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 in the year 1940.  

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 on this day in history.  

May 25 Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873) died in the year 1940.  

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

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

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

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 in the year 1940.  

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 in the year 1940.  

Jun 28 On this day in history 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 in the year 1940.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jul 14 Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies on this day in history.  

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

Aug 03 In the year 1940 death of willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide  

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

Aug 05 In the year 1940 frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75  

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

Aug 13 In the year 1940 george C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75  

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 On this day in history birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)  

Jan 04 Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) was born in the year 1940.  

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