All times in UTC ·
Dashed edge = started before, or continues beyond, this day
Events on Saturday 4 November 1939 1
1939Neutrality Act of 1939The US allows arms sales on a cash-and-carry basisCongress lifted the arms embargo on nations at war. Belligerents could now buy American weapons if they paid cash and carried the goods on their own ships. The change favoured Britain and France.