Page 10: Historical Events In 1940

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

Jun 18   Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers.   

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   

Jun 18   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".   

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

Jun 19   "Brenda Starr," inaugural cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago   

Jun 19   HMS ORPHEUS, sunk north of Tobruk, eastern Libya by Italian destroyer "Turbine"   

Jun 19   Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40   

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

Jun 20   Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 21   Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies   

Jun 21   German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State   

Jun 21   HMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia.   

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

Jun 22   France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarmed.   

Jun 22   France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms.   

Jun 22   French sign armistice with Germans at Compiegne.   

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

Jun 23   Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp   

Jun 24   France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II.   

Jun 25   Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower and grave of Napoleon in France.   

Jun 25   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'   

Jun 26   End of USSR experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27.   

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

Jun 27   800 Jews are burned alive inside Great Synagogue. 1200 others die in shooting.   

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

Jun 27   Soviet Army attacks Romania.   

Jun 27   USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar.   

Jun 28   "Quiz Kids?" premieres on radio   

Jun 28   Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44.   

Jun 28   Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union.   

Jun 29   Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard.   

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Jan 02   S. r. s. varadhan: Indian-american mathematician   

Jan 03   Thelma schoonmaker: Actress/editor (casino, cape fear, good fellas)   

Jan 04   Anthony skooter teague: Texas, actor (how to succeed in business)   

Jan 04   Brian josephson: British physicist (nobel 1973)   

Jan 04   Helmut jahn: German architect   

Jan 04   Gao xingjian: Chinese-born french novelist and dramatist, nobel laureate   

Jan 05   Dany saval: Oakland calif, actress (boeing boeing, moon pilot)   

Jan 05   Michael o'donoghue: American writer   

Jan 01   Panuganti lakshminarasimha rao: Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)   

Jan 04   Conrad weiss: German writer/poet (heart of words),    

Jan 05   Tina modotti: [maria del carmen], ital/mexican communist,   

Jan 12   Erich r jaensch: German psychologist (eidetiek),   

Jan 18   Kazimierz p tetmajer: Polish writer/poet (young poland),    

Jan 20   Omar bundy: U.s. army general (b. 1861)   

Jan 24   Emile van bosch: Revue/operetta-artist,    

Jan 25   Elias simojoki: Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)