Famous Deaths In 1940

Aug 18 On this day in history death of walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875)  

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

Aug 22 In the year 1940 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 in the year 1940.  

Aug 30 J.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856) died on this day in history.  

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

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

Sep 07 Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies on this day in history.  

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

Sep 26 On this day in history walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48  

Sep 27 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

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

Oct 09 On this day in history death of wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865).  

Oct 10 In the year 1940 death of berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876)  

Oct 11 Lluís Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882) died on this day in history.  

Oct 12 Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60 in the year 1940.  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 21 On this day in history 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 On this day in history fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72  

Oct 28 In the year 1940 andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71  

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

Nov 09 Stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876) died in the year 1940.  

Nov 10 In the year 1940 arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71  

Nov 12 Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.  

Nov 17 Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882) died on this day in history.  

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

Nov 22 On this day in history waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67  

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

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Jan 02 On this day in history birth of s. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician  

Jan 03 Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)  

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

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 Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born on this day in history.