March 3rd, 1939 (FRIDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: London: US Ambassador Joseph Kennedy writes to President Roosevelt intimating that the US should intervene on behalf of Britain in any forthcoming conflict. More...
The prototype Vickers Wellington Mk II (L 4250) flies today. (22)
U.S.A.: Students at Harvard University begin the 'sport' of goldfish swallowing.
Port of Astoria, Washington State: Port commissioners vote to ban shipments of scrap to Japan. More... (Bruce Ramsey, Seattle Times 1999)