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 on this day in history.   

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   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 on this day in history.   

Jun 18   In the year 1940 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 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   "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago in the year 1940.   

Jun 19   "Brenda Starr," first cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago in the year 1940.   

Jun 19   In the year 1940 hMS ORPHEUS, sunk north of Tobruk, eastern Libya by Italian destroyer "Turbine".   

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   In the year 1940 german occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State   

Jun 21   HMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia in the year 1940.   

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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history m A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies   

Jun 23   Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp in the year 1940.   

Jun 24   France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II on this day in history.   

Jun 25   In the year 1940 adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower & grave of Napoleon in France   

Jun 25   Clint Warwick, [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues) on this day in history.   

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 on this day in history.   

Jun 27   800 Jews are burned alive inside Great Synagogue. 1,200 others die in shooting on this day in history.   

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   On this day in history birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)   

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

Jan 05   Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot) was born in the year 1940.   

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   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   In the year 1940 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   Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861) died in the year 1940.   

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 in the year 1940.