Page 10: Historical Events In 1940

Jun 16   Communist govt installed in Lithuania in the year 1940.   

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   Chief of Naval Operations asks Congress for money to build two-ocean Navy on this day in history.   

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 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 on this day in history.   

Jun 18   On this day in history the RAF's 242 'Canadian' Squadron withdraws from France.   

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

Jun 19   In the year 1940 "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago   

Jun 19   In the year 1940 "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" on this day in history.   

Jun 19   Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.   

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

Jun 20   On this day in history joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title   

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

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

Jun 21   On this day in history hMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia   

Jun 22   Abbas Kiarostami, author/director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up) in the year 1940.   

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

Jun 22   In the year 1940 france falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms   

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

Jun 22   M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies in the year 1940.   

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   In the year 1940 clint Warwick, [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues)   

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

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 on this day in history.   

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

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 in the year 1940.   

Jun 27   USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar on this day in history.   

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

Jan 03   In the year 1940 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   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   Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot) was born in the year 1940.   

Jan 05   Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born in the year 1940.   

Jan 01   Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1940 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 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   In the year 1940 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   On this day in history emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52   

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