Lots of great things happened in 1939! Ask my mom! ;>) It was also a peak year for Hollywood. It was a bad year to be Polish.
It was a great year to be a Trojan. USC kicked off 1939 with a Rose Bowl victory over previously undefeated and un-scored-upon Duke University and finished the year with a National Championship.
Way Back in 1939 AD--Kay Kyser & His Orchestra (1939)