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December 2, 1939
On December 2, 1939, new York City's LaGuardia Airport opens. Clay Shaw, Ali Khamenei, Karel Gott would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · December 2, 1939
New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens.
LaGuardia Airport, colloquially known as LaGuardia or LGA, is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, United States, situated on the northwestern shore of Long Island, bordering Flushing Bay. Covering 680 acres as of January 1, 2026, the facility was established in 1929, and began operating as a public airport in 1939. It is named after Fiorello H.
Around 1939
The year in brief
1939 (MCMXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1939th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 939th year of the 2nd millennium, the 39th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1930s decade.
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On December 2, 1939
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1939 New York City's LaGuardia Airport opens. Airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, U.S.
LaGuardia Airport, colloquially known as LaGuardia or LGA, is a civil airport in East Elmhurst, Queens, New York City, United States, situated on the northwestern shore of Long Island, bordering Flushing Bay. Covering 680 acres as of January 1, 2026, the facility was established in 1929, and began operating as a public airport in 1939. It is named after Fiorello H.
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Other moments from 1939
- April 1 Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
- April 18 Robert Menzies, who became Australia's longest-serving prime minister, is elected as leader of the United Australia Party after the death of Prime Minister Joseph Lyons.
- April 30 The 1939–40 New York World's Fair opens.
- April 30 NBC inaugurates its regularly scheduled television service in New York City, broadcasting President Franklin D. Roosevelt's N.Y. World's Fair opening day ceremonial address.
- April 7 Benito Mussolini declares an Italian protectorate over Albania and forces King Zog I into exile.
- April 7 Italy invades Albania.
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