Page 15: Historical Events In 1940

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.   

Oct 06   Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russia, cosmonaut.   

Oct 06   Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55   

Oct 06   Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat and Skyline in SF.   

Oct 07   Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series.   

Oct 08   Cin Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series   

Oct 08   Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78   

Oct 09   John Lennon, Former member of 'The Beatles' is born.   

Oct 09   Winston Churchill elected head of the Conservative party   

Oct 12   Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60   

Oct 14   Balham tube disaster during the Blitz.   

Oct 15   -16] Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed.   

Oct 16   Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army   

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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)