39 (number) - in Other Fields

In Other Fields

Arts and entertainment

• In the title of the John Buchan novel and subsequent films (one by Alfred Hitchcock), The Thirty-Nine Steps
• The age American comedian Jack Benny claimed to be for more than 40 years
• "39" is a song by The Cure on their album "Bloodflowers"
• "39" is a song by Tenacious D on their album "Rize of the Fenix"
• "'39" is a track on Queen's album A Night At the Opera. If the tracks on Queen's original studio albums are numbered in sequential order starting with their first, "'39" does in fact fall in the thirty-ninth position
• The retired jersey number of former baseball player Roy Campanella
• The book series "The 39 Clues" revolves around 39 clues hidden around the world.
• Glorious 39 is a 2009 drama film set at the beginning of World War II
• In the CBS reality show Survivor, contestants compete for 39 days.

History

• The number of signers to the United States Constitution, out of 55 members of the Philadelphia Convention delegates
• The traditional number of times citizens of Ancient Rome hit their slaves when beating them, referred to as "Forty save one"
• The duration, in nanoseconds, of the nuclear reaction in the largest nuclear explosion ever performed (Tsar bomb)
• The number of Scud missiles which Iraq fired at Israel during the Gulf War in 1991

Other

• The code for international direct-dialed phone calls to Italy
• I-39 is the designation for a US interstate highway from Normal, Illinois to Wausau, Wisconsin. I-39 is the 39th shortest of the primary "two digit" Interstates.
• Japanese Internet chat slang for "thank you" when written with numbers (3=san 9=kyu)
• Pier 39 in San Francisco
• The number of the French department Jura
• In Afghanistan, the number 39 is considered unlucky, due to the belief that it is associated with pimps.