Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

Aug 18 Walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875) died in the year 1940.  

Aug 21 On this day in history death of leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62  

Aug 22 On this day in history death of sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist (b. 1851)  

Aug 24 Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Aug 29 Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Aug 30 In the year 1940 death of j.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)  

Aug 31 In the year 1940 johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58  

Sep 03 In the year 1940 otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59  

Sep 07 In the year 1940 edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies  

Sep 15 In the year 1940 dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37  

Sep 26 In the year 1940 walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48  

Sep 27 In the year 1940 walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48  

Sep 30 On this day in history walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62  

Oct 05 Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

Oct 06 Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1940.  

Oct 08 On this day in history robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78  

Oct 09 In the year 1940 death of wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865).  

Oct 10 On this day in history death of berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876)  

Oct 11 In the year 1940 death of lluís Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882)  

Oct 12 In the year 1940 tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60  

Oct 18 Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65 in the year 1940.  

Oct 20 In the year 1940 death of gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (b. 1885)  

Oct 21 In the year 1940 death of william G. Conley, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)  

Oct 24 In the year 1940 victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74  

Oct 27 In the year 1940 fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72  

Oct 28 Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Nov 04 Manuel Azaña y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Nov 09 In the year 1940 death of stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876)  

Nov 10 Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Nov 12 Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34 in the year 1940.  

Nov 17 In the year 1940 death of eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882)  

Nov 21 Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies in the year 1940.  

Nov 22 Waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

Nov 23 In the year 1940 catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82  

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Jan 02 In the year 1940 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 On this day in history 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 Helmut Jahn, German architect was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 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 On this day in history birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)