Page 15: Historical Events In 1940

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.   

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   

Sep 25   Cdn. Armed Merchanman Prince Rupert captures the German ship Wesser off Mexico   

Sep 25   German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling govt.   

Sep 26   Airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed.   

Sep 26   Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48   

Sep 27   55 German aircrafts shot down above England   

Sep 27   Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces.   

Sep 27   Establishment of Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis.   

Sep 27   Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48   

Sep 28   Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 and 94 yard touchdowns.   

Sep 29   "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net.   

Sep 29   inaugural US merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware.   

Sep 30   47 German aircrafts shot down above England.   

Sep 30   Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62.   

Oct 01   Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens.   

Oct 02   17 German aircrafts shot down above England   

Oct 03   Anti-Jewish laws are passed by the Vichy government.   

Oct 03   France Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status   

Oct 04   12 German aircrafts shot down above England   

Oct 04   Adolph Hitler and Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in the Alps   

Oct 04   Wrestling returns to Madison Sq Garden after 12 year lay off.   

Oct 05   Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40   

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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)