Famous Deaths In 1940

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

May 14 On this day in history eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies  

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

May 20 Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies on this day in history.  

May 23 In the year 1940 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 Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70 in the year 1940.  

May 30 On this day in history y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104  

Jun 02 In the year 1940 willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies  

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 08 In the year 1940 frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69  

Jun 16 On this day in history dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies  

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 In the year 1940 edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies  

Jun 22 M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies in the year 1940.  

Jun 28 On this day in history italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44  

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

Jul 02 Ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies in the year 1940.  

Jul 03 On this day in history george Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies  

Jul 10 Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 15 Donald Calthrop, dies at 52 in the year 1940.  

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 In the year 1940 johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66  

Jul 31 On this day in history death of whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel  

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

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 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 In the year 1940 billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries  

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Jan 02 In the year 1940 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 On this day in history birth of anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)  

Jan 04 Helmut Jahn, German architect was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 04 Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate was born in the year 1940.  

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 on this day in history.