Historical Events In 1940

Sep 12   On this day in history 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   On this day in history congress passes first peace-time conscription bill (draft law)  

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

Sep 15   Battle of Britain ends with RAF victory on this day in history.  

Sep 15   On this day in history dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37  

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

Sep 16   In the year 1940 dutch SS forms  

Sep 16   In the year 1940 samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House  

Sep 17   Nazis deprive Jews of possessions on this day in history.  

Sep 18   In the year 1940 19 German aircrafts shot down above England  

Sep 18   Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus) in the year 1940.  

Sep 19   On this day in history nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes  

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) on this day in history.  

Sep 23   -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees in the year 1940.  

Sep 23   In the year 1940 japanese troops enter IndoChina  

Sep 24   On this day in history jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR  

Sep 24   In the year 1940 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 in the year 1940.  

Sep 25   On this day in history german High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling govt  

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

Sep 26   On this day in history walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48  

Sep 27   In the year 1940 55 German aircrafts shot down above England  

Sep 27   In the year 1940 black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces  

Sep 27   Establishment of Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis in the year 1940.  

Sep 27   Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.  

Sep 28   In the year 1940 michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns  

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

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 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   In the year 1940 birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)  

Jan 04   Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)  

Jan 04   On this day in history 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   Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot) was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)  

Jan 01   Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) died in the year 1940.  

Jan 04   Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59 in the year 1940.  

Jan 05   Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46 in the year 1940.  

Jan 12   Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56 in the year 1940.  

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

Jan 20   Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861) died in the year 1940.  

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

Jan 25   Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) died in the year 1940.