Sourced, honest, no affiliate links.

SprueStack Zero Hour: WW2 day by day

24 October 1939

What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.

About this page

Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.

3 sourced entries for this date.

Join us on Discord (opens external site)

Entries

  1. UK Parliament

    Air Navigation (Licensing Of Public Transport) Order, 1938 (Revocation) Order, 1939 (House of Commons)

    Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1939-10-24: "Air Navigation (Licensing Of Public Transport) Order, 1938 (Revocation) Order, 1939." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)

    Source Hansard (UK Parliament) (opens external site)

  2. UK Parliament

    Government Of India Act, 1935, And Government Of Burma Act, 1935 (House of Commons)

    Official record of proceedings in the House of Commons, sitting of 1939-10-24: "Government Of India Act, 1935, And Government Of Burma Act, 1935." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)

    Source Hansard (UK Parliament) (opens external site)

  3. Excerpt from the London Gazette, Issue 34716, page 7115, published 1939-10-24: "es affected by such Representation onemonth before the said 30th day of November.Rupert JB. Howorth.

    Source The London Gazette (opens external site)

Sources listed with each entry. Spotted an error? Tell us.

24 October in other years 19401941194219431944

Talk about it

Discuss each day's entries and suggest sources in the Zero Hour community.

Join us on Discord (opens external site)