Historical Events In 1940

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

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

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 on this day in history.  

Jun 17   In the year 1940 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 in the year 1940.  

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jun 21   In the year 1940 edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies  

Jun 21   German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State in the year 1940.  

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) on this day in history.  

Jun 22   France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarmed in the year 1940.  

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   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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history 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' on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1940.  

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 in the year 1940.  

Jun 27   Soviet Army attacks Romania in the year 1940.  

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   Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 04   Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973) was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 04   Helmut Jahn, German architect was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   In the year 1940 birth of gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate  

Jan 05   In the year 1940 birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)  

Jan 05   Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born on this day in history.  

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

Jan 04   In the year 1940 conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59  

Jan 05   Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46 in the year 1940.  

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

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

Jan 20   Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861) died on this day in history.  

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 in the year 1940.