1939

On 1 April, 1939, the Spanish Civil War, which began in 1936, ended. (PROSE: History 101)

From August to September, as World War II progressed, Reverend Wainwright, the vicar of St. Judd's church at Maiden's Point, began to lose his faith as the allied bombing campaign inflicted huge civilian casualties on German cities. This doubt began to seep into his sermons and would eventually cost him his life when faced with the Haemovores four years later. (TV: The Curse of Fenric)

On 1 September, World War II began on Earth as Germany invaded Poland. The Seventh Doctor warned Hitler that Britain and France would declare war if he took this action. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus, AUDIO: Neverland)

On 3 September, Cecelia "Sissy" Pollard, a member of the League of English Fascists and the younger sister of the Eighth Doctor's companion Charley Pollard, committed suicide in Munich as she was extremely distraught at the idea of the two countries which she loved, Britain and Germany, being at war. (AUDIO: A Blind Eye)

Jack Harkness was active in this year, as shown by photos of him found in the CIA Archive. (TV: The New World)

Dr. Edward Wright and Miss Bettingham-Smith were married. They eventually had five children, including the First and Second Doctor's companion Polly Wright. (AUDIO: Resistance)
 * 9 January - Actress Susannah York was born.
 * 10 February - Actor Peter Purves was born.
 * 11 February - Actor Bernard Finch was born.
 * 20 February - Actor Elroy Josephs was born.
 * 2 March - Actor Hugh Walters was born.
 * 6 March - Actor Jonathan Newth was born.
 * 12 March - Actor George Lee was born.
 * 16 March - Actress Katherine Schofield was born.
 * 24 March - Actor Bruce Montague was born.
 * 20 April - Actor Ray Brooks was born.
 * 22 April - Actor Mark Jones was born.
 * 25 April - Actress Marina Martin was born.
 * 2 May - Actor Peter Dean was born.
 * 5 May - Fight arranger, stunt arranger, and stunt performer Terry Walsh was born.
 * 5 - Actor Ian McCulloch was born.
 * 19 May - Actor James Fox was born.
 * 25 May - Actor Ian McKellen was born.
 * 4 June - Actor John Joyce was born.
 * 16 June - Film cameraman Kenneth McMillan was born.
 * 13 July - Peter Cushing made his film debut in The Man in the Iron Mask.
 * 26 July - Writer Bob Baker was born.
 * 10 August - Actress Kate O'Mara was born.
 * 11 August - Actor Ian Thompson was born.
 * 31 August - Actor Peter Childs was born.
 * 6 September - Actor Gordon Reid was born.
 * 19 September - Actor Charles Pemberton was born.
 * 24 September - Actor Maurice Colbourne was born.
 * 27 September - Actor Garrick Hagon was born.
 * 28 September - Actor Rudolph Walker was born.
 * 20 October - Actor Ian Cullen was born.
 * 27 October - Actor John Cleese was born.
 * 28 November - Actor Jonathan Burn was born.
 * 8 December - Actress Jennie Linden was born.
 * 13 December - Actor Eric Flynn was born.

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 * Actress Brenda Kempner was born.