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Page 6: Historical Events In 1940

Saturday, 18 January 2025

May 04   21 "not neutral" nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   In the year 1940 21 "not neutral" Nazis &communists arrested in Netherlands  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   In the year 1940 norwegian Government in exile forms in London  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   In the year 1940 norwegian govt in exile forms in London  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath) in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 07   In the year 1940 the Lodz ghetto is sealed. 165,000 people in 1.6 square miles.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 07   On this day in history winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 08   On this day in history the birth of Peter Benchley, British Author  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 09   On this day in history the RAF begins night bombing raids on targest in Germany  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   On this day in history british Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   In the year 1940 dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   French marines stationed on Aruba on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   On this day in history massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   On this day in history nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 11   On this day in history 66th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 11   New York World's Fair reopens on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   French mariners occupy St Maarten in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   On this day in history nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   British bomb factory at Breda on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   On this day in history german breakthrough at Grebbelinie  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   Admiral Furstner departs to England on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   German breakthrough at Sedan on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   On this day in history lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   In the year 1940 nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   Rotterdam, in Holland, captured by German forces during WW2 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   German armour division moves into Northern France on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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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   On this day in history birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)  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   On this day in history birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)  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   Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate was born on this day in history.  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 in the year 1940.  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   On this day in history death of panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)  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 in the year 1940.  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   In the year 1940 erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1940 kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 24   Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52 on this day in history.  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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