Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

Aug 18 Walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875) died on this day in history.  

Aug 21 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 died in the year 1940.  

Aug 22 Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist (b. 1851) died in the year 1940.  

Aug 24 Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 in the year 1940.  

Aug 29 On this day in history arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77  

Aug 30 On this day in history death of j.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)  

Aug 31 Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Sep 03 On this day in history otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59  

Sep 07 On this day in history edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies  

Sep 15 Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Sep 26 Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48 in the year 1940.  

Sep 27 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 in the year 1940.  

Sep 30 Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 06 On this day in history ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55  

Oct 08 Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Oct 09 Wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865) died on this day in history.  

Oct 10 Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876) died on this day in history.  

Oct 11 Lluís Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882) died in the year 1940.  

Oct 12 Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Oct 18 Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65 on this day in history.  

Oct 20 Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (b. 1885) died in the year 1940.  

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

Oct 24 Victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 27 Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1940.  

Oct 28 Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1940.  

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

Nov 09 On this day in history 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 In the year 1940 alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34  

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

Nov 21 On this day in history geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies  

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

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 in the year 1940.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)