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

Aug 29 Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

Sep 07 Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies in the year 1940.  

Sep 15 Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37 in the year 1940.  

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

Oct 05 Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40 in the year 1940.  

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 in the year 1940.  

Oct 09 On this day in history death of wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865).  

Oct 10 Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876) died on this day in history.  

Oct 11 On this day in history death of lluís Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882)  

Oct 12 On this day in history tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60  

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 on this day in history.  

Oct 21 William G. Conley, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866) died in the year 1940.  

Oct 24 Victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 27 Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1940.  

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

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 Catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

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 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 in the year 1940.