Thanksgiving - Last Thursday in November
Time: Tuesday Oct 31, 1939
Place: U.S.
Details: On October 31, 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a presidential proclamation changing the holiday to the next to last Thursday in November, for business reasons.
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Abraham Lincoln-Nevada was admitted as a free state
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October 1939
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1939 - Germany
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Alan Turing-Ludwig Wittgenstein's Lectures about The Foundations of Mathematics
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1939 - France
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1939 - U.S.
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1939 - U.S.
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1939 - U.S.
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1939 - France
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip completed a term as a cadet at the Royal Naval College
1939 - Dartmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom
Spanish Civil War-Franco's troops conquered Catalonia
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Library of Congress-Putnam retired in 1939
1939 - Washington D.C., U.S.
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Francisco Franco-United kingdom and France officially recognized the Franco regime
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Spanish Civil War-Peace deal
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Spanish Civil War-Negrín fled to France
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World War II-Free City of Danzig
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Spanish Civil War-Nationalists started a general offensive
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Francisco Franco-Madrid fell to the Nationalists
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Adolf Hitler-Offended by the British "guarantee"
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Spanish Civil War-Nationalists occupied all Spanish territory
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Francisco Franco-Victory was proclaimed
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World War II-Spanish Civil War ended
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Spanish Civil War-Franco proclaimed victory in a radio speech
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Black Friday-President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued a presidential proclamation proclaiming Thanksgiving to be the fourth Thursday in November rather than the last Thursday
1939 - U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip met the Princess
1939 - Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, England, United Kingdom
World War II-Italy conquered Albania
Wednesday Apr 12, 1939 - Albania
Anna May Wong-Wong visited Australia for more than three months
1939 - Australia
Anna May Wong-The Campbell Playhouse
1939 - New York., U.S.
Anna May Wong-Support of the Chinese struggle against Japan
1939 - U.S.
Second Sino-Japanese War-The Battle of Suixian–Zaoyang
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May, 1939 - U.S.
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1939 - Spain
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May, 1939 - Austria
Edward VIII-NBC radio broadcast
May, 1939 - France
Benito Mussolini-The Pact of Steel
Monday May 22, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
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Monday May 22, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
David Ben-Gurion-The British 1939 White paper
Tuesday May 23, 1939 - Palestine
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip repatriated to Greece
1939 - Athens, Greece
Library of Congress-Roosevelt appointed Archibald MacLeish
1939 - Washington D.C., U.S.
Alan Turing-Warsaw Meeting
Jul, 1939 - Warsaw, Poland
Laser-Valentin A. Fabrikant predicted the use of stimulated emission to amplify "short" waves
1939 - Moscow, U.S.S.R.
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1939 - Sofia, Bulgaria
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1939 - Kentucky, U.S.
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Joseph Stalin-Non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany
Wednesday Aug 23, 1939 - Soviet Union (Present-Day Russia)
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Wednesday Aug 23, 1939 - Moscow, Russia
World War II-Delayed attack
Wednesday Aug 23, 1939 - Germany
Adolf Hitler-Anglo-Polish alliance
Friday Aug 25, 1939 - England, United Kingdom
The Holocaust-List of 30,000 people to send to concentration camps
Tuesday Aug 29, 1939 - Germany
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Wednesday Aug 30, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
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Thursday Aug 31, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
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Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Poland
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Saturday Sep 2, 1939 - Germany
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Sunday Sep 3, 1939 - United Kingdom and France
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Sunday Sep 3, 1939 - London, England, United Kingdom
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Monday Sep 4, 1939 - France and United Kingdom
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Friday Sep 8, 1939 - Warsaw, Poland
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1939 - Germany
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1939 - New York, U.S.
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Sep, 1939 - London, England, United Kingdom
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1939 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
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Sep, 1939 - United Kingdom
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1939 - Scotland, United Kingdom
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Sep, 1939 - Russia (U.S.S.R.)
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Sunday Sep 17, 1939 - Poland
World War II-First Battle of Changsha
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World War II-Mutual assistance pacts
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