1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar).

Events

January

• January 2 - End of term for Frank Finley Merriam, 28th Governor of California. He is succeeded by Culbert Levy Olson.
• January 13 - Black Friday: 71 people die across Victoria in one of Australia's worst ever bushfires.
• January 24 - Earthquake kills 30.000 in Chile – about 50.000 sq mi razed
• January 26 - Spanish Civil War: Troops loyal to Francisco Franco and aided by Italy take Barcelona.

February

• February 2 - Hungary joins Anti-Comintern Pact
• February 10 - Falangists take Catalonia
• February 21 - Golden Gate International Exposition opens in San Francisco, California
• February 27 - United Kingdom and France recognize Franco's government
• February 27 - Borley Rectory burns
• February 27 - Sit-down strikes are outlawed by the Supreme Court of the United States.
• February 28 - The first issue of Serbian weekly magazine Politikin zabavnik was published.