| January 16, 1939 |
Vivien Leigh signs for her role as "Scalett O'Hara" in Gone With The Wind
|
| |
Gone With The Wind
|
| January 18, 1939 |
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt establishes the Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge between Atlanta and Macon. |
| |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
| January 20, 1939 |
Paul Coverdell born, Des Moines, Iowa |
| |
Paul Coverdell |
| January 26, 1939 |
Principal photography of 'Gone With The Wind' begins
|
| |
Gone With The Wind
|
| March 18, 1939 |
Georgia ratifies the Bill of Rights.
|
| |
Georgia, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, and the United States Constitution
|
| |
Georgia ratifies the Bill of Rights |
| April 2, 1939 |
Ralph Guldahl won the Masters in Augusta nine strokes under par. |
| May 30, 1939 |
Mayor William Hartsfield announces major improvements to Atlanta Airport (Candler Field) after two planes run off the runways earlier in 1939
|
| |
Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| August 7, 1939 |
At Rich's Department Store in downtown Atlanta, pianist and popular radio show host Art Gillham performs on the first demonstration of television in the Southeast United States. |
| |
Art Gillham |
| |
Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| August 9, 1939 |
Additional money is appropriated for land purchases by Kennesaw Mountain NBP
|
| |
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
|
| October 19, 1939 |
Atlanta is one of twelve hubs when the national air traffic control network begins operation
|
| |
Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| November 11, 1939 |
Final scene of the movie is shot. It is the opening scene involving Scarlett (Vivien Leigh), and the Tarleton boys, George Reeves and Fred Crane. This was the third time the scene had been shot.
|
| |
Gone With The Wind
|
| December 11, 1939 |
Completion date of the movie Gone With The Wind.
|
| |
Gone With The Wind
|
| December 15, 1939 |
Atlanta is the site for the premiere of "Gone With The Wind," the classic American romance
|
| |
Gone With The Wind
|
| |
Margaret Mitchell |
| |
Atlanta, Georgia (1900-2000) |
| December 19, 1939 |
New York premiere of Gone With The Wind at the Capitol Theater.
|
| |
Gone With The Wind
|
| December 22, 1939 |
Blues singer "Ma" Rainey dies, Columbus
|
| |
Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey |
| |
Columbus, Georgia |
| December 28, 1939 |
Los Angeles premiere of Gone With The Wind at Carthay Circle Theatre
|
| |
Gone With The Wind
|
