Historical Events In 1940
Friday, 29 March 2024
Sep 12 In the year 1940 49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)
Sep 13 Buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs in the year 1940.
Sep 14 Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law) on this day in history.
Sep 14 Congress passes first peace-time conscription bill (draft law) in the year 1940.
Sep 15 3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2) on this day in history.
Sep 15 In the year 1940 battle of Britain ends with RAF victory
Sep 15 Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37 on this day in history.
Sep 15 In the year 1940 tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe
Sep 16 On this day in history dutch SS forms
Sep 16 Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House in the year 1940.
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 in the year 1940.
Sep 19 On this day in history nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes
Sep 21 Bill Kurtis, Pensacola Fla, newscaster (American Parade) in the year 1940.
Sep 23 On this day in history -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees
Sep 23 Japanese troops enter IndoChina in the year 1940.
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 in the year 1940.
Sep 25 On this day in history 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 Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48 in the year 1940.
Sep 27 On this day in history 55 German aircrafts shot down above England
Sep 27 On this day in history black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
Sep 27 On this day in history establishment of Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis.
Sep 27 Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.
Sep 28 Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns in the year 1940.
Sep 29 "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net on this day in history.
Sep 29 First US merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware in the year 1940.
Sep 30 On this day in history 47 German aircrafts shot down above England
Sep 30 Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1940.
Oct 01 On this day in history pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens
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