Page 15: Historical Events In 1940

Sep 12   49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) in the year 1940.   

Sep 13   In the year 1940 buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs   

Sep 14   In the year 1940 congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law)   

Sep 14   Congress passes first peace-time conscription bill (draft law) on this day in history.   

Sep 15   3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2) in the year 1940.   

Sep 15   On this day in history battle of Britain ends with RAF victory   

Sep 15   Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37 on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe in the year 1940.   

Sep 16   Dutch SS forms in the year 1940.   

Sep 16   Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House on this day in history.   

Sep 17   On this day in history nazis deprive Jews of possessions   

Sep 18   On this day in history 19 German aircrafts shot down above England   

Sep 18   Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus) on this day in history.   

Sep 19   Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes on this day in history.   

Sep 19   In the year 1940 nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes   

Sep 21   In the year 1940 bill Kurtis, Pensacola Fla, newscaster (American Parade)   

Sep 23   On this day in history -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees   

Sep 23   Japanese troops enter IndoChina on this day in history.   

Sep 24   Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR on this day in history.   

Sep 24   The Cdn. Navy received 6 former US Navy "4 stackers" destroyers and renames them HMCS Annapolis, Columbia,Niagra, St. Clair ST. Croix and St. Francis on this day in history.   

Sep 25   In the year 1940 cdn. Armed Merchanman Prince Rupert captures the German ship Wesser off Mexico   

Sep 25   German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling govt on this day in history.   

Sep 26   Airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed on this day in history.   

Sep 26   In the year 1940 walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48   

Sep 27   55 German aircrafts shot down above England on this day in history.   

Sep 27   Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces in the year 1940.   

Sep 27   Establishment of Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis on this day in history.   

Sep 27   Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 in the year 1940.   

Sep 28   On this day in history michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns   

Sep 29   In the year 1940 "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net   

Sep 29   First US merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware on this day in history.   

Sep 30   On this day in history 47 German aircrafts shot down above England   

Sep 30   Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

Oct 01   On this day in history pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens   

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Jan 02   On this day in history birth of s. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician   

Jan 03   Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)   

Jan 04   Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973) was born in the year 1940.   

Jan 04   In the year 1940 birth of helmut Jahn, German architect   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate   

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

Jan 05   Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history death of panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)   

Jan 04   Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

Jan 12   In the year 1940 erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56   

Jan 18   Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74 in the year 1940.   

Jan 20   In the year 1940 death of omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)   

Jan 24   In the year 1940 emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52   

Jan 25   In the year 1940 death of elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)