Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

May 10 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56 in the year 1940.  

May 14 Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies in the year 1940.  

May 15 Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

May 20 Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies in the year 1940.  

May 23 Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies on this day in history.  

May 25 Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873) died on this day in history.  

May 28 Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70 in the year 1940.  

May 30 In the year 1940 y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104  

Jun 02 Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 06 In the year 1940 e E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56  

Jun 07 James Hall, writer/actor (Millie, Hell's Angels), dies at 39 in the year 1940.  

Jun 08 Frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

Jun 19 Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

Jun 20 Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 in the year 1940.  

Jun 21 On this day in history edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies  

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

Jun 28 In the year 1940 italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44  

Jun 29 On this day in history paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60  

Jul 02 On this day in history ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies  

Jul 03 George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies in the year 1940.  

Jul 10 On this day in history donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64  

Jul 14 Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 15 On this day in history donald Calthrop, dies at 52  

Jul 19 Samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai died on this day in history.  

Jul 20 Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide died in the year 1940.  

Jul 28 On this day in history johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66  

Jul 31 In the year 1940 death of whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel  

Aug 03 Willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide died on this day in history.  

Aug 04 Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 05 Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 in the year 1940.  

Aug 08 On this day in history death of johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)  

Aug 13 On this day in history george C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75  

Aug 16 On this day in history billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries  

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Jan 02 S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 In the year 1940 birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)  

Jan 04 Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 04 Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 birth of helmut Jahn, German architect  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 birth of gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate  

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

Jan 05 Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born in the year 1940.