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 Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist (b. 1851) died in the year 1940.  

Aug 24 Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Aug 29 On this day in history 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 Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

Sep 03 In the year 1940 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 Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48 in the year 1940.  

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 Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40 in the year 1940.  

Oct 06 In the year 1940 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 on this day in history.  

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 In the year 1940 tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60  

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

Oct 20 In the year 1940 death of gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (b. 1885)  

Oct 21 In the year 1940 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 on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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 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 on this day in history.  

Nov 23 In the year 1940 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 in the year 1940.  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 birth of anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)  

Jan 04 Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973) was born on this day in history.  

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 On this day in history birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)  

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