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Events on Saturday 24 June 1939 1
1939Siam renamed ThailandPhibun's government changes the country's namePrime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram's government changed the country's name from Siam to Thailand. The change was part of a nationalist programme of cultural mandates. The name briefly reverted to Siam after the war and was restored in 1949.