December 1939

Saturday 02:

La Guardia Airport opens for business in New York City.

Finland defeated the Soviet Union in the Battle of Tolvajärvi, their first major victory in the Winter War.

The Battle of the River Plate, the first major naval battle of World War II, begins.

USSR expelled from the League of Nations

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Gone with the Wind premiers in Atlanta, Georgia

German battleship Admiral Graf Spee is scuttled by Captain Hans Langsdorff at the Battle of the River Plate.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is introduced by Montgomery Ward stores

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