Page 10: Historical Events In 1940

Jun 16   Communist govt installed in Lithuania on this day in history.   

Jun 16   In the year 1940 dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies   

Jun 16   HMS GRAMPUS,sunk off Augusta, eastern Sicily in Ionian Sea by Italian torpedo boats 'Circe' and 'Clio' in the year 1940.   

Jun 17   In the year 1940 chief of Naval Operations asks Congress for money to build two-ocean Navy   

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

Jun 18   Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers in the year 1940.   

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

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

Jun 20   Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title in the year 1940.   

Jun 21   Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies on this day in history.   

Jun 21   In the year 1940 german occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State   

Jun 21   In the year 1940 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   French sign armistice with Germans at Compiegne in the year 1940.   

Jun 22   On this day in history m A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies   

Jun 23   In the year 1940 marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp   

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

Jun 25   On this day in history 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   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 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   In the year 1940 hMS WREN, sunk 10 miles of Aldeburgh, eastern England in North Sea - by German bombers.   

Jun 27   Soviet Army attacks Romania in the year 1940.   

Jun 27   USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar in the year 1940.   

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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   On this day in history 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   On this day in history birth of gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate   

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)   

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   On this day in history conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59   

Jan 05   Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

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

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.