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1939 – Nazi Germany invades Poland; World War II begins; 1939 – Cash and carry proposed to replace the Neutrality Acts; 1939 – President Roosevelt, appearing at the opening of the 1939 New York World's Fair, becomes the first president to give a speech that is broadcast on television. Semi-regular broadcasts air during the next two years
Sam DeLuca, American football offensive lineman, sports broadcaster (d. 2011) Perdita Huston, American journalist (d. 2001) May 4 – Eleanor Coppola, American documentary filmmaker, artist, and writer (d. 2024) May 7 – Jimmy Ruffin, African-American singer (d. 2014) May 8 – Clyde Bellecourt, Native American rights organiser (d. 2022) May 9
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The Plow That Broke the Plains is a 1936 short documentary film that shows the cultivation of the Great Plains region of the United States and Canada following the Civil War and leading up to the Dust Bowl as a result of farmers' exploitation of the Great Plains' natural resources. [1]
American ships and planes are prohibited as part of the Act from visiting any belligerent state in a war along with transporting anything. [ 11 ] November 6 – Hedda Hopper's Hollywood debuts on radio with Hollywood gossip columnist Hedda Hopper as host (the show runs until 1951, making Hopper a powerful figure in the Hollywood elite).
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Arthur Rothstein's Farmer and Sons Walking in the Face of a Dust Storm, a Resettlement Administration photograph taken in Cimarron County, Oklahoma, in April 1936. The Dust Bowl was a period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
1936 in the United States by state or territory (52 C) 1936 events in the United States by month (10 C) 1936 disestablishments in the United States (27 C, 14 P)