Page 13: Historical Events In 1940

Aug 05   "Acquaintance" blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge   

Aug 05   Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75.   

Aug 06   Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire   

Aug 07   Churchill recognizes De Gaulle govt in exile.   

Aug 07   Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45000 for an 1856 British Guiana).   

Aug 07   Marlyn Mason, San Fernando Cal, actress (Making It, Peyton Place)   

Aug 08   31 German aircrafts shot down over England   

Aug 08   Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks.   

Aug 08   Battle of Britain.   

Aug 10   Anti-Jewish laws are passed in Romania.   

Aug 10   Prince Bernhard Fund forms.   

Aug 11   38 German aircrafts shot down above England   

Aug 12   Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts   

Aug 13   Air crash in Canberra results in the deaths of three UAP ministers and Chief of the General Staff.   

Aug 13   George C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75   

Aug 13   Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins)   

Aug 14   Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland.   

Aug 15   1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi).   

Aug 16   45 German aircrafts shot down over England.   

Aug 16   Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries.   

Aug 17   FDR and Canadian PM William M King agree to joint defense commission   

Aug 18   71 German aircrafts shot down above England.   

Aug 18   Chrysler founder Walter P. Chrysler dies.   

Aug 19   Jill St John, American actress is born.   

Aug 20   1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain   

Aug 20   British PM Churchill says of the Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few".   

Aug 20   Leon Trotsky, assassinated in Mexico City by Stalin agents, dies 8/21.   

Aug 21   Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62   

Aug 23   German bombers begin night time attacks (The Blitz) on London   

Aug 23   German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London   

Aug 24   Luftwaffe bombs London   

Aug 24   Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80.   

Aug 25   1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)   

Aug 25   inaugural "parachute wedding."   

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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)