What Happened on December 18, 1939

Historical Events

  • Finnish army recaptures Agläjärvi (Karelia)

Famous Birthdays

  • Christoffel "Stoffel" van de Merwe, South African minister of Education
  • Harold E. Varmus, American scientist (1989 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes.), born in Oceanside, New York
  • Michael J. Moorcock, English sci-fi author (Alien Heat, Bull & Spear), born in London, England
  • Sandro Lopopolo Italian lightweight boxer (Olympic-Silver-1960), born in Milan, Italy (d. 2014)
  • Wiesje Backer, Dutch ballet dancer, actress. and playwright, born in Ammerzoden, Netherlands (d. 2018)
Born in 1939

Famous Deaths

  • Heywood Broun, American journalist (1st President of American Newspaper Guild), dies of pneumonia at 51
1939 Highlights

About December 18, 1939

Day of the Week: Monday
How Long Ago? 84 years, 3 months and 11 days
Leap Year: No

Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Rabbit
Star Sign: Sagittarius