1939 Fact Sheet
Database: Miss America Winners by State
| Record Name | Year | City | State |
| Patricia Donnelly | 1939 | Detroit | Michigan |
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Electronic Computer | 1939 | United States | North America | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | John V. Atanasoff, Clifford E. Berry |
| Helicopter | 1939 | Russia/United States | Asia and North America | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Igor Sikorsky |
Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Winning Coach | Losing Team | Losing Coach | Sport | City | Note |
| 1939 Stanley Cup Winner | 1939 | Boston Bruins | Art Ross | Toronto Maple Leafs | Dick Irvin | Hockey | Boston |
Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements
| Record Name | Element | Year Discovered | Discovered By | Source |
| Francium | Francium | 1939 | Marguerite Catherine Perey | Jefferson Lab |
Database: Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels By Year
| Record Name | Year | Title | Author |
| Yearling, The, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | 1939 | Yearling, The | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings |
Database: Movies with the longest length
| Record Name | Country | Year | Length (Minutes) |
| Gone with the Wind | USA | 1939 | 238 |
Database: World Land Speed Record Holders
| Record Name | Year | Date | Car | Driver | Speed (MPG) | Speed (KPH) | Source |
| Railton | 1939 | Aug 23 | Railton | John Cobb | 369.70 | 591.52 | Thrust Team |
Database: Catholic Pope History
| Record Name | Birthplace | Burial | Origin | Religion | Number | Pontiff | Time Periord | Years | Birthdate | Death Date |
| Pope 259 Pius XI | Desio, Italy | St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes | Italy | Catholic | 259 | Pius XI | 1922-1939 | 17 | 5/31/1857 | 2/10/1939 |
| Pope 260 Pius XII | Rome | St. Peter's Basilica Grottoes | Italy | Catholic | 260 | Pius XII | 1939-1958 | 18 | 3/2/1876 | 10/9/1958 |
Database: Tour de France Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Country | Sport | Tour | Winning Name |
| Sylvère Maes Tour 33 | 1939 | Belgium | Cycling | 33 | Sylvère Maes |
Database: Carnegie Medal for Children's Books
| Record Name | Year | Publisher | Author |
| Radium Woman | 1939 | Heinemann | Eleanor Doorly |
Database: Tallest Churches in the World
| Record Name | Year Complete | City | Country | Church | Height (Meters) | Height (Feet) | Source |
| St. Patrick's Cathedral | 1939 | Melbourne | Australia | St. Patrick's Cathedral | 105.0 m | 344 ft | Wikipedia |
Database: Best Selling Books of All Time
| Record Name | Language | Year Released | Rank | Author | Sales Volume | Source |
| And Then There Were None | English | 1939 - | 11 | Agatha Christie | 110 million | Wikipedia |
Database: American Film Institute's 100 Best Movies of All Time
| Record Name | Year | Rank | Movie | Source |
| Gone with the Wind (1939) | 1939 | 6. | Gone With The Wind | American Film Institute |
| The Wizard of Oz (1939) | 1939 | 10. | The Wizard of Oz | American Film Institute |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) | 1939 | 26. | Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | American Film Institute |
Database: List of longest suspension bridge spans
| Record Name | Year Constructed | Country | Bridge | Location | Length (Meters) | Length (Feet) | Note | Source |
| Bronx Whitestone Bridge | 1939 | United States | Bronx Whitestone Bridge | New York, NY, USA | 701 | 2,300 | Wikipedia | |
| Deer Isle Bridge | 1939 | United States | Deer Isle Bridge | Penobscot Bay, ME, USA | 329 | 1,088 | Wikipedia | |
| Otto Beit Bridge | 1939 | Zimbabwe | Otto Beit Bridge | Chirundu Zambia to Chirundu, Zimbabwe | 328 | 1,085 | Wikipedia |
Database: Meteorites that have fallen on Canadian soil
| Record Name | Province | Country | Year | Material | Discovery Type | Mass (kg) |
| Edmonton (Iron) | Alberta | Canada | 1939 | Iron | Find | 7.34 |
| Dresden (Chondrite) | Ontario | Canada | 1939 | Chondrite | Fall | 47.7 |
Database: Periodic Table of the Elements
| Record Name | Symbol | Group | Number | Melting Point | Boiling Point | Density | Year Discovered | Atomic Weight | % of Earth's Crust |
| Francium | Fr | 1 | 87 | 27 | 677 | 1939 | 223 |
Database: Baseball World Series Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Losing Team | Winning City | Losing City | Sport | Score |
| World Series 1939 | 1939 | New York Yankees | Cincinnati Reds | NEW YORK | Cincinnati | Baseball | 4 - 0 |
Database: Top United States Grossing Movies
| Record Name | Movie | Studio | Year | Total Revenue |
| Gone With the Wind | Gone With The Wind | NA | 1939 | $198,676,459 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 1939 Wimbledon Mens Result | 1939 | Tennis | Bobby Riggs | Elwood Cooke | 26 86 36 63 62 |
Database: NCAA Basketball Tournament Champions
| Record Name | Year | Sport | City Location | Winner | Champion | Opponent | In Final 4 | In Final 4 |
| NCAA Tournament Champion (1939) | 1939 | Basketball | Evanston | Oregon | Oregon | Ohio State | Oklahoma St | Villanova |
Database: United States Average Annual Temperature
| Record Name | Year | Country | Temperature | Rank | Source |
| Average Annual Temperature for 1939 | 1939 | United States | 54.08 deg F | 100 | National Climatic Data Center |
Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles
| Record Name | City | State | Country | Season | Total Rainfall (inches) | Inches above or below average | Source |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1939-1940 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1939-1940 | 19.21 | +4.08 | National Weather Service |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1938-1939 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1938-1939 | 13.07 | -2.06 | National Weather Service |
Database: Best Picture Academy Award Winners
| Record Name | Year | Oscars | Nominations |
| Gone With The Wind | 1939 | 8 | 13 |
Database: Hart Memorial Trophy Winners for NHL Hockey
| Record Name | Year | Team | Sport | League | Player |
| Hart Memorial Trophy Winner (1939) | 1939 | Montreal Canadiens | Hockey | NHL | Toe Blake |
Database: Time Magazine's Man of the Year
| Record Name | Year | Person of the Year |
| Joseph Stalin | 1939 | Joseph Stalin |
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