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1939
Summary
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history.
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January 1939
January 1
Coming into effect in Nazi Germany of:
The Protection of Young Persons Act, passed on April 30, 1938, the Working Hours Regulations.
The small businesses obligation to maintain adequate accounting.
The Jews name change decree.
With his traditional call to the New Year in Nazi Germany, Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler addresses the members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP).
The Hewlett-Packard technology and scientific instruments manufacturing company is founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by Bill Hewlett and David Packard, considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley.
Philipp Etter takes over as President of the Swiss Confederation.
Launch of the Third Soviet Five Year Plan.
January 5 – Pioneering U.S. aviator Amelia Earhart is officially declared dead, eighteen months after her disappearance.
January 6 – Otto Hahn's discoveries in the field of nuclear fission are published in Naturwissenschaften.
January 7 – French physicist Marguerite Perey identifies francium, the last chemical element first discovered in nature.
January 14 – Norway claims Queen Maud Land in Antarctica.
January 23 – "Dutch War Scare": Admiral Wilhelm Canaris of the Abwehr leaks misinformation to the effect that Germany plans to invade the Netherlands in February, with the aim of using Dutch air-fields to launch a strategic bombing offensive against Britain. The "Dutch War Scare" leads to a major change in British policies towards Europe.
January 24 – 1939 Chillán earthquake: An earthquake in Chile kills an estimated 30,000 people and razes about of land.
January 25 – Refik Saydam forms the new (11th) government of Turkey.
January 26
Spanish Civil War: Spanish Nationalist troops, aided by Italy, take Barcelona.
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