Discover what happened on 22 September 1939 in history! This day marks a series of notable events, famous births, and significant deaths. Explore the details below to learn more about the historical happenings of this day. On this day, history comes alive!
Deaths
- Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (Polish writer and journalist, author of over a dozen popular novels (1898–1939))
- Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (Polish writer and journalist, author of over a dozen popular novels (1898–1939))
- Bernhard Moritz (German librarian (1859-1939))
- Peter Bell (German politician (1889-1939))
- Robert W. Bonynge (American politician (1863-1939))
- Wilhelm Fagerlund (Finnish physician)
- James Pyle Wickersham Crawford (American university teacher (1882-1939))
- Rowland Louis Johnston (American politician (1872–1939))
- Harm Ellens (painter (1871-1939))
- Leszek Lubicz-Nycz (Polish fencer (1899-1939))
- Józef Olszyna-Wilczyński (general (1890-1939))
- Mikołaj Bołtuć (Polish general (1893–1939))
- Francis Cogswell (United States Navy officer and Navy Cross recipient)
- Fernando Cadalso Manzano
- John Henry Norrison Camidge (British composer)
- Stanisław Sołłohub-Dowoyno (Polish general)
- Józef Juniewicz (Polish officer)
- Piotr Kunda (Polish officer (1897-1939))
- Victor Dragomirescu
- Charles Valentin (French politician)
- Stefan Dąbek
- Stanisław Kozłowski (Polish mechanical engineer)
- Traian Cotigă
- Mihail Polihroniade (Romanian historian and lawyer (1906-1939))
- Giovanni Cartia (politician (1858-1939))
- Alexander Essfeld (German painter; 1874-01-07; Düsseldorf; 1939-09-22; Düsseldorf)
- Richard Dammann
- Józef Schmied (Officer of the Polish Army)
- Marie Louise Sawyer (American botanist, botanical collector and university teacher (1876-1939))
- Claude Thornton (Archdeacon of Richmond from 1937 until his death on 22 September 1939)
- John Martin Vincent (American historian (1857-1939))
- Konrad Pokorny-Ruszczyc (Officer of the Polish Army)
- Victor Robert Montgomerie-Charrington (Peerage person ID=54136)
- Charles Alfred William Delmar Cavendish ((1878-1939))
- Yan Plakhta
- Ellen Neame (New Zealand artist (1868-1939))
- Tadeusz Parafiński (Colonel of the Polish Army)
- Markus Słodki
- Harold Elliott (American politician)