Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

May 10 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56 on this day in history.  

May 14 On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

May 25 Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873) died on this day in history.  

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

May 30 Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104 on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1940.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Jun 21 Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies on this day in history.  

Jun 22 On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.  

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

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

Jul 19 Samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai died on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Aug 16 Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries in the year 1940.  

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Jan 02 In the year 1940 birth of s. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician  

Jan 03 On this day in history 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 in the year 1940.  

Jan 04 Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate was born in the year 1940.  

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)