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Page 15: Historical Events In 1940

Saturday, 18 January 2025

Sep 12   In the year 1940 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 13   On this day in history buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 14   Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law) in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 14   On this day in history congress passes first peace-time conscription bill (draft law)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 15   3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 15   Battle of Britain ends with RAF victory on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 15   In the year 1940 dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 15   Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 16   On this day in history dutch SS forms  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 16   Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 17   On this day in history nazis deprive Jews of possessions  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 18   In the year 1940 19 German aircrafts shot down above England  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 18   Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus) in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 19   Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 19   In the year 1940 nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 21   On this day in history bill Kurtis, Pensacola Fla, newscaster (American Parade)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 23   On this day in history -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 23   Japanese troops enter IndoChina in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 24   Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 24   In the year 1940 the Cdn. Navy received 6 former US Navy "4 stackers" destroyers and renames them HMCS Annapolis, Columbia,Niagra, St. Clair ST. Croix and St. Francis  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 25   In the year 1940 cdn. Armed Merchanman Prince Rupert captures the German ship Wesser off Mexico  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 25   In the year 1940 german High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling govt  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 26   Airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 26   Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 27   55 German aircrafts shot down above England in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 27   In the year 1940 black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 27   On this day in history establishment of Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 27   Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 28   Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 29   In the year 1940 "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 29   First US merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 30   47 German aircrafts shot down above England on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 30   Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Oct 01   In the year 1940 pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 02   S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician was born in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) was born in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973) was born in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Helmut Jahn, German architect was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1940 birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1940

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 01   Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) died in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1940 tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   In the year 1940 death of omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 24   In the year 1940 emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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