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1939

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Millennium: 2nd millennium
Centuries: 19th century20th century21st century
Decades: 1900s  1910s  1920s  – 1930s –  1940s  1950s  1960s
Years: 1936 1937 193819391940 1941 1942
1939 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1939
MCMXXXIX
Ab urbe condita2692
Armenian calendar1388
ԹՎ ՌՅՁԸ
Assyrian calendar6689
Bahá'í calendar95–96
Balinese saka calendar1860–1861
Bengali calendar1346
Berber calendar2889
British Regnal yearGeo. 6 – 4 Geo. 6
Buddhist calendar2483
Burmese calendar1301
Byzantine calendar7447–7448
Chinese calendar戊寅(Earth Tiger)
4635 or 4575
    — to —
己卯年 (Earth Rabbit)
4636 or 4576
Coptic calendar1655–1656
Discordian calendar3105
Ethiopian calendar1931–1932
Hebrew calendar5699–5700
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1995–1996
 - Shaka Samvat1860–1861
 - Kali Yuga5039–5040
Holocene calendar11939
Igbo calendar939–940
Iranian calendar1317–1318
Islamic calendar1357–1358
Japanese calendarShōwa 14
(昭和14年)
Javanese calendar1869–1870
Juche calendar28
Julian calendarGregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar4272
Minguo calendarROC 28
民國28年
Nanakshahi calendar471
Thai solar calendar2481–2482
Tibetan calendar阳土虎年
(male Earth-Tiger)
2065 or 1684 or 912
    — to —
阴土兔年
(female Earth-Rabbit)
2066 or 1685 or 913

1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar, the 1939th year in the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 939th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1930s decade. World War II started in this year.

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Hit songs

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  • "Somewhere Over The Rainbow" – by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen, from the movieThe Wizard of Oz; won the Academy Award for the best song.