Whenever I happen to buy an item to sell, I will look either online or in reference books that I have to see what I can find out about that item.  It could be anything from a little history about the item or even when it made its debut.

Here are some of the things that I have found that debuted in 1939:

January 1—the Hewlett-Packard Company is founded.

April 14—The Grapes Of Wrath By John Steinbeck is first published.

April 30—The World’s Fair Opened in New York and ran until October 27, 1940.

May 1—the debut appearance of Batman in Detective Comics number 27 and it was released by DC Comics.

1939 saw The Wizard Of OZ hit the theaters August 15 and Gone With The Wind hit the theaters December 15.

This is just a few of the items that made their debut in 1939.  What items do you know of that debuted in 1939?