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1939 TimelineJanuary, The final touches of the Treasure Island were being installed like an 80- foot statue of Pacifica, goddess of the pacific ocean (The World's Fair Golden Gate)
February 18, The San Francisco World Fair opens (Chappell) February, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is published. March 15, German troops enter Prague and complete the invasion of Czechoslovakia, disregarding the Munich Agreement. April, Italy invades Albania. April, A few countries had pulled out of fair such as the Soviet Union, Norway, Denmark, Argentina, Siam and the state of Georgia (Appelbaum xvii). April 30, New York World Fair opened with 198,791 paying customers that day. (Appelbaum xiv). April, Czechoslovakia was annexed by Germany just before the fair opened, so its pavilion opened with a large slogan “After the Tempest of Wrath has Passed, the Rule of thy Country will Return to Thee, O Czech People” (Cotter 63) August 23, Germany and the USSR sign a secret non-aggression pact dividing up Poland September 1, German troops entered Poland. They killed many people in the Blitzkrieg, lightening war. Great Britain and France sent Adolf Hitler an ultimatum. He needed to withdraw German forces from Poland or Great Britain and France would go to war against Germany. October 1, New York World Fair lowered admission from 75 cents to 50 cents (Van Dort, page 1) October 8, The World Series is won by the New York Yankees. October 16, the 5:30 p.m presentation of "Railroads on Parade" in the Transportation Zone was canceled so that male employees could register. (Gelenter,page 83) October 29, San Francisco Fair Closes. (The World's Fair Golden Gate) October 31, New York World Fair Closes, FDR had a full presidential campaign launched for that unprecedented third term. (Gelenter,page 8) "On the last day, "Addressing themselves to Japanese officials from the Japanese pavilion across the way, Church of God representatives expressed hope there would be no war between the United States and Japan." (Gelenter,page 354) November 30, The Russian-Finnish War begins when the USSR invades Finland December, The Perisphere and Theme Center was built with four thousand tons of steel which all was used as scrap metal for the second World war for weapons (Gelenter,page 98) |
World War 2"All who come to this World's Fair in New York and to the Exposition in San Francisco will, I need not tell them, receive the heartiest of welcomes. They will find that the eyes of the United States are fixed on the future. Yes, our wagon is still hitched to a star. |