Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

Aug 18 Walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875) died in the year 1940.  

Aug 21 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 died on this day in history.  

Aug 22 Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist (b. 1851) died on this day in history.  

Aug 24 In the year 1940 paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80  

Aug 29 Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 in the year 1940.  

Aug 30 In the year 1940 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 Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 15 In the year 1940 dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37  

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

Sep 27 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 in the year 1940.  

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

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

Oct 06 Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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 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 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 On this day in history victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74  

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

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 In the year 1940 death of stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876)  

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

Nov 22 Waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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 Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 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 In the year 1940 birth of helmut Jahn, German architect  

Jan 04 Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 05 Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot) was born on this day in history.  

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