1939 in the United Kingdom

1939 in the United Kingdom

Events from the year 1939 in the United Kingdom.

Incumbents

*Monarch - George VI of the United Kingdom
*Prime Minister - Neville Chamberlain, national coalition

Events

* 16 January - Irish Republican Army bombs explode in London, Birmingham, Manchester, and Alnwick.cite book |last=Palmer |first=Alan & Veronica |year=1992 |title= The Chronology of British History|publisher= Century Ltd|location=London|pages= 385-386|isbn= 0-7126-5616-2]
* 25 February - First Anderson shelter built in London.cite book|title=Penguin Pocket On This Day|publisher=Penguin Reference Library|isbn=0-141-02715-0|year=2006]
* 27 February - Borley Rectory, a reputed haunted house, destroyed by fire.
* 31 March - Britain pledges support to Poland in the event of an invasion.
* 27 April - Military Training Act introduces conscription; men aged 20 and 21 must undertake six months military training. [cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/timeline/factfiles/nonflash/a1138664.shtml?sectionId=1&articleId=1138664|title=WW2 People's War Timeline, BBC|accessdate=2008-03-02]
* 17 May - King George VI and Queen Elizabeth arrive in Quebec City to begin the first-ever visit to Canada by British sovereigns.
* 7 June - George VI and Queen Elizabeth visit New York City on the first visit to the United States by a reigning monarch.
* 30 June - The Mersey Ferry stops running to Rock Ferry.
* 5 August - Weekly transatlantic flights scheduled by Imperial Airways; suspended in September.
* 24 August - Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939 gives full authority to 'defence regulations'.
* 25 August - Irish Republican Army bomb explodes in Coventry, killing 25.
* 30 August - Evacuation of children from major UK cities begins.
* 1 September
** Blackout imposed across Britain.
** The BBC Home Service begins broadcasting.
* 3 September - World War II
** The UK declares war on Germany following the German invasion of Poland on September 1.
** General mobilisation begins of the Armed Forces.
** National Service (Armed Forces) Act passed by Parliament introduces National Service for all men aged 18 to 41.cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/2WWconscription.htm|title=Conscription, Spatacus Educational|accessdate=2008-03-02]
* 4 September- First raid by Royal Air Force on German shipping takes place.
* 9 September - British Expeditionary Force crosses to France.
* 18 September - Fascist politician William Joyce begins broadcasting Nazi propaganda under the name Lord Haw-Haw.
* 19 September - Popular BBC radio show "It's That Man Again" first broadcast.
* 24 September - Petrol rationing introduced.
* 30 September - Identity cards introduced.
* 14 October - HMS "Royal Oak" sunk by a German U-boat in Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands.
* 21 October - registration of men aged 20 to 23 for National Service begins.
* 8 November - Venlo Incident: Two British agents of SIS are captured by the Germans.
* 13 December- The Battle of the River Plate takes place between the Royal Navy and the German battleship, "Admiral Graf Spee".

* The Sutton Hoo treasure — an Anglo-Saxon ship burial — excavated.

Publications

* Agatha Christie's novels "Murder is Easy" and "And Then There Were None".
* Henry Green's novel "Party Going".
* Aldous Huxley's novel "After Many a Summer".
* Richard Llewellyn's novel "How Green Was My Valley".

Births

* 20 January - Chandra Wickramasinghe, British astronomer and poet
* 10 February - Peter Purves, British actor and television presenter
* 12 April - Alan Ayckbourn, playwright
* 31 May - Terry Waite, humanitarian, author and hostage
* 5 June - Margaret Drabble, novelist and biographer
* 11 June - Jackie Stewart, Scottish race car driver
* 4 August - Jack Cunningham, politician
* 19 August - Alan Baker, mathematician
* 30 August - John Peel, disc jockey and radio presenter (died 2004)
* 19 October - David George Clark, Baron Clark, politician
* 27 October - John Cleese, British actor
* 18 November - Margaret Jay, Baroness Jay of Paddington, politician

Deaths

* 2 March - Howard Carter, archaeologist (born 1874)
* 26 June - Ford Madox Ford, novelist, poet, critic and editor (born 1873)
* 6 September - Arthur Rackham, illustrator (born 1867)
* 3 December - Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria (born 1848)

References

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