Page 10: Historical Events In 1940

Jun 16   In the year 1940 communist govt installed in Lithuania   

Jun 16   Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies in the year 1940.   

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

Jun 17   Chief of Naval Operations asks Congress for money to build two-ocean Navy on this day in history.   

Jun 17   On this day in history france asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II   

Jun 18   On this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

Jun 18   In the year 1940 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" on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history hMS ORPHEUS, sunk north of Tobruk, eastern Libya by Italian destroyer "Turbine".   

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

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

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   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 in the year 1940.   

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

Jun 22   French sign armistice with Germans at Compiegne on this day in history.   

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

Jun 23   Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp on this day in history.   

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

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) 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   In the year 1940 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   On this day in history 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   In the year 1940 soviet Army attacks Romania   

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 on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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

Jan 12   On this day in history erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56   

Jan 18   Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74 in the year 1940.   

Jan 20   On this day in history death of omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)   

Jan 24   Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52 in the year 1940.   

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