Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

May 10 In the year 1940 euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56  

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 On this day in history amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies  

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

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 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 On this day in history dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies  

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

Jun 20 On this day in history jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29  

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

Jun 22 M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 10 Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64 in the year 1940.  

Jul 14 In the year 1940 bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies  

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 28 In the year 1940 johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66  

Jul 31 In the year 1940 death of whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel  

Aug 03 Willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide died in the year 1940.  

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 In the year 1940 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 In the year 1940 birth of s. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician  

Jan 03 In the year 1940 birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 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 on this day in history.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate  

Jan 05 On this day in history 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)