Famous Deaths In 1940
Friday, 29 March 2024
Aug 18 In the year 1940 death of walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875)
Aug 21 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 died on this day in history.
Aug 22 Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist (b. 1851) died on this day in history.
Aug 24 In the year 1940 paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80
Aug 29 Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
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 in the year 1940.
Sep 03 Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59 on this day in history.
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 on this day in history.
Sep 27 On this day in history 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 In the year 1940 silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40
Oct 06 In the year 1940 ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55
Oct 08 In the year 1940 robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78
Oct 09 Wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865) died in the year 1940.
Oct 10 Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876) died on this day in history.
Oct 11 In the year 1940 death of lluÃs Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882)
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 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 on this day in history.
Oct 28 In the year 1940 andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71
Nov 04 Manuel Azaña y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39), dies at 60 in the year 1940.
Nov 09 Stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876) died in the year 1940.
Nov 10 Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71 in the year 1940.
Nov 12 In the year 1940 alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34
Nov 17 Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882) died in the year 1940.
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 Catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.
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