February 1939

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The following events occurred in February 1939:

February 1, 1939 (Wednesday)

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February 2, 1939 (Thursday)

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February 3, 1939 (Friday)

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  • The Nationalists reached Tossa de Mar.[7]
  • The musical film Honolulu starring Eleanor Powell and Robert Young was released.
  • The Baltimore Museum of Art opened, "Contemporary Negro Art," one of the first major museum exhibitions in the United States to feature Black artists.[8][9]
  • The Collins Block fire in Syracuse, New York, killed eight firefighters, the greatest loss of life in the Syracuse Fire Department's history. The eight firemen fell into the cellar of the building and were trapped under rubble. Fellow firefighters worked for six hours to rescue them until a further collapse eliminated all possibility of their survival.[10]

February 4, 1939 (Saturday)

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February 5, 1939 (Sunday)

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February 6, 1939 (Monday)

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  • Neville Chamberlain was heartily applauded in the House of Commons when he said that any threat to France "must evoke the immediate co-operation of this country."[14]
  • Arabs in Jerusalem called for a three-day strike coinciding with a conference in London between Arabs, Jews and British authorities on the Holy Land.[15]
  • Syracuse, New York, Fire Department First Assistant Chief Charles A. Boynton died of a heart attack. Boynton had been present at the Collins Block fire on February 3 and had worked for hours attempting to rescue the trapped firefighters and then to recover their bodies.[10]
  • Born: Mike Farrell, actor, in Saint Paul, Minnesota

February 7, 1939 (Tuesday)

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February 8, 1939 (Wednesday)

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February 9, 1939 (Thursday)

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  • The Battle of Minorca ended with the surrender of the Republican garrison.
  • The Home Office announced plans to provide shelters to thousands of British homes in districts most likely to be bombed in the event of war. The steel shelters, nicknamed "Anderson shelters" after Lord Privy Seal Sir John Anderson, measured 6'6" by 4'6" and were designed so that two unskilled people could erect them.[12]
  • Hainan Island Operation started with the invasion of Japanese troops to Hainan northern coast.
  • Pius XI died at 5:31 a.m. (Rome Time) of a third heart attack on 10 February 1939, at the age of 81. His last words to those near him at the time of his death were spoken with clarity and firmness: "My soul parts from you all in peace."[116]
  • Born: Tadahiro Matsushita, politician, in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima, Japan (d. 2012)

February 10, 1939 (Friday)

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February 11, 1939 (Saturday)

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February 12, 1939 (Sunday)

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February 13, 1939 (Monday)

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  • Generalissimo Francisco Franco promulgated a decree providing for dissolution of all parties associated with the Popular Front and penalties of loss of citizenship and exile for those deemed hostile to the Nationalist cause.[19]
  • Born: Beate Klarsfeld, Nazi hunter, in Bucharest, Romania

February 14, 1939 (Tuesday)

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February 15, 1939 (Wednesday)

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February 16, 1939 (Thursday)

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February 17, 1939 (Friday)

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February 18, 1939 (Saturday)

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February 19, 1939 (Sunday)

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February 20, 1939 (Monday)

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February 21, 1939 (Tuesday)

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  • Nazi Germany decreed that all Jews were to turn in their gold, silver and other valuables to the state without compensation.[29]
  • 100,000 Nationalist soldiers paraded in Barcelona.[3]
  • The battleship HMS King George V was launched.

February 22, 1939 (Wednesday)

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  • The British Cabinet made the unprecedented decision to authorize military aircraft production to maximum levels without regard to cost.[30]
  • Died: Antonio Machado, 63, Spanish poet; Alexander Yegorov, 55, Soviet military leader (died in prison)

February 23, 1939 (Thursday)

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February 24, 1939 (Friday)

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February 25, 1939 (Saturday)

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  • Berlin police ordered the city's Jewish community to produce the names of 100 Jews per day, who would then be given notice to leave Germany within two weeks. It was not explained what would happen to those who did not comply.[35]

February 26, 1939 (Sunday)

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February 27, 1939 (Monday)

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February 28, 1939 (Tuesday)

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  • The Cortes Generales convened in exile in Paris and accepted Azaña's resignation.[3]
  • A motion was brought against the Neville Chamberlain government in the House of Commons declaring the recognition of Francoist Spain "a deliberate affront to the legitimate Government of a friendly Power, is a gross breach of international traditions, and marks a further stage in a policy which is steadily destroying in all democratic countries confidence in the good faith of Great Britain." The motion was defeated, 344 to 137.[38]
  • Two competing editions of Hitler's Mein Kampf appeared in U.S. bookstores on the same day. Reynal & Hitchcock's version was officially leased from the American copyright holder Houghton Mifflin, but Stackpole Sons' edition was unauthorized and proudly advertised that Hitler would receive no royalties from its sales. Stackpole claimed that Hitler had not been a citizen of any country at the time of publication and so the book was therefore public domain. Reynal & Hitchcock responded by promising to donate all profits from its edition to a refugee fund, and Houghton Mifflin continued to fight Stackpole Sons in court.[39][40]
  • Born: Daniel C. Tsui, Chinese-born American physicist, in Fan, Henan; Tommy Tune, dancer, singer, choreographer and actor, in Wichita Falls, Texas

References

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  1. ^ "Rebels Capture Vich". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 2, 1939. p. 4.
  2. ^ "Tageseinträge für 1. Februar 1939". chroniknet. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Cortada, James W., ed. (1982). Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 513. ISBN 0-313-22054-9.
  4. ^ "Franco Offers Pardon to Foes Who Surrender". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 3, 1939. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Rescue 6 from U-Boat, Sunk 5 Days". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 6, 1939. p. 1.
  6. ^ "Abandon Hope of Saving 81 on Sunken U-Boat". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 7, 1939. p. 2.
  7. ^ "Refugee Filled City Bombed by Rebels; 150 Die". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 4, 1939. p. 6.
  8. ^ Contemporary Negro Art. On Exhibition from February 3-19, 1939. Catalogue. Baltimore Museum of Art. https://artbma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15264coll3/id/48
  9. ^ Contemporary Negro art. On exhibition from February 3-19, 1939. Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. https://www.si.edu/object/siris_sil_114628
  10. ^ a b Pucci, Jacob (February 4, 2016). "Throwback Thursday: Remembering the 'dramatic, tragic' Collins Block fire (photos)". CNY Vintage. syracuse.com. Advance Local Media LLC. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
  11. ^ a b "1939". MusicAndHistory. Archived from the original on June 5, 2014. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  12. ^ a b c Mercer, Derrik, ed. (1989). Chronicle of the 20th Century. London: Chronicle Communications Ltd. p. 507. ISBN 978-0-582-03919-3.
  13. ^ "Tageseinträge für 5. Februar 1939". chroniknet. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  14. ^ "British Promise to Aid France if War Breaks Out". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 7, 1939. p. 2.
  15. ^ "Holy Land Arabs Strike in Eve of London Parley". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 7, 1939. p. 4.
  16. ^ a b "Chronology 1939". indiana.edu. 2002. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  17. ^ Ethell, Jeff. "Lightning From the Ground Up: Lockheed's P-38 Lightning". Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  18. ^ Small, Alex (February 13, 1939). "Bury Pope Tomorrow Night". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 1.
  19. ^ "Franco Decree Sets Penalties on Rebels' Foes". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 14, 1939. p. 8.
  20. ^ Small, Alex (February 15, 1939). "Pius Entombed in Crypt; 8,000 Attend Burial". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 3.
  21. ^ "Premier Quits in Gungary; Learns He Is a Part Jew". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 16, 1939. p. 2.
  22. ^ "The Little Foxes". Playbill Vault. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  23. ^ Schultz, Sigrid (February 18, 1939). "Hitler Wars on Auto Massacre; Sets Speed Limit". Chicago Daily Tribune. p. 9.
  24. ^ California. Board of State Harbor Commissioners for San Francisco Harbor (1936). Report. p. 35.
  25. ^ "Army Crushes Revolt in Peru; Leader is Slain". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 20, 1939. p. 3.
  26. ^ World Who's Who Of Women 1990/91. Taylor & Francis. July 1, 1990. ISBN 9780948875106 – via Google Books.
  27. ^ "Fight Nazis in Big N. Y. Rally". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 21, 1939. p. 1.
  28. ^ Garbarini, Alexandra (2011). Jewish Responses to Persecution: Volume II, 1938–1940. Lanham, Maryland: AltaMira Press. p. 549. ISBN 978-0-7591-2039-6.
  29. ^ "Antisemitic Legislation 1933–1939". Holocaust Encyclopedia. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  30. ^ Wasson, Ellis (2010). A History of Modern Britain: 1714 to the Present. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 269. ISBN 978-1-4051-3935-9.
  31. ^ Moran, Joe (2013). Armchair Nation: An intimate history of Britain in front of the TV. London: Profile Books. p. 40. ISBN 978-1-84765-444-1.
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  33. ^ McAteer, Ollie (January 6, 2015). "London's population has overtaken its 1939 peak". Metro. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
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  35. ^ "Hitler Orders Drive to Oust Remaining Jews". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 26, 1939. p. 5.
  36. ^ "'Chamberlain Must Go!' Cries London Crowd". Chicago Daily Tribune. February 27, 1939. p. 3.
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  39. ^ "Criticism in Context: Kenneth Burke's "The Rhetoric of Hitler's 'Battle'"". K.B. Journal. Fall 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2015.
  40. ^ Green, Nick (September 9, 2014). "Who Gets The Royalties for 'Mein Kampf'?". Mental Floss. Retrieved November 7, 2015.