December 1939

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The following events occurred in December 1939:

December 1, 1939 (Friday)

December 2, 1939 (Saturday)

December 3, 1939 (Sunday)

December 4, 1939 (Monday)

December 5, 1939 (Tuesday)

  • The Soviet 7th Army reached the Mannerheim Line.[8]
  • Off the coast of Uruguay, the captain of the German passenger steamer Ussukuma decided to scuttle the ship when it was intercepted by the British cruiser Ajax. The Ajax rescued the 107 crew of the Ussukuma and interned them as enemy civilians.
  • Fritz Julius Kuhn was sentenced to 2½ to 5 years in prison for larceny and forgery.[9]

December 6, 1939 (Wednesday)

December 7, 1939 (Thursday)

December 8, 1939 (Friday)

December 9, 1939 (Saturday)

December 10, 1939 (Sunday)

December 11, 1939 (Monday)

December 12, 1939 (Tuesday)

December 13, 1939 (Wednesday)

December 14, 1939 (Thursday)

  • The Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations after it was declared the aggressor in the war with Finland.[18] Of the main powers on the world stage Britain and France were now the only ones left in the League, since Germany, Italy and Japan had already quit and the United States never joined.
  • The Norwegian pro-Nazi politician Vidkun Quisling met with Hitler and high-ranking members of the German military in Berlin as the Nazis investigated ways to go about occupying Norway.[19]
  • Born: Ernie Davis, American football player, in New Salem-Buffington, Pennsylvania (d. 1963)

December 15, 1939 (Friday)

December 16, 1939 (Saturday)

December 17, 1939 (Sunday)

December 18, 1939 (Monday)

December 19, 1939 (Tuesday)

December 20, 1939 (Wednesday)

December 21, 1939 (Thursday)

  • In the face of strong Finnish resistance, the Soviet Union halted large-scale operations in order to bring in more resources before attempting a new offensive.[26]
  • The cantata Zdravitsa (A Toast!) by Sergei Prokofiev was performed for the first time in Moscow.[18]
  • German submarine U-62 was commissioned.

December 22, 1939 (Friday)

December 23, 1939 (Saturday)

  • The first Canadian troops arrived in Britain.[18]
  • Died: Anthony Fokker, 49, Dutch aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer

December 24, 1939 (Sunday)

  • Pope Pius XII gave a Christmas address to 25 cardinals in which he offered a five-point program as a basis for negotiating a "just and honorable peace."[28]
  • Born: Christiane Schmidtmer, actress and model, in Mannheim, Germany (d. 2003)

December 25, 1939 (Monday)

December 26, 1939 (Tuesday)

December 27, 1939 (Wednesday)

December 28, 1939 (Thursday)

December 29, 1939 (Friday)

December 30, 1939 (Saturday)

December 31, 1939 (Sunday)

  • New Year's Eve observances in Britain, France and Germany were very subdued due to blackout and noise restrictions. Most celebrations were held in private homes with the windows shuttered.[35]
  • German Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels made a radio address reviewing the official Nazi version of the events of 1939. No predictions were made for 1940 other than saying that the next year "will be a hard year, and we must be ready for it."[36]
  • Generalissimo Francisco Franco made a radio broadcast asking "all Spaniards in this period of depression which follows any war to close the mouths of grumblers and not permit the enemies of the state to take advantage of the situation."[35]
  • Japan and the Soviet Union signed an accord on fishing rights in adjacent territorial waters.[11]
  • Born: Peter Camejo, author, activist and politician, in New York City (d. 2008)
  • Died: Frank Benson, 81, British actor-manager

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