Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

Aug 18 Walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875) died on this day in history.  

Aug 21 On this day in history death of leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62  

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

Aug 24 Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 in the year 1940.  

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 in the year 1940.  

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

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 On this day in history dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37  

Sep 26 In the year 1940 walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48  

Sep 27 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Sep 30 On this day in history walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62  

Oct 05 On this day in history silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40  

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

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 in the year 1940.  

Oct 10 In the year 1940 death of berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876)  

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 In the year 1940 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 in the year 1940.  

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

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

Nov 17 On this day in history death of eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882)  

Nov 21 In the year 1940 geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies  

Nov 22 On this day in history waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67  

Nov 23 On this day in history catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82  

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Jan 02 On this day in history 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 On this day in history birth of anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)  

Jan 04 Helmut Jahn, German architect was born on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1940.