Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

May 10 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

May 14 In the year 1940 eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies  

May 15 In the year 1940 joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75  

May 20 In the year 1940 amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies  

May 23 On this day in history andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies  

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

May 28 On this day in history randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70  

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

Jun 02 Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies in the year 1940.  

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 On this day in history frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69  

Jun 16 Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies in the year 1940.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 21 In the year 1940 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 In the year 1940 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 In the year 1940 george Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies  

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

Jul 14 In the year 1940 bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies  

Jul 15 Donald Calthrop, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Jul 19 In the year 1940 death of samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai  

Jul 20 Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide died on this day in history.  

Jul 28 Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

Jul 31 Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel died on this day in history.  

Aug 03 In the year 1940 death of willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide  

Aug 04 Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies in the year 1940.  

Aug 05 Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Aug 08 In the year 1940 death of johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)  

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

Aug 16 Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries 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 On this day in history birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)  

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

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

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

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate  

Jan 05 Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot) was born on this day in history.  

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