Welcome to the Class of 1939

Did You Know?

March 3 Mohandas Gandhi begins to fast in protest of the autocratic rule in India.
April 30 Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to appear on television.
May 27 Batman first shows up as a superhero in a DC comic.
June 12 Opening of the Baseball Hall of Fame Cooperstown, New York.
August 26 The first Major League Baseball game is shown on television.
August 27 First jet aircraft flight takes place.
September 1 Poland is invaded by Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.
September 3 France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia declare war on Germany.
December 15 Gone with the Wind, one of the most famous movies of all time, premiers in Atlanta, Georgia.
December 25 Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer is introduced

Famous Birthdays

February 23 Peter Fonda (Actor)
February 28 Tommy Tune (Dancer)
March 13 Neil Sedaka (Singer and Songwriter)
March 26 James Caan (Actor)
April 2 Marvin Gaye (Singer)
April 8 Kofi Anan (Secretary General UN)
April 13 Paul Sorvino (Actor)
May 1 Judy Collins (Singer)
May 13 Harvey Keitel (Actor)
May 25 Ian McKellan (Actor)
August 2 Wes Craven (Director)
August 12 George Hamilton (Actor)
September 1 Lily Tomlin (Actress)
September 20 Anne Meara (Actress)
October 14 Ralph Lauren (Fashion Designer)
October 18 Mike Ditka (Former NFL Football Coach)
December 1 Lee Trevino (Golfer)
December 27 John Amos (Actor)
December 31 Anthony Hopkins (Actor)

Spencer High School Alumni

Don L. Davis	Deceased
Genevive Pursley (Young)	gmp521@wirefire.com
Johnnie M. Keith	Box 116 Spencer, WV 25276