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| 1939 |
| | | Irish author Flann O'Brien publishes his first novel, At Swim-Two-Birds | |
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| 1939 |
| | | Ninotchka, directed by Ernst Lubitsch, is another great success for the Swedish film star Greta Garbo | |
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| 1939 |
| | | Robert Menzies, leader of the United Australia Party, becomes Australia's prime minister | |
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| 1939 |
| | | Archaeological treasures are discovered in an Anglo-Saxon ship burial at Sutton Hoo, in Suffolk | |
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| 1939 |
| | | Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears give a series of recitals in the USA at the start of a lifelong partnership | |
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| 1939 |
| | | US designer Igor Sikorsky tests the first practical helicopter, using a rotor on a long tail boom to counter torque | |
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| 1939 |
| | | Australian author Patrick White publishes his first novel, Happy Valley | |
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| 1939 |
| | | Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh star in Gone with the Wind, based on Margaret Mitchell's novel | |
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| 1939 |
| | | British racing driver Malcolm Campbell sets a new water speed record of 141 mph | |
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| 1939 |
| | | Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan becomes music director of the Berlin State Opera | |
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