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 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 on this day in history.  

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

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 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 in the year 1940.  

Sep 26 Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48 in the year 1940.  

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

Sep 30 On this day in history walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62  

Oct 05 In the year 1940 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 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 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 In the year 1940 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 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 On this day in history fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72  

Oct 28 Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71 in the year 1940.  

Nov 04 Manuel Azaña y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39), dies at 60 in the year 1940.  

Nov 09 Stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1940.  

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

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 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 in the year 1940.  

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)  

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 in the year 1940.  

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 on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)