Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

May 10 On this day in history euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56  

May 14 Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1940.  

May 23 Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies on this day in history.  

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

May 28 In the year 1940 randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70  

May 30 In the year 1940 y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104  

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

Jun 06 In the year 1940 e E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56  

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

Jun 08 In the year 1940 frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69  

Jun 16 Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies in the year 1940.  

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

Jun 22 In the year 1940 m A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies  

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

Jun 29 Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 14 On this day in history bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies  

Jul 15 Donald Calthrop, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

Jul 20 On this day in history 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 Willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide died in the year 1940.  

Aug 04 Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies in the year 1940.  

Aug 05 Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 in the year 1940.  

Aug 08 On this day in history death of johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)  

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 On this day in history birth of s. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician  

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 On this day in history birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)  

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

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 On this day in history birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)