June 1939

Sunday 04:

Holocaust: The SS St. Louis, a ship carrying 963 Jewish refugees, is denied permission to land in Florida, United States, after already having been turned away from Cuba. Forced to return to Europe, most of its passengers later die in Nazi concentration camps.

Monday 12:

The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated in Cooperstown, New York.

Saturday 17:

Last public execution in France. Eugene Weidmann, a convicted murderer, is guillotined in Versailles outside the prison Saint-Pierre.

Tuesday 20:

Benny Goodman's Song School ends its radio series.

Wednesday 21:

The New York Yankees U.S. baseball team announce Lou Gehrig's retirement.