Historical Events In 1940
Saturday, 07 September 2024
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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