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

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 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 in the year 1940.  

Sep 26 On this day in history walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48  

Sep 27 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 in the year 1940.  

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

Oct 10 On this day in history 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 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 on this day in history.  

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 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 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 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 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 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 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 in the year 1940.  

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 in the year 1940.