See also: 1938 in Canada, other events of 1939, 1940 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history. 1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full year calendar). ... This is a brief timeline of the history of Canada. ...

Events

• May 17 - George VI and Queen Elizabeth begin the first ever royal tour of Canada.
• September 10 - World War II: Canada declares war on Germany, one week after Britain does so
• September 16 - World War II: The Canadian Navy excorts the first of many transatlantic convoys
• September 28 - World War II: Air training facilities are set up in Canada to train pilots from Britain and the rest of the Commonwealth.
• October 25 - The Quebec election is won by the Liberals under Joseph-Adélard Godbout.
• December 17 - World War II: The first Canadian division lands in Scotland
• November 9 - Adélard Godbout becomes premier of Quebec for the second time, replacing Maurice Duplessis

May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George Windsor) (14 December 1895 - 6 February 1952) became the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, each of the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, upon the unexpected abdication of his brother, Edward VIII. He reigned from 11 December 1936... Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (Elizabeth Angela Marguerite; 4 August 1900 – 30 March 2002) was the Queen Consort of King George VI from 1936 until his death in 1952. ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Canadian Forces Maritime Command (MARCOM) is responsible for naval operations of the navy of the Canadian Armed Forces. ... September 28 is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... October 25 is the 298th day of the year (299th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Quebec general election of 1939 was held on October 25, 1939 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Quebec, Canada. ... Joseph-Adélard Godbout (24 September 1892 – 18 September 1956) was an agronomist and politician in Quebec, Canada. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Motto: (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity(English) Wha daur meddle wi me? (Scots)[1] Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic, Scots[2] Government  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP  - First Minister Jack McConnell MSP Unification    - by Kenneth I... November 9 is the 313th day of the year (314th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 52 days remaining. ...

Births

• January 3 - Bobby Hull, hockey player
• January 11 - Ann Heggtveit, skier
• January 19 - Grant Notley, Alberta politician
• February 3 - Ovid Jackson, politician
• February 10 - Adrienne Clarkson, Governor-General
• March 1 - Marlene Catterall, politician
• March 8 - Berta Seymour, ballet dancer
• March 17 - Bill Graham, politician
• March 20 - Brian Mulroney, politician
• March 26 - Patrick Lane, poet
• April 14 - William Ian Corneil Binnie, jurist
• April 20 - Wayson Choy, writer
• April 24 - Daniel Philip Hays, politician
• April 24 - Ernst Zündel, anti-semite
• May 7 - Sid Altman, biophysicist
• May 11 - Ken Epp, politician
• May 26 - Gerry McAlpine, Manitoba politician
• June 5 - Joe Clark, Prime Minister
• June 5 - Margaret Hollingsworth, playwright
• July 25 - Catherine Callbeck, Premier of PEI
• August 12 - Roy Romanow, Premier of Manitoba
• August 15 - Hardial Bains, communist
• August 21 - JoAnn Wilson, murder victim
• August 31 - Dennis Lee, poet
• September 1 - Jake Epp, politician
• September 2 - Henry Mintzberg, business scholar
• September 4 - Jim Penner, Manitoba politician
• September 30 - Len Cariou, actor
• November 18 - Margaret Atwood, author
• November 23 - Bill Bissett, poet
• November 30 - Louis LeBel, jurist
• December 2 - Francis Fox, politician
• December 21 - Lloyd Axworthy, politician
• December 24 - James K. Bartleman, diplomat and Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario

ANDREW GANES IS A SON OF A BITCH!!!!MUAHAHAHAHAHA WRITTEN BY N.G.!!!! January 3 is the 3rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert Marvin Hull (born January 3, 1939) was a Canadian ice hockey player. ... January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Ann Heggtveit, born January 11, 1939 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, is an Olympic and world champion in alpine skiing. ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Grant Notley (January 19, 1939 - October 19, 1984) was a politician in Alberta. ... February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... February 10 is the 41st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Adrienne Louise Clarkson (Chinese: ; pinyin: , Hakka: Ńg Pên-kî), PC, CC, CMM, COM, CD, LL.D(honoris causa) (born February 10, 1939) is an accomplished Canadian journalist. ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... Marlene Catterall, MP (born March 1, 1939) in Ottawa, Ontario A Canadian politician, Catterall is a current (as of 2005) member of the Liberal Party of Canada in the Canadian House of Commons, representing the riding of Ottawa West—Nepean since 1997, and Ottawa West from 1988 to 1997. ... March 8 is the 67th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (68th in leap years). ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in leap years). ... Hon. ... March 20 is the 79th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (80th in leap years). ... Martin Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ, LLD (born March 20, 1939), was the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada from September 17, 1984, to June 25, 1993 and was leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada from 1983 to 1993. ... March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ... Patrick Lane (born March 26, 1939, Nelson, British Columbia) is a Canadian poet. ... April 14 is the 104th day of the year (105 in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 261 days remaining. ... This article needs cleanup. ... April 20 is the 110th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (111th in leap years). ... Wayson Choy (蔡韋森 Pinyin: Cài Wéisēn ; Jyutping: Coi3 Wai5-sam1) (born April 20, 1939) is a Vancouver-born Canadian writer of Chinese ancestry who spent his childhood in the Chinatown, Downtown. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... Hon. ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... Ernst Christof Friedrich Zündel (born April 24, 1939 in Bad Wildbad) is a German Holocaust denier and pamphleteer who was jailed several times in Canada for publishing literature which is likely to incite hatred against an identifiable group and for being a threat to national security, in the United... May 7 is the 127th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (128th in leap years). ... Sid Altman (born May 7, 1939 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian biophysicist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Thomas R. Cech for their work on discovering the catalytic properties of RNA. He earned a bachelors degree in physics from MIT in 1960, spent 18 months... May 11 is the 131st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (132nd in leap years). ... -1... May 26 is the 146th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (147th in leap years). ... Gerry McAlpine (born May 26, 1939) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... Charles Joseph Joe Clark, PC, CC, AOE, MA, LLD (born June 5, 1939) was the sixteenth prime minister of Canada, from June 4, 1979, to March 3, 1980. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... July 25 is the 206th day (207th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 159 days remaining. ... Catherine Callbeck The Honourable Catherine S. Callbeck, B.Comm. ... August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Roy John Romanow, PC , OC , SOM , QC , LL.B , DU, (born August 12, 1939 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian politician and former Premier of Saskatchewan (1991–2001). ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... Hardial Bains Hardial Bains (August 15, 1939 – August 24, 1997) was the founder and leader of the Communist Party of Canada (Marxist-Leninist) until his death. ... August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... JoAnn Wilson (21 August 1939 - 21 January 1983) was the wife of Canadian politician Colin Thatcher. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (244th in leap years), with 122 days remaining. ... For the inventor, see this Dennis Lee entry. ... September 1 is the 244th day of the year (245th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Honourable Arthur Jacob Jake Epp, PC (born September 1, 1939) is an executive and former Canadian politician. ... September 2 is the 245th day of the year (246th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Professor Henry Mintzberg, OC , OQ , Ph. ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... Jim Penner (September 4, 1939-January 17, 2004) was a businessman and politician in Manitoba, Canada. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Len Cariou (born September 30, 1939 in Saint Boniface, Manitoba) is a Canadian actor. ... November 18 is the 322nd day of the year (323rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Margaret Eleanor Atwood, OC (born November 18, 1939) is a Canadian writer. ... November 23 is the 327th day of the year (328th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 38 days remaining. ... bill bissett (born November 23, 1939) is a Canadian poet famous for his anti-conventional style. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... The Hon. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Honourable Senator Francis Fox, PC (born December 2, 1939, Montreal, Quebec) is a member of the Senate of Canada. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... The Honourable Lloyd Norman Axworthy, PC , OC , OM, Ph. ... December 24 is the 358th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (359th in leap years). ... His Honour The Honourable James Karl Bartleman, O.Ont , BA (born 24 December 1939, in Orillia, Ontario), is a Canadian diplomat, author, and the 27th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. ...

Deaths