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 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 in the year 1940.  

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

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

Sep 27 In the year 1940 walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48  

Sep 30 In the year 1940 walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62  

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 In the year 1940 death of wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865).  

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

Oct 11 In the year 1940 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 In the year 1940 suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65  

Oct 20 On this day in history death of gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (b. 1885)  

Oct 21 William G. Conley, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866) died on this day in history.  

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 Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Nov 04 In the year 1940 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 Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71 in the year 1940.  

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

Nov 17 In the year 1940 death of eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882)  

Nov 21 Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies in the year 1940.  

Nov 22 Waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67 in the year 1940.  

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

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Jan 02 S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician was born on this day in history.  

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 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 In the year 1940 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)