On this day

June 19, 1939

Revisit the news, notable people, and historical moments connected to this date.

Portrait 1080 × 1920 PNG · created on your device

Filter by:

Headlines from June 19, 1939

JOB REGISTRATION FOR ALL ON RELIEF PLANNED IN STATE; Recipients of Aid Must Report for Employment Interview Monthly or Be Dropped U.S. AGENCY COOPERATES Plan Is Seen Speeding Needy Back to Work and Helping to Eliminate 'Chiselers' Federal Official Tells of Plan How Program Came About ALL ON RELIEF HERE TO GO ON JOB LISTS $1,465,572,000 SPENT HERE Hodson Report Covers All Relief Agencies for More Than 5 Years

By Unknown Author

Announces plan requiring all WPA workers and home relief employables to register with N Y S Employment Service

None0 words

10 DEAD IN TORNADO NEAR MINNEAPOLIS; Over 60 Injured in Anoka Area--Entire Family of 4 in Auto Are Killed The Known Dead National Guard in Charge TORNADO KILLS TEN NEAR MINNEAPOLIS

By Unknown Author

MINNEAPOLIS, June 18.--A tornado roared across a twenty-fivemile-long area west and north of here in the Anoka district today, killing ten persons, injuring more than sixty and destroying upward of 100 farm homes and other buildings.

None0 words

Fair 'Over the Top,' Whalen Holds, Predicting Unparalleled Success; Reply to Critics Is Seen in Report It Is 'Firing on All Cylinders'--Attendance Said to Run Within 1 Per Cent of Estimates WHALEN SEES FAIR ALREADY 'OVER TOP' THREE LITTLE STARS OF FOLK FESTIVAL AT FAIR

By Frank S. Adams

Declaring that the World's Fair already has made a "highly satisfactory" record and that all indications show it will be an unparalleled success, Grover A. Whalen, president of the Fair Corporation, reviewed yesterday the results of its operation through June 15, a period of forty-seven days from the opening on April 30.

None0 words

LEHMAN VETO BARS 'LOG-ROLLING' PLAN; He Says Republican Bill for Legislative Auditor Would Destroy Budget System Plan Called Destructive LEHMAN VETO BARS 'LOG-ROLLING' PLAN

By Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES

vetoes legis auditor bill; again assails Repubs

None0 words

Remains of Genghis Khan Taken Into China To Prevent Possible Seizure by Japanese

By Unknown Author

Ashes of Genghis Kahn, 13th Century Mongolian Emperor, to be reburied in secret place; respect paid by reprs of Chiang Kai-shek Govt

None0 words

Notable Births

1939Bernd Hoss, German footballer and manager (died 2016)^[†]

Bernd Hoss was a German football manager.

1939John MacArthur, American minister and theologian (died 2025)^[†]

John Fullerton MacArthur Jr. was an American Calvinist Baptist pastor, theologian, author, and broadcaster. He was the founder of Grace to You, a nationally syndicated radio and television Bible teaching program. He was also the longtime pastor of Grace Community Church, a non-denominational church in Sun Valley, California from 1969 until his death in 2025. Additionally, MacArthur served as the chancellor emeritus of The Master's University and The Master's Seminary, both based in Santa Clarita, California.

Notable Deaths

1939Grace Abbott, American social worker and activist (born 1878)^[†]

Grace Abbott was an American social worker who specifically worked in improving the rights of immigrants and advancing child welfare, especially the regulation of child labor. She served as director of the U.S. Children's Bureau from 1921 to 1934.