Historical Events In 1940

Jun 16   Communist govt installed in Lithuania on this day in history.   

Jun 16   On this day in history dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies   

Jun 16   On this day in history hMS GRAMPUS,sunk off Augusta, eastern Sicily in Ionian Sea by Italian torpedo boats 'Circe' and 'Clio'.   

Jun 17   In the year 1940 chief of Naval Operations asks Congress for money to build two-ocean Navy   

Jun 17   France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II on this day in history.   

Jun 18   Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers in the year 1940.   

Jun 18   The French cruiser Emile Bertin arrives in Canada with $305 million in gold from the Bank of France; gold released after the war in the year 1940.   

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

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

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

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

Jun 19   HMS ORPHEUS, sunk north of Tobruk, eastern Libya by Italian destroyer "Turbine" on this day in history.   

Jun 19   On this day in history maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40   

Jun 20   Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 in the year 1940.   

Jun 20   Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title on this day in history.   

Jun 21   Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies in the year 1940.   

Jun 21   On this day in history german occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State   

Jun 21   In the year 1940 hMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia   

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

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

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

Jun 22   On this day in history french sign armistice with Germans at Compiegne   

Jun 22   In the year 1940 m A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies   

Jun 23   On this day in history marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp   

Jun 24   France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II in the year 1940.   

Jun 25   On this day in history adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower & grave of Napoleon in France   

Jun 25   Clint Warwick, [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues) in the year 1940.   

Jun 25   In the year 1940 hMCS FRASER (RCN, ex 'Crescent), lost off Gironde Estuary, western France by collision with RN cruiser 'Calcutta'.   

Jun 26   End of USSR experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27 on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history uSSR returns to the Gregorian calendar   

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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   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   Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate was born on this day in history.   

Jan 05   In the year 1940 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   Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) died in the year 1940.   

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

Jan 05   On this day in history tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46   

Jan 12   Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56 in the year 1940.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) died on this day in history.