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March 14, 1939

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Notable Births

Raymond J. Barry

1939Raymond J. Barry, American actor[†]

Raymond John Barry is an American film, television, and stage actor. He was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in the film Steel City.

Bertrand Blier

1939Bertrand Blier, French director and screenwriter (died 2025)[†]

Bertrand Blier was a French film director and writer. His 1978 film Get Out Your Handkerchiefs won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 51st Academy Awards.

Yves Boisset

1939Yves Boisset, French director and screenwriter (died 2025)[†]

Yves Félix Claude Boisset was a French film director and screenwriter.

Historical Events

Slovak Republic (1939–1945)

1939Slovakia declares independence under German pressure.[†]

Slovakia, officially the (First) Slovak Republic, and from 14 March until 21 July 1939 officially known as the Slovak State, was a partially-recognized clerical fascist client state of Nazi Germany which existed between 14 March 1939 and 4 April 1945 in Central Europe. The Slovak part of Czechoslovakia declared independence with German support one day before the German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia. It controlled most of the territory of present-day Slovakia, without its current southern parts, which were ceded by Czechoslovakia to Hungary in 1938. The state was the first formally independent Slovak state in history. Bratislava was declared the capital city.