April 15th, 1939 (SATURDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Hampden Park, Glasgow: England beat Scotland 2-1, before a crowd of 149,269 in the British Championship. Jimmy Dougall, the Scottish captain opens the scoring but Albert Lawton and Tommy Lawton score for England. The weather was so bad that both teams changed their shirts at half-time, with England coming out in the shirts of Queen's Park. (The Scottish League team who normally play at Hampden)
U.S.A.: President Roosevelt makes an appeal to the world and to the leaders of Germany and Poland with a view to preventing further complications in Europe. More..
Peru accepts seven single-seat NA-50 fighters. This aircraft is the export fighter variant of the USAAC BC-1 (Harvard) trainer. The first three aircraft will be flown to Peru by Peruvian pilots.