Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

Aug 18 On this day in history death of walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875)  

Aug 21 In the year 1940 death of leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62  

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

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

Aug 29 In the year 1940 arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77  

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 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 In the year 1940 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 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 In the year 1940 robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78  

Oct 09 Wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865) died in the year 1940.  

Oct 10 On this day in history death of berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876)  

Oct 11 Lluís Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882) died on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.  

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

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 On this day in history fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72  

Oct 28 On this day in history 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 On this day in history arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71  

Nov 12 On this day in history 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 in the year 1940.  

Nov 23 Catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82 in the year 1940.  

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Jan 02 S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 03 Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born on this day in history.  

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 Helmut Jahn, German architect was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 04 Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate was born on this day in history.  

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 on this day in history.