Page 14: Historical Events In 1940

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.   

Sep 15   Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe.   

Sep 16   Dutch SS forms.   

Sep 16   Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House.   

Sep 17   Nazis deprive Jews of possessions   

Sep 18   19 German aircrafts shot down above England   

Sep 18   Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus)   

Sep 19   Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes.   

Sep 19   Nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes.   

Sep 21   Bill Kurtis, Pensacola Fla, newscaster (American Parade).   

Sep 23   -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees.   

Sep 23   Japanese troops enter IndoChina.   

Sep 24   Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR.   

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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)