What was happening in 1939?

Major Events

Madrid Surrenders
Germans enter Prague
Soviet-German nonagression treaty
Germany invades Poland
Pact of Steel
The White Paper
Hatch Act passes
DDT discovered as an insecticide
Einstein writes a letter to FDR
Passenger Service Across Atlantic Ocean
Igor Sikorsky Flies A Helicopter
Germans develop the first jet-powered airplane

Pulitzer Prizes
Drama: Robery E. Sherwood ... "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" Fiction: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings ... "The Yearling" History: Frank Luther Mott ... "A History of American Magazines"Public Service: "Miami Daily News"

Academy Awards
Best Picture: "Gone with the Wind" Best Director: Victor Fleming ... "Gone with the Wind"Best Actor: Robert Donat ... "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" Best Actress: Vivien Leigh ... "Gone with the Wind"

Popular Movies
1. All This and Heaven Too

2. Another Thin Man

3. Babes in Arms

4. Destry Rides Again

5. Drums Along the Mohawk