Page 12: Historical Events In 1940

Jul 18   The inaugural successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct   

Jul 19   Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders   

Jul 19   Samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai   

Jul 20   Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands   

Jul 20   Singles record charts inaugural published by Billboard-Tommy Dorsey #1.   

Jul 20   Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide.   

Jul 21   James E Clyburn, (Rep-D-South Carolina).   

Jul 21   Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania   

Jul 22   Alex Trebek, Sudbury Ontario, TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy).   

Jul 22   Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks.   

Jul 23   "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins   

Jul 23   "Blitz" begins, all-night raid on London.   

Jul 24   In this year, 1st illegal "Newsletter of Pieter It Hen" publishes in Netherlands.   

Jul 25   John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hrs 46 mins in the Mississippi R.   

Jul 26   Formation of Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS)   

Jul 27   Bugs Bunny makes his debut in the Warner Bros. cartoon A Wild Hare   

Jul 27   In this year, Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts.   

Jul 28   Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66   

Jul 28   Phil Proctor, comedian (Firesign Theater).   

Jul 28   Radio Orange, London begins.   

Jul 29   Urk soccer team forms.   

Jul 30   Clive Sinclair, British computer inventor (ZX Spectrum).   

Jul 30   Sir Clive Sinclair, British Inventor is born   

Jul 31   38 U boats sinks this month (196000 ton)   

Jul 31   Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel.   

Aug 01   HMS OSWALD,sunk 10 miles SE of Cape Spartivento, SW Italy in Ionian Sea - rammed by Italian destroyer 'Vivaldi'   

Aug 01   inaugural expulsion of Jews from Cracow.   

Aug 02   Clermont-Ferrand sentences Gen Charles de Gaulle to death.   

Aug 03   German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters and English and French movies   

Aug 03   Lithuanian is accepted into the USSR   

Aug 03   Martin Sheen, American actor is born   

Aug 03   Willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide   

Aug 04   Karel Vachek, director (Moravska Hellas, Elective Affinities)   

Aug 04   Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies.   

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Jan 02   S. r. s. varadhan: Indian-american mathematician   

Jan 03   Thelma schoonmaker: Actress/editor (casino, cape fear, good fellas)   

Jan 04   Anthony skooter teague: Texas, actor (how to succeed in business)   

Jan 04   Brian josephson: British physicist (nobel 1973)   

Jan 04   Helmut jahn: German architect   

Jan 04   Gao xingjian: Chinese-born french novelist and dramatist, nobel laureate   

Jan 05   Dany saval: Oakland calif, actress (boeing boeing, moon pilot)   

Jan 05   Michael o'donoghue: American writer   

Jan 01   Panuganti lakshminarasimha rao: Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)   

Jan 04   Conrad weiss: German writer/poet (heart of words),    

Jan 05   Tina modotti: [maria del carmen], ital/mexican communist,    

Jan 12   Erich r jaensch: German psychologist (eidetiek),    

Jan 18   Kazimierz p tetmajer: Polish writer/poet (young poland),    

Jan 20   Omar bundy: U.s. army general (b. 1861)   

Jan 24   Emile van bosch: Revue/operetta-artist,   

Jan 25   Elias simojoki: Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)