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Historical Events In 1940

Saturday, 10 June 2023

Aug 23   On this day in history german bombers begin night time attacks (The Blitz) on London  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 23   German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 24   Luftwaffe bombs London on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 24   Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 25   In the year 1940 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 25   On this day in history first "parachute wedding."  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 25   The first parachute wedding (how do you kiss the bride?) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 26   RKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 27   In the year 1940 caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 28   French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 29   In the year 1940 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 29   Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 31   On this day in history 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 31   In the year 1940 hollywood screen stars Lawrence Olivier and Vivian Leigh are married.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Aug 31   Johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 02   23rd PGA Championship: Byron Nelson at Hershey CC Hershey Pa in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 02   Beverly Sanders, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 03   In the year 1940 1st showing of high definition color TV  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 03   Otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 03   The birth of Pauline Collins, British actress in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 03   On this day in history the first showing of high definition color TV  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 03   On this day in history uS gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 04   CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 04   The 'Battle of Britain' begins, after Hitler threatens to raze British cities to the ground because British bombers attacked Munich in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 05   On this day in history all 355 Jewish-owned businesses in Luxembourg become "Aryan" property.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 06   In the year 1940 crown prince Michael succeeds Carol II as king of Romania  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 07   54th US Womens Tennis: Alice Marble beats Helen Hull Jacobs (62 63) in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 07   Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 07   German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 09   In the year 1940 28 German aircraft shot down above England  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 10   Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 11   In the year 1940 -12] Buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 11   The birth of Brian DePalma, American director on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Sep 12   49 die & 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1940

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 02   In the year 1940 birth of s. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) was born in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973) was born in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of helmut Jahn, German architect  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1940

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 01   Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 05   On this day in history tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   On this day in history kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 24   In the year 1940 emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) died in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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