The introduction of Batman
Time: May, 1939
Place: U.S.
Details: The themed anthology series would become a sensation with the introduction of Batman in issue #27 (May 1939).
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Robin Williams-Grammy award
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Donald Trump-Trump filed an exploratory committee to seek the nomination presidential election
1999 - U.S.
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2000 - New York, U.S.
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Elizabeth Blackwell-Blackwell returned to New York City
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May 1939
The Holocaust-100,000 Austrian Jews had left the country
May, 1939 - Austria
Edward VIII-NBC radio broadcast
May, 1939 - France
Benito Mussolini-The Pact of Steel
Monday May 22, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
World War II-Pact of Steel
Monday May 22, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
David Ben-Gurion-The British 1939 White paper
Tuesday May 23, 1939 - Palestine
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Computer-One of The Earliest Examples of an Electromechanical relay Computer.
1939 - Germany
Heinrich Himmler-Invasion of Poland
1939 - Germany
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-His role in the invasion of Poland
Jan, 1939 - Ostrava, Czech Republic
Alan Turing-Ludwig Wittgenstein's Lectures about The Foundations of Mathematics
1939 - Cambridge, England
Igor Stravinsky-His Wife's Death
1939 - France
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1939 - Cambridge, England
Howard Hughes: The Aviator-TWA Takeover
1939 - U.S.
Antibiotic-The Discovery of The First Naturally Derived Antibiotic
1939 - U.S.
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1939 - U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was put in command of the French Fifth Army's tanks
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
Jan, 1939 - Catalonia, Spain
Disasters with highest death tolls-Black Friday Bushfires
Thursday Jan 12, 1939 - Victoria, Australia
Library of Congress-Putnam retired in 1939
1939 - Washington D.C., U.S.
The Holocaust-Germany began a genocide policy against Jews
Monday Jan 30, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels continued his intensive antisemitic
Monday Jan 30, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
Frank Sinatra-1st Marriage
Saturday Feb 4, 1939 - Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.
Francisco Franco-United kingdom and France officially recognized the Franco regime
Monday Feb 27, 1939 - Spain
Spanish Civil War-Peace deal
Sunday Mar 5, 1939 - Spain
Spanish Civil War-Negrín fled to France
Monday Mar 6, 1939 - France
League of Nations-A total of 63 countries became member states of the League of Nations
1939 - Geneva, Switzerland
World War II-Germany invaded the remainder of Czechoslovakia
Mar, 1939 - Czechoslovakia (Present Day Czechia and Slovakia)
Adolf Hitler-Invade Prague
Wednesday Mar 15, 1939 - Czech Rep. (Czechoslovakia that time)
World War II-1939 German ultimatum to Lithuania
Monday Mar 20, 1939 - Lithuania
World War II-Free City of Danzig
1939 - Danzig (Present Day Gdańsk, Poland)
Spanish Civil War-Nationalists started a general offensive
Sunday Mar 26, 1939 - Spain
Francisco Franco-Madrid fell to the Nationalists
Tuesday Mar 28, 1939 - Madrid, Spain
Adolf Hitler-Offended by the British "guarantee"
Friday Mar 31, 1939 - Germany
Spanish Civil War-Nationalists occupied all Spanish territory
Friday Mar 31, 1939 - Spain
Francisco Franco-Victory was proclaimed
Saturday Apr 1, 1939 - Spain
World War II-Spanish Civil War ended
Saturday Apr 1, 1939 at 09 PM - Spain
Spanish Civil War-Franco proclaimed victory in a radio speech
Saturday Apr 1, 1939 - Spain
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
Thursday Apr 20, 1939 - Zaoyang, Xiangyang, Hubei, China
Spanish Civil War-There were harsh reprisals against Franco's former enemies
1939 - Spain
The Holocaust-100,000 Austrian Jews had left the country
May, 1939 - Austria
Edward VIII-NBC radio broadcast
May, 1939 - France
Benito Mussolini-The Pact of Steel
Monday May 22, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
World War II-Pact of Steel
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.
Nikola Tesla-The Medal of the University St. Clement of Ochrida
1939 - Sofia, Bulgaria
KFC-The Idea
1939 - Kentucky, U.S.
Adolf Hitler-Military mobilization is ordered
Tuesday Aug 22, 1939 - Germany
Joseph Stalin-Non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany
Wednesday Aug 23, 1939 - Soviet Union (Present-Day Russia)
World War II-Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact
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
World War II-Hitler demanded that a Polish plenipotentiary immediately travel to Berlin
Wednesday Aug 30, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
World War II-Stormy meeting
Thursday Aug 31, 1939 - Berlin, Germany
Adolf Hitler-WWII Begun
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Western Poland
John F. Kennedy-Europe tour
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Europe & Middle East
Joseph Stalin-WWII Began
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Poland
World War II-World War II Begins
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Poland
The Holocaust-Germany invaded Poland
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Poland
United Nations-World War II was broke up
Friday Sep 1, 1939 - Poland (and then Europe)
Igor Stravinsky-Stravinsky sailed (alone) for The United States
Sep, 1939 - Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
World War II-First battle of the war
Saturday Sep 2, 1939 - Westerplatte, Poland
Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels proclaimed it illegal to listen to foreign radio stations
Saturday Sep 2, 1939 - Germany
Adolf Hitler-Britain and France declared war on Germany
Sunday Sep 3, 1939 - United Kingdom and France
Winston Churchill-Winston is back
Sunday Sep 3, 1939 - London, England, United Kingdom
World War II-France and Britain declared war on Germany
Monday Sep 4, 1939 - France and United Kingdom
Alan Turing-Turing Reported To Bletchley Park
Monday Sep 4, 1939 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
Turing report to Bletchley Park
Monday Sep 4, 1939 - Bletchley Park, England
World War II-German troops reached the suburbs of Warsaw
Friday Sep 8, 1939 - Warsaw, Poland
Bicycle-Military Usage
1939 - Germany
World War II-Battle of the Bzura
Saturday Sep 9, 1939 - Kutno, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland
Stan Lee-Graduating high school
1939 - New York, U.S.
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip returned to Britain
Sep, 1939 - London, England, United Kingdom
Stan Lee-Working at Timely Comics
1939 - Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attacked at Bitche
Tuesday Sep 12, 1939 - Bitche, France
Edward VIII-Back to the United Kingdom
Sep, 1939 - United Kingdom
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon-Outbreak of World War II in the Balmoral Castle estate
1939 - Scotland, United Kingdom
World War II-Ceasefire with Japan
Sep, 1939 - Russia (U.S.S.R.)
Adolf Hitler-Soviets invaded eastern Poland
Sunday Sep 17, 1939 - Eastern Poland
World War II-Soviets invaded Poland
Sunday Sep 17, 1939 - Poland
World War II-First Battle of Changsha
Sunday Sep 17, 1939 - Changsha, China
World War II-Cash and Carry
Thursday Sep 21, 1939 - Washington D.C., U.S.
The Holocaust-Letter from Reinhard Heydrich to the Einsatzgruppen
Thursday Sep 21, 1939 - Germany
Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth and Margaret should be evacuated to Canada
Sep, 1939 - Balmoral Castle, Balmoral Estates, Ballater, United Kingdom
World War II-Mutual assistance pacts
Sep, 1939 - Moscow, Russia
Operation Mincemeat-The deception paper used by the British
Friday Sep 29, 1939 - U.K
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Arriving in Kraków
Oct, 1939 - Kraków, Poland
World War II-Battle of Kock
Monday Oct 2, 1939 - Kock, Poland
Charles de Gaulle-Reynaud asked for a staff posting under De Gaulle
Oct, 1939 - France
World War II-Public peace overture
Friday Oct 6, 1939 - Germany
The Holocaust-Hitler signed a "euthanasia decree"
Oct, 1939 - Germany
United Nations-Empty headquarters
1939 - Geneva, Switzerland
Thanksgiving-Last Thursday in November
Tuesday Oct 31, 1939 - U.S.
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Business Consultant
Nov, 1939 - Kraków, Poland
Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Meeting Itzhak Stern
Nov, 1939 - Kraków, Poland