4 Nov 1939
China



China
- Cen Zeliu led seven D.510 fighters to intercept a group of Japanese bombers attacking Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China. He shot down the G3M bomber carrying commanding officer of 13th Kokutai Captain Kikushi Okuda, but his D.510 fighter was damaged by return fire, forcing him to bail out. ww2dbase [Cen Zeliu | Chengdu, Sichuan | CPC]
- Colonel Stewart Menzies became head of British intelligence agency MI6 when Rear Admiral Hugh Sinclair died of cancer. ww2dbase [TH]
- The Neutrality Act of 1939, which repealed the arms embargo of 1937, became a law in the United States. It allowed the US to sell arms to the Allies. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Franklin Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Library in Hyde Park, New York, United States. ww2dbase [Franklin Roosevelt | Hyde Park, New York | CPC]




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