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The following events occurred in June 1939:

June 1, 1939 (Thursday)

June 2, 1939 (Friday)

  • The St. Louis left Havana.[3]

June 3, 1939 (Saturday)

  • A treaty was signed in Rome giving Italy the right to manage Albania's foreign affairs and represent Albania abroad.[4]
  • Britain's first conscripts under the Military Training Act were enrolled.[5]

June 4, 1939 (Sunday)

  • A spokesman for the U.S. Federal Communications Commission announced a revision of rules governing international broadcasters. Beginning November 1, stations broadcasting to other countries were required to "promote international goodwill, understanding and co-operation" in their programming.[6]
  • Born: Donald Rice, businessman and government official, in Frederick, Maryland
  • Died: Tommy Ladnier, 39, American jazz trumpeter

June 5, 1939 (Monday)

June 6, 1939 (Tuesday)

June 7, 1939 (Wednesday)

June 8, 1939 (Thursday)

  • The King and Queen of England dined with President Roosevelt at the White House.[11]
  • A German police sergeant was found slain in Kladno near Prague. Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia Konstantin von Neurath punished the city by closing all public buildings, imposing a curfew, removing the mayor and disarming the police because they "failed to fulfill their duty."[12]
  • Members of the Hitler Youth were forbidden from eating ice cream cones while in uniform. They were informed by their superiors that it was "not in conformity with the dignity" of the uniform.[13]

June 9, 1939 (Friday)

June 10, 1939 (Saturday)

June 11, 1939 (Sunday)

June 12, 1939 (Monday)

June 13, 1939 (Tuesday)

  • The Inter-governmental Committee of Refugees announced an international agreement to keep the 907 Jewish refugees aboard the St. Louis from having to return to Germany. Belgium agreed to grant temporary refuge to 250, the Netherlands 194, France about 200 and Britain the remainder.[24]
  • Born: Tom Cheek, sportscaster, in Pensacola, Florida (d. 2005)

June 14, 1939 (Wednesday)

  • Tientsin incident: Japan began a blockade of the British concession at Tientsin because British officials refused to hand over the four killers of an important Chinese collaborator.[25][26]
  • Born: Steny Hoyer, politician, in New York City

June 15, 1939 (Thursday)

June 16, 1939 (Friday)

  • The British Foreign Office issued a statement warning that if the Japanese maintained their blockade in China, "an extremely serious situation will arise" and the British government would "have to consider what immediate and active steps they can take for the protection of British interests in China."[30]
  • Born: Billy "Crash" Craddock, country and rockabilly singer, in Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Died: Chick Webb, 34?, American jazz and swing drummer and bandleader (spinal tuberculosis)

June 17, 1939 (Saturday)

  • An alleged plot to assassinate Carol II of Romania and Prime Minister Armand Călinescu was revealed as seven former members of the banned Iron Guard organization were arrested. The reported plan was to throw grenades at the royal box during Sunday's horse race at the Bucharest race track.[31]
  • Joseph Goebbels told a pro-Nazi crowd in the Free City of Danzig that reunification with Germany was "inevitable", and any power that tried to prevent it was making "a mistake if it bases its calculations on the assumption that Germany is weak. It is strong, and unlike some other states whose destinies are in the hands of weak men, this new Germany is led by Adolf Hitler."[32]
  • Died: Eugen Weidmann, 31, German-born serial killer and last person to be publicly executed in France (guillotined)

June 18, 1939 (Sunday)

June 19, 1939 (Monday)

June 20, 1939 (Tuesday)

June 21, 1939 (Wednesday)

June 22, 1939 (Thursday)

June 23, 1939 (Friday)

June 24, 1939 (Saturday)

  • Four bombs exploded in London's theater district, causing at least twenty injuries and causing panic among Saturday night crowds. The explosions were caused by bombs similar to those attributed to the Irish Republican Army in other recent bombings throughout Britain.[41]
  • Born: Michael Gothard, actor, in London, England

June 25, 1939 (Sunday)

June 26, 1939 (Monday)

June 27, 1939 (Tuesday)

  • The Swatow Operation ended in Japanese victory.
  • French Prime Minister Édouard Daladier stunned parliament by ordering its adjournment for summer holidays several days earlier than expected. Daladier's decree explained, "We are in the hands of events and it is possible that the parliamentary vacation will be more brief than those who are protesting against closing the session think ... On our frontiers there are 3 million men without counting semi-military units. And in the interior they are working frantically in factories while we receive announcements of concentration of troops more important than ever before along our frontiers in the guise of maneuvers."[43]
  • A night game was played at Cleveland Stadium for the first time. The Indians blanked the Detroit Tigers 5-0 on a one-hitter by Bob Feller.[44]
  • Born: Neil Hawke, cricketer and Australian rules footballer, in Cheltenham, South Australia (d. 2000); Brereton Jones, horse breeder and 58th governor of Kentucky, in Gallipolis, Ohio

June 28, 1939 (Wednesday)

  • Winston Churchill made a speech before the City Carlton Club in which he said, "If my words could reach Herr Hitler, as indeed they may, I would say to him – pause; consider well before you take a plunge into the terrible unknown. Consider whether your life's work – which may even now be famous in the eyes of history – in raising Germany from frustration and defeat to a point where all the world is waiting for her actions, consider whether all this may not be irretrievably cast away."[45]
  • Joe Louis retained the world heavyweight boxing title by knocking out Tony Galento in the fourth round at Yankee Stadium.[46]
  • The Women's Auxiliary Air Force was created in the United Kingdom.
  • The New York Yankees set a new major league record for home runs by a team in a single game when they hit eight against the Philadelphia Athletics during a 23–2 victory in the first game of a doubleheader. This record was broken in 1987, but a different record set by the Yankees that day still stands: most home runs in a doubleheader. They hit five more in the second game during a 10–0 victory for a total of 13 in one day.[47][48]
  • Died: Harry Leon Wilson, 72, American novelist; Bobby Vernon, 42, American actor (heart attack)

June 29, 1939 (Thursday)

  • Poland served notice to Germany that it was willing to fight for Danzig when millions nationwide swore an oath to "never allow themselves to be cut off from the Baltic Sea."[49]
  • The Fascist Grand Council approved more Italian Racial Laws, prohibiting Jews from practicing their professions among Christians, owning radios, using popular vacation resorts or placing notices in newspapers, among other restrictions.[50]
  • The Irish agrarian political party Clann na Talmhan was founded.

June 30, 1939 (Friday)

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