Page 14: Historical Events In 1940

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   

Sep 03   Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59   

Sep 03   Pauline Collins, British actress is born   

Sep 03   The inaugural showing of high definition color TV.   

Sep 03   US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease   

Sep 04   CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB.   

Sep 04   The 'Battle of Britain' begins, after Hitler threatens to raze British cities to the ground because British bombers attacked Munich   

Sep 05   All 355 Jewish-owned businesses in Luxembourg become "Aryan" property   

Sep 06   Crown prince Michael succeeds Carol II as king of Romania.   

Sep 07   54th US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 63).   

Sep 07   Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies   

Sep 07   German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights.   

Sep 09   28 German aircraft shot down above England.   

Sep 10   Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb   

Sep 11   -12] Buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs   

Sep 11   Brian DePalma, American director is born   

Sep 12   49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)   

Sep 13   Buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs.   

Sep 14   Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law).   

Sep 14   Congress passes inaugural peace-time conscription bill (draft law).   

Sep 15   3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2)   

Sep 15   Battle of Britain ends with RAF victory   

Sep 15   Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37.   

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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)