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May 1 – Jerry Mander, American author and activist (d. 2023) May 2. 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)
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
December 1 – Lee Trevino, American golfer; December 2 – Harry Reid, American politician (d. 2021) December 8 – Jerry Butler, African-American singer-songwriter and politician; December 11. Tom Hayden, American academic, activist and politician (d. 2016) Thomas McGuane, author and screenwriter; December 12 – Terry Kirkman, American ...
1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine. Spanish Civil War (July 17, 1936 – April 1, 1939) – Germany and Italy backed the anti-communist Falange forces of Francisco Franco. The Soviet Union and international communist parties (see Abraham Lincoln Brigade) backed the left-wing republican faction in the war. The war ended in April 1939 with ...
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The 13 British North American provinces of Virginia, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Delaware, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia united as the United States of America declare their independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain on ...