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 On this day in history death of leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62  

Aug 22 On this day in history 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 In the year 1940 arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77  

Aug 30 On this day in history death of j.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)  

Aug 31 In the year 1940 johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58  

Sep 03 In the year 1940 otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59  

Sep 07 Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1940 walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48  

Sep 30 Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1940.  

Oct 05 In the year 1940 silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40  

Oct 06 On this day in history ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55  

Oct 08 On this day in history robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78  

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 In the year 1940 death of lluís Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882)  

Oct 12 Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60 in the year 1940.  

Oct 18 On this day in history suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65  

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 Victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 27 In the year 1940 fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72  

Oct 28 On this day in history andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71  

Nov 04 Manuel Azaña y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39), dies at 60 in the year 1940.  

Nov 09 Stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876) died in the year 1940.  

Nov 10 Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71 in the year 1940.  

Nov 12 Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34 on this day in history.  

Nov 17 Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882) died in the year 1940.  

Nov 21 On this day in history geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies  

Nov 22 Waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67 in the year 1940.  

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