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 Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies in the year 1940.  

May 15 Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

May 20 In the year 1940 amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies  

May 23 In the year 1940 andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies  

May 25 On this day in history 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 Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104 in the year 1940.  

Jun 02 Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies on this day in history.  

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

Jun 07 On this day in history james Hall, writer/actor (Millie, Hell's Angels), dies at 39  

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 Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

Jun 20 Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 in the year 1940.  

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

Jun 22 M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies in the year 1940.  

Jun 28 Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Jun 29 In the year 1940 paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60  

Jul 02 Ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies in the year 1940.  

Jul 03 In the year 1940 george Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies  

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

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 In the year 1940 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 Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1940.  

Jul 31 Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel died on this day in history.  

Aug 03 Willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide died on this day in history.  

Aug 04 In the year 1940 vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies  

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

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

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Jan 02 S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician was born on this day in history.  

Jan 03 In the year 1940 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 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 In the year 1940 birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)  

Jan 05 Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born on this day in history.