| 1939 | MARCH | SPANISH CIVIL WAR ENDS |
| APRIL | RIVERA AND TROTSKY REACH A "PARTING OF THE WAYS" AND THE TROTSKY'S MOVE OUT OF
THE RIVERA/KAHLO HOME |
| SUMMER | RIVERA AND KAHLO SEPARATE AND ARE DIVORCED BY THE END OF THE YEAR |
| AUGUST 7 | THE IV INTERNATIONAL DENOUNCES RIVERA FOR ABANDONING THE RANKS OF
SOCIALISM |
| AUGUST 23 | NON-AGGRESSION PACT BETWEEN GERMANY AND THE SOVIET UNION |
| SEPTEMBER 1 | NAZI INVASION OF POLAND AND THE START OF WORLD WAR II |
| SEPTEMBER 3 | NAZI SUBMARINE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF ATLANTIC COMMENCES |
| DECEMBER | SOVIET INVASION OF FINLAND |
| 1940 | SPRING | TIMOTHY PFLEUGER TRAVELS TO MEXICO TO PARTICIPATE IN THE
FORTHCOMING ART IN ACTION PROGRAM OF THE 1940 GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION. THE RESULTING
MURAL IS TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE SOON TO BE BUILT CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO LIBRARY |
| APRIL 9 | NAZI INVASION OF NORWAY AND DENMARK |
| MAY 10 | NAZI INVASION OF THE NETHERLANDS, BELGIUM, AND LUXEMBOURG |
| MAY 12 | NAZI INVASION OF FRANCE |
| MAY 24 | THE MURALIST SIQUEIROS, HAVING RETURNED TO MEXICO FOLLOWING HIS PARTICIPATION
IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR, LEADS AN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON TROTSKY IN THE HOUSE NEXT TO
RIVERA'S HOME |
| MAY | RIVER'S ARTICLE, "STALIN, UNDERTAKER OF THE REVOLUTION", APPEARS IN ESQUIRE
MAGAZINE |
| JUNE | RIVERA ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO TO PAINT A MURAL AT THE GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL
EXPOSITION (WORK IN PROGRESS UNTIL FEBRUARY 1941) |
| JUNE 24 | FRANCE SURRENDERS |
| AUGUST-JUNE (1941) | AIR BATTLE OF BRITAIN |
| AUGUST | SOVIET UNION FORCIBLY ANNEXED LITHUANIA, LATVIA, AND ESTONIA |
| AUGUST 20 | TROTSKY ASSASSINATED IN MEXICO. RIVERA, FEARING REPRISALS AGAINST HIMSELF,
STATIONS AN ARMED GUARD ON HIS SCAFFOLD. |
| SEPTEMBER | FRIDA KAHLO COMES TO SAN FRANCISCO AND IS RECONCILED WITH RIVERA; THEY
REMARRY ON DECEMBER 8TH |
| NOVEMBER | FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WINS A THIRD TERM AS PRESIDENT WITH A KEY SLOGAN: "YOUR
BOYS ARE NOT GOING TO BE SENT INTO ANY FOREIGN WARS." |
| DECEMBER | EXHIBITION OF RIVERA'S WORKS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF ART |
| 1941 | FEBRUARY | RIVERA FINISHES THE GOLDEN GATE EXPOSITION MURAL AND RETURNS
TO MEXICO, NEVER AGAIN TO VISIT THE U.S. |