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 On this day in history joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75  

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

May 23 On this day in history andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies  

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

May 28 On this day in history randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70  

May 30 Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104 in the year 1940.  

Jun 02 Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies in the year 1940.  

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

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

Jun 08 Frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

Jun 16 In the year 1940 dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies  

Jun 19 On this day in history maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40  

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

Jun 21 On this day in history edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies  

Jun 22 On this day in history m A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies  

Jun 28 Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44 in the year 1940.  

Jun 29 Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60 in the year 1940.  

Jul 02 Ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 03 George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies in the year 1940.  

Jul 10 In the year 1940 donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64  

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

Jul 15 On this day in history donald Calthrop, dies at 52  

Jul 19 On this day in history death of samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai  

Jul 20 In the year 1940 death of y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide  

Jul 28 On this day in history johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66  

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

Aug 03 On this day in history death of willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide  

Aug 04 Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies on this day in history.  

Aug 05 Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

Aug 08 Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892) died in the year 1940.  

Aug 13 George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75 in the year 1940.  

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 in the year 1940.  

Jan 03 Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born in the year 1940.  

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

Jan 04 Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973) was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of helmut Jahn, German architect  

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.