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==[[January 16]], 1939 (Monday)== |
==[[January 16]], 1939 (Monday)== |
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*Three early morning bomb explosions occurred in the London suburbs, one of them knocking out a power station in the north of the city that affected 25,000 people. These were the first of the [[S-Plan]] bombings conducted by the [[Irish Republican Army (1922–69)|Irish Republican Army]].{{cite book |last=McMahon |first=Paul |date=2008 |title=British Spies and Irish Rebels: British Intelligence and Ireland, 1916–1945 |location=Woodbridge, Suffolk |publisher=Boydell Press |page=267 |isbn=9781843833765 }} |
*Three early morning bomb explosions occurred in the London suburbs, one of them knocking out a power station in the north of the city that affected 25,000 people. These were the first of the [[S-Plan]] bombings conducted by the [[Irish Republican Army (1922–69)|Irish Republican Army]] against public utilities on the British mainland.{{cite book |last=McMahon |first=Paul |date=2008 |title=British Spies and Irish Rebels: British Intelligence and Ireland, 1916–1945 |location=Woodbridge, Suffolk |publisher=Boydell Press |page=267 |isbn=9781843833765 }} |
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*''[[Superman (comic strip)|Superman]]'' premiered as a daily newspaper comic strip. |
*''[[Superman (comic strip)|Superman]]'' premiered as a daily newspaper comic strip. A further explosion in [[Manchester]] killed a railway porter.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-20283375.html|title=75 years since the IRA bombed Coventry|first=Ryle|last=Dwyer|date=2014-08-25|newspaper=[[Irish Examiner]]|access-date=2026-04-19}} |
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*A column by noted American gossip writer [[Hedda Hopper]] denounced the choice of Vivien Leigh to play Scarlett O'Hara in ''Gone With the Wind'', criticizing the casting of an English actress in such a sought-after American role. Hopper printed a letter from a reader predicting that millions of Americans would stay away from the film in protest.{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2009/01/vivian-leigh-ca.html |title=Vivian Leigh cast a Scarlett O'Hara, January 1939 |date=January 16, 2009 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=November 7, 2015 }} |
*A column by noted American gossip writer [[Hedda Hopper]] denounced the choice of Vivien Leigh to play Scarlett O'Hara in ''Gone With the Wind'', criticizing the casting of an English actress in such a sought-after American role. Hopper printed a letter from a reader predicting that millions of Americans would stay away from the film in protest.{{cite web |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedailymirror/2009/01/vivian-leigh-ca.html |title=Vivian Leigh cast a Scarlett O'Hara, January 1939 |date=January 16, 2009 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=November 7, 2015 }} |
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