Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

May 10 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56 in the year 1940.  

May 14 In the year 1940 eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies  

May 15 Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

May 20 Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies on this day in history.  

May 23 Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies in the year 1940.  

May 25 In the year 1940 death of joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873)  

May 28 Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70 in the year 1940.  

May 30 On this day in history y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104  

Jun 02 Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 06 E E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Jun 07 James Hall, writer/actor (Millie, Hell's Angels), dies at 39 in the year 1940.  

Jun 08 Frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69 in the year 1940.  

Jun 16 Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 19 Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1940.  

Jun 20 Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.  

Jun 21 Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies in the year 1940.  

Jun 22 M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies in the year 1940.  

Jun 28 In the year 1940 italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44  

Jun 29 In the year 1940 paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60  

Jul 02 In the year 1940 ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies  

Jul 03 In the year 1940 george Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies  

Jul 10 Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jul 14 Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies in the year 1940.  

Jul 15 In the year 1940 donald Calthrop, dies at 52  

Jul 19 Samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai died in the year 1940.  

Jul 20 Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide died in the year 1940.  

Jul 28 Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1940.  

Jul 31 Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel died in the year 1940.  

Aug 03 Willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide died on this day in history.  

Aug 04 In the year 1940 vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies  

Aug 05 On this day in history frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75  

Aug 08 Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892) died on this day in history.  

Aug 13 George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Aug 16 On this day in history billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries  

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Jan 02 S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)  

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

Jan 04 Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 In the year 1940 birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)  

Jan 05 In the year 1940 birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)