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1939Jul, 6

Jet Harris

Jet Harris, English bass player (The Shadows, The Jeff Beck Group, and The Vipers Skiffle Group) (d. 2011)
Terence "Jet" Harris (6 July 1939 – 18 March 2011) was an English musician. He was the bass guitarist of the Shadows from 1958 until April 1962, and had subsequent success as a soloist and as a duo with the drummer Tony Meehan.

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Events on 1939

  • 3Mar

    Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

    In Bombay, Mohandas Gandhi begins a hunger strike in protest at the autocratic rule in British India.
  • 1Apr

    Francisco Franco

    Spanish Civil War: Generalísimo Francisco Franco of the Spanish State announces the end of the Spanish Civil War, when the last of the Republican forces surrender.
  • 6Sep

    Nazi Germany

    World War II: South Africa declares war on Nazi Germany.
  • 14Dec

    Soviet Union

    Winter War: The Soviet Union is expelled from the League of Nations for invading Finland.
  • 24Dec

    Pope Pius XII

    World War II: Pope Pius XII makes a Christmas Eve appeal for peace.