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Page 12: Historical Events In 1940

Friday, 07 February 2025

Jul 15   On this day in history robert Wadlow world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 15   Voluntary Defence Force (VDC), composed mainly of World War One veterans, formed by Returned Sailors' Soldiers' and Airmen's League of Australia for home defence on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 16   NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 17   On this day in history phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 18   1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 18   The first successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 19   Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 19   On this day in history samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 20   Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 20   On this day in history singles record charts first published by Billboard-Tommy Dorsey #1  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 20   Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 21   On this day in history james E Clyburn, (Rep-D-South Carolina)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 21   On this day in history soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 22   Alex Trebek, Sudbury Ontario, TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy) in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 22   In the year 1940 dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 23   In the year 1940 "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 23   "Blitz" begins, all-night raid on London on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 24   1st illegal "Newsletter of Pieter It Hen" publishes in Netherlands in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 25   In the year 1940 john Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hrs 46 mins in the Mississippi R  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 26   On this day in history formation of Royal Australian Air Force Nursing Service (RAAFNS)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 27   In the year 1940 billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 27   On this day in history bugs Bunny makes his debut in the Warner Bros. cartoon A Wild Hare.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   Phil Proctor, comedian (Firesign Theater) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 28   On this day in history radio Orange, London begins  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 29   Urk soccer team forms on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 30   On this day in history clive Sinclair, British computer inventor (ZX Spectrum)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 30   On this day in history the birth of Sir Clive Sinclair, British Inventor  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 31   On this day in history 38 U boats sinks this month (196,000 ton)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jul 31   Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 01   First expulsion of Jews from Cracow in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 01   In the year 1940 hMS OSWALD,sunk 10 miles SE of Cape Spartivento, SW Italy in Ionian Sea - rammed by Italian destroyer 'Vivaldi'.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 02   On this day in history clermont-Ferrand sentences Gen Charles de Gaulle to death  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 03   German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters & English & French movies in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of s. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1940 birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Helmut Jahn, German architect was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1940 birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1940

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 01   In the year 1940 death of panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   In the year 1940 erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 24   Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   On this day in history death of elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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