| World Series Champions: |
New York Yankees |
| NFL Champions: |
Green Bay Packers |
| Stanley Cup Champs: |
Boston Bruins |
| U.S. Open Golf |
Byron Nelson |
| U.S. Tennis: (Men/Ladies) |
Robert Riggs/Alice Marble |
| Wimbledon (Men/Women): |
Bobby Riggs/Alice Marble |
| NCAA Football Champions: |
Texas A&M |
| NCAA Basketball Champions: |
Oregon |
| Kentucky Derby: |
Johnstown |
| Sports Highlights: |
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| The Hotties and Fashion Icons:
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Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth, Lana
Turner, Greta Garbo, Betty Grable, Joan Blondell |
| The Heartthrob(s): |
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| "The 1939 Quotes" |
"Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on
the face of the earth."
- Lou Gehrig, July 4, 1939, to the 62,000 who attended
Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day, at Yankee Stadium.
"There's no place like home"
"Toto, I've got a feeling we're not in Kansas
anymore."
- Judy Garland in 'The Wizard of Oz'
"Better living through chemistry"
-DuPont
"Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn"
- Clark Gable in 'Gone With The Wind'
"After all, tomorrow is another day!"
"As God is my witness, I'll never be hungry again."
- Vivien Leigh, in 'Gone with the Wind'
"Elementary, my dear Watson*"
- Basil Rathbone, in 'Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'
* never actually said in the original Arthur Conan
Doyle stories about Mr. Holmes!
"I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog
too!"
- Margaret Hamilton, as the Wicked Witch of the West,
in 'The Wizard of Oz'
"Either I'm dead right, or I'm crazy! "
-James Stewart, as Jefferson Smith in 'Mr. Smith Goes
To Washington'
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| Time Magazine's Man of the Year |
Joseph Stalin |
| Miss America: |
Patricia Donnelly (Detroit Michigan) |
| The Scandal: |
The Los Angeles Times got the Oscar
winner's names before the official presentations.
THAT's why Price Waterhouse gained control of
holding the winner's names, although they had
been tabulating the votes since 1935. |
Nerd News:
War of the Worlds Broadcast
The 1939/1940 New York World's Fair
opened - 'The World of Tomorrow'
Penicillin, discovered in 1925, was
tested on human beings, curing many diseases including
tuberculosis and gonorrhea. It was the first true
anibiotic.
NBC broadcast its first black-and-white
television images. Only approximately 1,000 homes
had television sets in the New York area at this
time.
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| The Habit: |
On March 3, 1939, Harvard freshman Lothrop Withington,
Jr, became the first goldfish swallower, winning a
$10.00 bet.
Other, less adventurous people, were reading John
Steinbeck's 'Grapes of Wrath' or watching "Gone
With The Wind' in movie theaters.
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| 1st appearances & 1939's
Most Popular Christmas gifts, toys and presents: |
Batman Comics, View-Master |
| Best Film Oscar Winner: |
Gone With the Wind |
