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 In the year 1940 joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75  

May 20 On this day in history amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies  

May 23 On this day in history andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies  

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

Jun 02 In the year 1940 willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies  

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 On this day in history 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 Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1940.  

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

Jun 21 Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies in the year 1940.  

Jun 22 On this day in history m A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies  

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 in the year 1940.  

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

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

Jul 10 On this day in history 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 On this day in history donald Calthrop, dies at 52  

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

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 Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel died in the year 1940.  

Aug 03 On this day in history death of willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide  

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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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Jan 02 S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician was born in the year 1940.  

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