Historically, In Armies of the Young: Child Soldiers in War and Terrorism anthropologist David M. Rosen discusses the creation of troops of boys aged twelve and up, modelled on the Hitler Youth, and armed by the Arab Nazi party in Palestine and that carried out military attacks as part of the 1936 – 1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.

James ( or Jimmy ) Christie, at 15 years old, began playing Whitney ( the third son ) in 1939 on Broadway at the Empire Theatre and remained during most of its 7-year run, playing both Whitney and John ( the next to eldest son ) as he aged through the play's run.

He made his first team debut for the club aged just 15 in a 2 – 1 win at Notts County in 1939.

On 1 December 1939, the Germans published a decree requiring all Jews aged 6 and older to wear an armband on their right arm bearing a yellow Star of David ( the colour was later changed to blue ).

* William Butler Yeats died in Menton January 28, 1939 ( aged 73 ), writer, poet.

Wimborne died in June 1939, aged 66, at Wimborne House in Arlington Street, London, the house in which he was born.

During the Second Republic of Poland ( 1918 – 1939 ), the pospolite ruszenie consisted of reserve soldiers, aged 40 – 50 and officers, aged 50 – 60.

He died in 1939 in Ludlow, Vermont, aged 78.

In 1939, at the start of World War II all unmarried men aged 21 were to be called up for three months ’ Militia training.

He arrived with his wife and two children, a son, Dennis and daughter, Eva aged 6 in Oxford, England, on 14 March 1939.

He gave up command on 30 June 1939, and retired, aged 66.

Johann Strauss III died in Berlin on 9 January 1939, aged 72.

Hess died in Berlin in 1939 aged 79.

On 26 April 1939, he died at his home at Bloemfontein Terrace, aged just 58 years, his health damaged by his years underground and his time on the Western Front.

In 1939 aged 57, he again volunteered for military service and spent three more years at sea, commanding convoys during the Battle of the Atlantic.

Lord Duveen died in May 1939 aged 69.

He died, aged 56, at Manchester Royal Infirmary in August 1939 following a cranial operation after suffering extended " dizzy spells ".

On 2 September 1939, aged 40, he volunteered for military service.

Weekes left school in 1939, aged 14 and, not having a job, spent his days playing cricket and football.

Margaret Haley died of a heart attack at Englewood Hospital in Chicago on January 6, 1939, aged 77.

The 12th Lord Fairfax died in October 1939, aged 69, and was succeeded in the lordship by the elder of his two sons, Thomas.

Lee Harvey Oswald ( October 18, 1939 – November 24, 1963 ) was, according to four government investigations, the sniper who assassinated John F. Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963.

Oswald was born in New Orleans on October 18, 1939, to Marguerite Frances ( née Claverie ; New Orleans, Louisiana, July 19, 1907 – Fort Worth, Texas, January 17, 1981 ) and Robert Edward Lee Oswald, Sr. ( New Orleans, Louisiana, March 4, 1896 – New Orleans, August 19, 1939 ).

The Soviet Union became a member on 18 September 1934, and was expelled on 14 December 1939 for aggression against Finland.

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* May 18 – Ernie Davis, American football player, first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy ( b. 1939 )

* March 18 – Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, daughter of Queen Victoria ( d. 1939 )

* April 18 – Pierre Desproges, French humorist ( b. 1939 )

* Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 ( 1939 )

Giovanni Falcone ( Palermo, 18 May 1939 – Palermo, 23 May 1992 ) was an Italian prosecuting magistrate born in Palermo, Sicily.

Laurent-Désiré Kabila ( November 27, 1939 – January 18, 2001 ) was President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from May 17, 1997, when he overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko, until his assassination by one of his bodyguards on January 18, 2001.

Margaret Eleanor Atwood, ( born November 18, 1939 ) is a Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, and environmental activist.

After being educated in France, England, Germany and Scotland, he joined the British Royal Navy at the age of 18 in 1939.

Further Judenräte were established on 18 November 1939, upon the orders of Hans Frank, head of the Generalgouvernment.

* My Dear Children ( 1939 ; January 31-May 18, 1940 ) ( Broadway )

War memorials include those commemorating the First Anglo-Afghan War ( 1841 – 42 ), the First World War ( 1914 – 18 ), and the Second World War ( 1939 – 45 ).

On January 18, 1939, Stokowski signed an eighteen-month contract with Disney to conduct the remaining pieces with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

The first time was in 1939 at the beginning of World War II when he was 18 and the second time the following year.

On 18 January 1939, the club's committee, on the casting vote of the chairman, chose former Test batsman Vernon Ransford over Bradman.

On January 18, 1939, over were set aside and a civilian conservation corp side camp was set up to develop high mountain waterholes for the sheep.