June 17th, 1939 (SATURDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Minesweeping trawler HMS Ellesmere launched.
FRANCE: Eugene Weidman is the last man to be guillotined in France in public after being found guilty of six murders.
Minesweepers FS Annamite, Chevreul, Gazelle and La Surprise launched.
U.S.S.R.: Soviet Submarine USSR SC-424 renamed one more time to SC-424.
U.S.A.: Destroyer USS Hughes launched.