the 1926 coup d'état, the government included members of the opposition: Leonas Bistras, of the Lithuanian Christian Democratic Party, was named Minister of Education and Jurgis Krikščiūnas, of the Lithuanian Popular Peasants' Union, was named Minister of Agriculture. Because other parties were banned, Bistras and Krikščiūnas were officially billed as independent private citizens. Four generals were now members of the cabinet as well. However, even the looming international crisis did not induce Lithuanian politicians to unite, and they continued to engage in petty political disputes.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Aftermath
The loss of its only access to the Baltic Sea was a major blow to the Lithuanian economy. Between 70% and 80% of foreign trade passed through Klaipėda. The region, which represented only about 5% of Lithuania's territory, contained a third of its industry. Lithuania also lost its heavy investments in the port's infrastructure. About 10,000 refugees, mostly Jews, left the region and sought shelter and support from the Lithuanian government. Lithuanians doubted the fate of their country: in March–April withdrawals of deposits in banks and credit institutions totaled almost 20% of total deposits.


1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania, Aftermath
After the loss of Klaipėda, Lithuania drifted into the German sphere of influence, especially in terms of trade. At the end of 1939, Germany accounted for 75% of Lithuanian exports and for 86% of its imports. Germany and the Soviet Union concluded the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact in 1939, dividing Eastern Europe into their respective spheres of influence. Lithuania was, at first, assigned to Germany. The Nazis went so far as to suggest a German–Lithuanian military alliance against Poland and promised to return the Vilnius Region, but Lithuania held to its policy of strict neutrality. After the invasion of Poland, the German–Soviet Frontier Treaty assigned Lithuania to the Soviet sphere of influence. A Soviet ultimatum in June 1940 was also accepted and saw the country annexed by the Soviet Union.


1939 Giro d'Italia
The 1939 Giro d'Italia was the 27th edition of the Giro d'Italia, a cycling race organized and sponsored by the newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport. The race began on 28 April in Milan with a stage that stretched 182 km (113 mi) to Turin, finishing back in Milan on 18 May after a split stage and a total distance covered of 3,011.4 km (1,871 mi). The race was won by the Italian rider Giovanni Valetti of the Fréjus team, with fellow Italians Gino Bartali and Mario Vicini coming in second and third respectively.


1939 Giro d'Italia
Valetti had the lead halfway the race. Bartali then took over the lead in the mountains, but Valetti took it back in the penultimate stage. Bartali attacked on the last stage, but Valetti stayed in his wake and won the race.


1939 Giro d'Italia, Participants
Of the 89 riders that began the Giro d'Italia on 28 April, 54 of them made it to the finish in Milan on 18 May. Riders were allowed to ride as a member of a team or group; 56 riders competed as part of a team, while the remaining 33 competed as a part of a group. The eight teams that partook in the race were: Bianchi, Fréjus, Ganna, Gloria, Legnano, Lygie, Olympia, and Belgium. The teams ranged from six to eight riders each. There were also seven groups, made up of three to five riders each, that participated in the race. Those groups were: U.S. Azzini, Dopolavoro Di Novi, S.S. Genova 1913, Il Littoriale, La Voce Di Mantova, U.C. Modenese, and S.C. Vigor.


1939 Giro d'Italia, Participants
The peloton was composed primarily of Italian riders. The field featured three former Giro d'Italia winners with two-time winner Gino Bartali, Vasco Bergamaschi who won the 1935 edition, and reigning champion Giovanni Valetti. Other notable Italian riders included Olimpio Bizzi, Ezio Cecchi, and Cino Cinelli.


1939 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The leader of the general classification – calculated by adding the stage finish times of each rider – wore a pink jersey. This classification is the most important of the race, and its winner is considered as the winner of the Giro.


1939 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
In the mountains classification, the race organizers selected different mountains that the route crossed and awarded points to the riders who crossed them first.


1939 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The winner of the team classification was determined by adding the finish times of the best three cyclists per team together and the team with the lowest total time was the winner. If a team had fewer than three riders finish, they were not eligible for the classification. The group classification was decided in the same manner, but the classification was exclusive to the competing groups.


1939 Giro d'Italia, Classification leadership
The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run.


1939 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team
The 1939 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Gonzaga University during the 1939 college football season. In their first year under head coach Puggy Hunton, the Bulldogs compiled a 6–2 record, shut out five of their last six opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 100 to 45. Among its victories, Gonzaga defeated two Pacific Coast Conference teams, including an undefeated Oregon team that was ranked No. 11 prior to the game.


1939 Gonzaga Bulldogs football team
The team was led by backfield star Tony Canadeo who later played 11 seasons for the Green Bay Packers and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.


1939 Governor General's Awards
The 1939 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the fourth rendition of the Governor General's Awards, Canada's annual national awards program which then comprised literary awards alone. The awards recognized Canadian writers for new English-language works published in Canada during 1939 and were presented in 1940. There were no cash prizes.


1939 Governor General's Awards
There was one award in each of three established categories, which recognized English-language works only.


1939 Grand National
The 1939 Grand National was the 98th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 24 March 1939.


1939 Grand National
The winning jockey was Irishman Tim Hyde, riding 100/8 shot Workman. Workman was trained by Jack Ruttle, for owner Sir Alexander Maguire. MacMoffat finished in second place, Kilstar was third, and Cooleen fourth for the second consecutive year.


1939 Grand National
Thirty-seven horses ran, competing for the £10,000 in prize money, and all returned safely to the stables.


1939 Grand Prix season
The 1939 Grand Prix season was the seventh AIACR European Championship season. The championship winner was never officially announced by the AIACR due to the outbreak of World War II less than two weeks after the final event in Switzerland. The Italian GP initially had been a fifth event, but it became clear well before the war that it would be cancelled due to construction work. At that time, it was also undecided which scoring system would be used, the old minimum points system that basically counted positions, or the French maximum points system similar to the modern one.


1939 Grand Prix season
Although Hermann Paul Müller would have won the championship on points according to the old system, the president of Nazi Germany's highest motorsports organisation declared Hermann Lang the champion. Lang was clearly the dominating driver in that season, which was acknowledged by the international press. In the first two of the four championship events, both Lang and Müller won once while the other failed to complete 75% of the distance. The German round saw Lang retiring early, and Müller finishing 2nd behind Carraciola.


1939 Grand Prix season
This left Müller in the lead in both scoring systems, as published in magazines, with the Swiss round deciding the outcome. Müller finished 4th behind three Mercedes, which gave him the lead in the old point system, while in front, Lang had beaten Carraciola for the lead in the maximum points system.


1939 Green Bay Packers season
The 1939 Green Bay Packers season was their 21st season overall and their 19th season in the National Football League. The Packers finished with a 9–2 record under founder and head coach Curly Lambeau, earning a first-place finish in the Western Conference. Green Bay shut out the New York Giants 27–0 in the NFL Championship Game, earning the franchise's fifth NFL Championship and the first NFL title game shutout ever.


1939 Green Bay Packers season, Standings
Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.


1939 Green Bay Packers season, Roster
Source: "The Green Bay Packers," in Howard Roberts, Who's Who in the Major Leagues Football. Chicago: B.E. Callahan, [1940]; pp. 2–3 and team photo on pg. 24. Illegible jersey digits denoted with X.


1939 Griffith by-election
A by-election was held for the Australian House of Representatives seat of Griffith on 20 May 1939. This was triggered by the death of Labor Party MP Frank Baker.


1939 Griffith by-election
The election was won by Labor candidate William Conelan by eight votes.


1939 Griffith by-election
Immediately after Baker's death, there was some speculation that Queensland premier, William Forgan Smith would contest the by-election.


1939 Haitian constitutional referendum
A constititional referendum was held in Haiti on 23 July 1939. The changes abolished the direct election of the President and referendums as President Sténio Vincent considered them a "waste of time". The proposals were approved a reported 99.9% of voters, and put into effect by Parliament on 8 August.


1939 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team
The 1939 Hardin–Simmons Cowboys football team was an American football team that represented Hardin–Simmons University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Frank Kimbrough, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 137 to 54.


1939 Harvard Crimson football team
The 1939 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 162 to 67. The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.


1939 Hawthorn Football Club season
The 1939 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 15th season in the Victorian Football League and 38th overall.


1939 High Peak by-election
The High Peak by-election of 1939 was held on 7 October 1939. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Alfred Law. It was won by the Conservative candidate Hugh Molson.


1939 Holderness by-election
The Holderness by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held on 15 February 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Holderness in the East Riding of Yorkshire.


1939 Holderness by-election, Vacancy
Sir Samuel Savery the sitting Conservative MP died aged 77 on 27 December 1938, creating a vacancy. He had been the MP since 1923.


1939 Holderness by-election, Electoral history
The constituency was created in 1885, since when it had been won by Conservative candidates at every election since, with the exception of 1922 when the Liberal Party won the seat. That Liberal success was during a time when only two parties contested the seat, Conservative and Liberal. The first time the Labour Party ran a candidate was in 1929 when the Conservatives won on a minority of the vote. Then, as with every subsequent election, the Labour Party came third. It was Savery who re-gained the seat for the Conservatives in 1923. Over the course of 5 successive election victories Savoury would have had the opportunity of building a large personal vote.


1939 Holderness by-election, Candidates
Leading Labour politician, Sir Stafford Cripps was campaigning for a Popular Front where the Labour and Liberal parties, together with other parties on the left, would unite behind a single candidate to better challenge the National Government. His campaign had some support among elements of the Labour and Liberal parties and the tactic had been successful in returning an Independent Progressive supported by both parties at the 1938 Bridgwater by-election. In Holderness, there was some hope that the Labour party would not run a candidate, giving Mackinnon a free run at the Tory. However, Schultz seemed intent on standing. The Liberals also tried to get the Labour party to agree to support a joint Independent Progressive candidate, with Mackinnon offering to withdraw. The Labour party would not agree.


1939 Holderness by-election, Campaign
The presence of Chichester-Constable on the ballot paper was thought most likely to damage the Conservative candidate, particularly given his support among the farming community. The issue of Agriculture became one of the most important issues in the campaign. The National Farmers Union sent a questionnaire on farming policy to all four candidates so that they could provide feedback and voting guidance to their members. Miss Mackinnon said that the Liberal Party cared very much about the present sad condition of agriculture.


1939 Holderness by-election, Campaign
Prosperity could only be restored by reducing the farmers' outgoings which had been made high by subsidies and tariffs. The Yorkshire Farmers Union held a Conference to which all four by-election candidates were invited. Only the Labour candidate, Leopold Schultz failed to attend. The Conference called for price insurance for farmers.


1939 Holderness by-election, Campaign
Despite there being no 'Popular Front' candidate, the Liberal campaign was given a boost when the Popular Front victor of the recent Bridgwater by-election, Vernon Bartlett sent a letter of support to Miss Mackinnon. Bartlett said it was "clear that Europe is preparing for another dangerous crisis in the near future between the forces of democracy and Fascism". Mackinnon also had some public support from prominent Labour people who wished to see the Conservative candidate beaten.


1939 Holderness by-election, Campaign
The Chairman of Holderness Constituency Labour Party, Robert G. Newton, resigned and endorsed the Liberal candidate saying he would give support "for Miss Mackinnon, who I, as a Socialist, consider far more worthy of support than Alderman Schultz.". She also received a letter of support from leading Labour Party politician Sir Norman Angell. Right up until the close of nominations on 6 February the Liberals hoped that the Labour candidate could be persuaded to withdraw. While the Conservatives hoped that as with the 1939 East Norfolk by-election the 'farmers candidate' would withdraw.


1939 Holderness by-election, Campaign
The January/February campaign was influenced greatly by the weather. Blizzards made campaigning difficult.


1939 Holderness by-election, Campaign
Towards the end of the campaign, Chichester-Constable, the National Independent candidate, said that both the Liberal and Labour candidates had fought a clean campaign. However he criticised the Conservative campaign, "some of the misrepresentations by the other candidate had not been cricket."


1939 Holderness by-election, Result
The Conservatives held the seat with a substantially reduced majority. The combined Liberal and Labour vote was far greater than the Conservative vote, suggesting that an Independent Progressive candidate would have won the seat;


1939 Holderness by-election, Result
After the election, Schultz ceased being Labour's candidate, indicating that the party may have decided not to contest the seat at a 1939/40 general election, allowing Mackinnon a straight fight with Braithwaite.


1939 Holderness by-election, Aftermath
Gurney Braithwaite saw active service with the RNVR before being re-elected in 1945. Deprived by the outbreak of war of another crack at Holderness, Aline Mackinnon retired from active politics.


1939 Holy Cross Crusaders football team
The 1939 Holy Cross Crusaders football team was an American football team that represented the College of the Holy Cross as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its first year under head coach Joe Sheeketski, the team compiled an 7–2 record. The team played its home games at Fitton Field in Worcester, Massachusetts.


1939 Home Nations Championship
The 1939 Home Nations Championship was the thirty-fifth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the fifty-second series of the northern hemisphere rugby union championship. Six matches were played between 21 January and 18 March. It was contested by England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.


1939 Home Nations Championship
This was the last tournament that did not feature France, which had been expelled after the 1931 tournament over allegations of professionalism and administrative deficiencies. France would be readmitted later in the year, but the start of World War II in Europe in September put international rugby on hold; it would not resume until 1947. The Calcutta Cup match was the last international game before World War II. Six players who took part in the game would lose their lives during the war, while seven would return to international rugby post-war.


1939 Honduran presidential election
A presidential election (Spanish: Elecciones presidenciales de Honduras de 1939) was held in Honduras on 18 December 1939.


1939 Honduran presidential election
"On 12 December 1939, a group of five deputies presented a proposal to Congress suggesting that article 202 be reformed to allow the president Tiburcio Carías Andino and vice-president to remain in power until 1 January 1949. By Decree 16 on 18 December 1939, this proposal was unanimously adopted".


1939 Honduran presidential election, Bibliography
Euraque, Darío A. Reinterpreting the banana republic: region and state in Honduras, 1870-1972. Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press. 1996.


1939 Honduran presidential election, Bibliography
Krehm, William. Democracia y tiranias en el Caribe. Buenos Aires: Editorial Parnaso. (First edition in 1947). 1957.


1939 Honduran presidential election, Bibliography
Stokes, William S. Honduras: an area study in government. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press. 1950.


1939 Hong Kong municipal election
The 1939 Hong Kong municipal election was supposed to be held on 2 February 1939 for the one of the 2 unofficial seats in the Urban Council of Hong Kong.


1939 Howard Bulldogs football team
The 1939 Howard Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Howard College (now known as the Samford University) as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1939 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Billy Bancroft, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record.


1939 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1939 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State College during the 1939 college football season. They competed as an independent.


1939 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team
The 1939 Lumberjacks were led by head coach Herbert L. Hart in his second season as head coach at Humboldt State. They played home games at Albee Stadium in Eureka, California. Humboldt State finished with a record of five wins and two losses (5–2). The Lumberjacks outscored their opponents 90–34 for the season, which included three shutouts and only one game where the opponent scored more than 10 points.


1939 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team, Team players in the NFL
No Humboldt State players were selected in the 1940 NFL Draft.


1939 Hungarian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Hungary on 28 and 29 May 1939. The result was a victory for the Party of Hungarian Life, which won 181 of the 260 seats in Parliament (72 percent of the parliament's seats) and won 49 percent of the popular vote in the election. Pál Teleki remained Prime Minister. This was a major breakthrough for the far-right in Hungary; between them, far-right parties were officially credited with 49 seats and 25 percent of the vote.


1939 Hungarian parliamentary election
This was the closest thing to a free election that Hungary had seen at that point. According to historian Stanley G. Payne, the far right bloc would have almost certainly won more seats had the election been conducted in a truly fair manner, and possibly garnered an "approximately equal" seat count and vote share with the Party of Hungarian Life.


1939 Hungarian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The electoral system was changed from that used in 1935. The number of single-member constituencies was reduced from 199 to 135, whilst the number of multi-member constituencies was raised from 11 to 38. Additionally, the franchise had been significantly expanded, with all men over 26 and all women over 30 now allowed to vote.


1939 Hungarian parliamentary election, Results
The number of votes refers to only 125 of the 135 single-member constituencies, as 10 seats were uncontested.


1939 Hungarian parliamentary election, Results
The number of votes refers to 36 of the 38 MMCs as two were uncontested.


1939 Hungarian parliamentary election, Results
The total number of registered voters was 4,629,493; the figure in the table refers to the number of registered voters in the contested seats.


1939 Hurstville state by-election
The 1939 Hurstville state by-election was held on 18 March 1939 for the New South Wales Legislative Assembly electorate of Hurstville because of the death of James Webb (United Australia).


1939 Hythe by-election
The Hythe by-election, 1939 was a parliamentary by-election held on 20 July 1939 for the British House of Commons constituency of Hythe.


1939 Hythe by-election, Previous MP
The vacancy was caused by the death of the Conservative MP, Sir Philip Sassoon, 3rd Baronet.


1939 Hythe by-election, Aftermath
Rupert Brabner served as a junior Government Minister. He died on active service with the RNVR early in 1945. Frank Darvall had planned to contest Hythe at a 1939 or 1940 general election, but never stood for Parliament again. St. John Philby also disappeared from the electoral scene along with the British People's Party, which never contested an election again.