Historical Events In 1940

Jun 16   On this day in history communist govt installed in Lithuania   

Jun 16   Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 16   HMS GRAMPUS,sunk off Augusta, eastern Sicily in Ionian Sea by Italian torpedo boats 'Circe' and 'Clio' on this day in history.   

Jun 17   Chief of Naval Operations asks Congress for money to build two-ocean Navy on this day in history.   

Jun 17   In the year 1940 france asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II   

Jun 18   In the year 1940 gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers   

Jun 18   The French cruiser Emile Bertin arrives in Canada with $305 million in gold from the Bank of France; gold released after the war on this day in history.   

Jun 18   In the year 1940 the RAF's 242 'Canadian' Squadron withdraws from France.   

Jun 18   Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour" on this day in history.   

Jun 19   "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago in the year 1940.   

Jun 19   In the year 1940 "Brenda Starr," first cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago   

Jun 19   In the year 1940 hMS ORPHEUS, sunk north of Tobruk, eastern Libya by Italian destroyer "Turbine".   

Jun 19   In the year 1940 maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40   

Jun 20   On this day in history jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29   

Jun 20   In the year 1940 joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 21   Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies on this day in history.   

Jun 21   German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State on this day in history.   

Jun 21   HMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia in the year 1940.   

Jun 22   Abbas Kiarostami, author/director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up) on this day in history.   

Jun 22   On this day in history france falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarmed   

Jun 22   France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms in the year 1940.   

Jun 22   On this day in history french sign armistice with Germans at Compiegne   

Jun 22   M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 23   On this day in history marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp   

Jun 24   France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II in the year 1940.   

Jun 25   Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower & grave of Napoleon in France on this day in history.   

Jun 25   On this day in history clint Warwick, [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues)   

Jun 25   HMCS FRASER (RCN, ex 'Crescent), lost off Gironde Estuary, western France by collision with RN cruiser 'Calcutta' in the year 1940.   

Jun 26   End of USSR experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27 in the year 1940.   

Jun 26   On this day in history hundreds of Kovno Jews are taken to the "Ninth Fort" and murdered.   

Jun 27   800 Jews are burned alive inside Great Synagogue. 1,200 others die in shooting on this day in history.   

Jun 27   HMS WREN, sunk 10 miles of Aldeburgh, eastern England in North Sea - by German bombers in the year 1940.   

Jun 27   In the year 1940 soviet Army attacks Romania   

Jun 27   USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar in the year 1940.   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of s. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician   

Jan 03   Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born in the year 1940.   

Jan 04   In the year 1940 birth of anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of helmut Jahn, German architect   

Jan 04   Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1940 birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)   

Jan 05   In the year 1940 birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)   

Jan 01   In the year 1940 death of panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)   

Jan 04   Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59 in the year 1940.   

Jan 05   Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56 in the year 1940.   

Jan 18   On this day in history kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74   

Jan 20   In the year 1940 death of omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)   

Jan 24   Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) died on this day in history.