Page 10: Historical Events In 1940

Jun 16   On this day in history communist govt installed in Lithuania   

Jun 16   Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies on this day in history.   

Jun 16   In the year 1940 hMS GRAMPUS,sunk off Augusta, eastern Sicily in Ionian Sea by Italian torpedo boats 'Circe' and 'Clio'.   

Jun 17   Chief of Naval Operations asks Congress for money to build two-ocean Navy in the year 1940.   

Jun 17   France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II in the year 1940.   

Jun 18   Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers on this day in history.   

Jun 18   On this day in history the French cruiser Emile Bertin arrives in Canada with $305 million in gold from the Bank of France; gold released after the war.   

Jun 18   The RAF's 242 'Canadian' Squadron withdraws from France in the year 1940.   

Jun 18   Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour" in the year 1940.   

Jun 19   "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago on this day in history.   

Jun 19   On this day in history "Brenda Starr," first cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago   

Jun 19   HMS ORPHEUS, sunk north of Tobruk, eastern Libya by Italian destroyer "Turbine" in the year 1940.   

Jun 19   In the year 1940 maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40   

Jun 20   Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.   

Jun 20   In the year 1940 joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 21   Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies on this day in history.   

Jun 21   German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State on this day in history.   

Jun 21   HMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia on this day in history.   

Jun 22   In the year 1940 abbas Kiarostami, author/director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up)   

Jun 22   France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarmed on this day in history.   

Jun 22   France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms on this day in history.   

Jun 22   French sign armistice with Germans at Compiegne in the year 1940.   

Jun 22   On this day in history m A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies   

Jun 23   Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp in the year 1940.   

Jun 24   In the year 1940 france signs an armistice with Italy during WW II   

Jun 25   Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower & grave of Napoleon in France in the year 1940.   

Jun 25   Clint Warwick, [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues) on this day in history.   

Jun 25   HMCS FRASER (RCN, ex 'Crescent), lost off Gironde Estuary, western France by collision with RN cruiser 'Calcutta' on this day in history.   

Jun 26   On this day in history end of USSR experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27   

Jun 26   Hundreds of Kovno Jews are taken to the "Ninth Fort" and murdered in the year 1940.   

Jun 27   In the year 1940 800 Jews are burned alive inside Great Synagogue. 1,200 others die in shooting   

Jun 27   HMS WREN, sunk 10 miles of Aldeburgh, eastern England in North Sea - by German bombers on this day in history.   

Jun 27   Soviet Army attacks Romania on this day in history.   

Jun 27   In the year 1940 uSSR returns to the Gregorian calendar   

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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 on this day in history.   

Jan 04   Helmut Jahn, German architect was born in the year 1940.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate   

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)   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)   

Jan 04   On this day in history conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59   

Jan 05   In the year 1940 tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46   

Jan 12   In the year 1940 erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56   

Jan 18   On this day in history kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74   

Jan 20   Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861) died in the year 1940.   

Jan 24   In the year 1940 emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52   

Jan 25   Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) died in the year 1940.