Page 13: Historical Events In 1940

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."   

Aug 25   The inaugural parachute wedding (how do you kiss the bride?).   

Aug 26   RKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk   

Aug 27   Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)   

Aug 28   French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle   

Aug 29   7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84567).   

Aug 29   Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77.   

Aug 31   1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands.   

Aug 31   Hollywood screen stars Lawrence Olivier and Vivian Leigh are married   

Aug 31   Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58.   

Sep 02   23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa.   

Sep 02   Beverly Sanders, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey).   

Sep 03   1st showing of high definition color TV.   

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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)