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From the summer of 1931 until Wednesday 26 June 1940, each Gregorian month was divided into five six-day weeks, more or less (as shown by the 1933 and 1939 calendars here). [22] The sixth day of each week, that is days 6, 12, 18, 24, and 30 of the month, was a uniform day off for all workers.
1939 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1939th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 939th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1930s decade.
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New Year's Day: Neujahr: 1 January Heroes' Memorial Day Heldengedenktag: 16 March if it was a Sunday, otherwise the Sunday before 16 March from 1939, the 5th Sunday before Easter (Reminiscere) Good Friday: Karfreitag: Easter Sunday - 2 days Easter Monday: Ostermontag: Easter Sunday + 1 day Birthday of the Führer: Führergeburtstag: 20 April
This is a timeline of events of World War II in 1939 from the start of the war on 1 September 1939. For events preceding September 1, 1939, see the timeline of events preceding World War II. Germany's invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 brought many countries into the war. This event, and the declaration of war by France and Britain two days ...
Signed by Prime Minister Mackenzie King and bearing the seal of Governor General Lord Tweedsmuir, it did "hereby declare and proclaim that a state of war with the German Reich exists and has existed in our Dominion of Canada as and from the tenth day of September, 1939." [54] The Battles of Jarosław and Kępa Oksywska began.
September 21 – WJSV broadcast day: Radio station WJSV in Washington, D.C. records an entire broadcast day for preservation in the National Archives. September 29 – Gerald J. Cox, speaking at an American Water Works Association meeting, becomes the first person to publicly propose the fluoridation of public water supplies in the United States.