Page 10: Historical Events In 1940

Jun 16   In the year 1940 communist govt installed in Lithuania   

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   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   On this day in history gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers   

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

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

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

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

Jun 19   HMS ORPHEUS, sunk north of Tobruk, eastern Libya by Italian destroyer "Turbine" on this day in history.   

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

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   Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies in the year 1940.   

Jun 21   On this day in history german occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State   

Jun 21   HMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia on this day in history.   

Jun 22   On this day in history abbas Kiarostami, author/director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up)   

Jun 22   France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarmed on this day in history.   

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

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

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

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   HMCS FRASER (RCN, ex 'Crescent), lost off Gironde Estuary, western France by collision with RN cruiser 'Calcutta' on this day in history.   

Jun 26   End of USSR experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27 in the year 1940.   

Jun 26   On this day in history hundreds of Kovno Jews are taken to the "Ninth Fort" and murdered.   

Jun 27   In the year 1940 800 Jews are burned alive inside Great Synagogue. 1,200 others die in shooting   

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 on this day in history.   

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

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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 in the year 1940.   

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   In the year 1940 birth of helmut Jahn, German architect   

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   In the year 1940 birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)   

Jan 01   Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) died on this day in history.   

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

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 on this day in history.   

Jan 20   In the year 1940 death of omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)   

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 on this day in history.