Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

Aug 18 In the year 1940 death of walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875)  

Aug 21 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 died in the year 1940.  

Aug 22 In the year 1940 death of sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist (b. 1851)  

Aug 24 On this day in history paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80  

Aug 29 Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

Aug 30 J.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856) died on this day in history.  

Aug 31 Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58 in the year 1940.  

Sep 03 On this day in history otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59  

Sep 07 In the year 1940 edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies  

Sep 15 Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

Sep 26 On this day in history walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48  

Sep 27 On this day in history walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48  

Sep 30 Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

Oct 05 Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

Oct 06 Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55 in the year 1940.  

Oct 08 Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

Oct 09 Wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865) died on this day in history.  

Oct 10 Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876) died on this day in history.  

Oct 11 On this day in history death of lluís Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882)  

Oct 12 Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

Oct 18 Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65 in the year 1940.  

Oct 20 Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (b. 1885) died in the year 1940.  

Oct 21 On this day in history death of william G. Conley, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)  

Oct 24 In the year 1940 victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74  

Oct 27 Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1940.  

Oct 28 In the year 1940 andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71  

Nov 04 On this day in history manuel Azaña y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39), dies at 60  

Nov 09 Stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876) died on this day in history.  

Nov 10 In the year 1940 arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71  

Nov 12 In the year 1940 alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34  

Nov 17 In the year 1940 death of eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882)  

Nov 21 Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies on this day in history.  

Nov 22 In the year 1940 waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67  

Nov 23 In the year 1940 catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82  

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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 on this day in history.  

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

Jan 05 Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot) was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 05 In the year 1940 birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)