Page 16: Historical Events In 1940

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

Oct 16   Lottery for inaugural US WW II draftees held; #158 was drawn 1st.   

Oct 16   Warsaw Ghetto established.   

Oct 17   German occupiers issue identity cards.   

Oct 18   HMS H.49,sunk off Texel island, Holland in North Sea by depth charges from German anti-submarine trawlers UJ.116 and UJ.118. On patrol off Dutch coast at time of threatened German invasion of Britain   

Oct 18   Kaufman and Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC   

Oct 18   Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65   

Oct 20   Cheese rationed in Netherlands   

Oct 21   Don Ritter, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- ).   

Oct 21   RAF drops 1st anti-nazi pamphlets on Netherlands   

Oct 22   HMCS MARGAREE (RCN , ex 'Diana'), lost west of Ireland by collision with SS 'Port Fairy'   

Oct 23   Freddie Marsden, Liverpool, rock drummer (Gerry and The Pacemakers)   

Oct 23   Pele, Famous Brazilian soccer player is born.   

Oct 24   40 hour work week comes into force (Fair Labor Standards of 1938).   

Oct 24   Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball.   

Oct 24   Victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74   

Oct 25   Benjamin O Davis Dr became 1st Black general in US Army.   

Oct 26   Canadian Pacific's Empress of Britian is bombed and sunk   

Oct 26   The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight   

Oct 27   Anthea Joseph, music producer   

Oct 27   Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72.   

Oct 28   Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71   

Oct 28   Greece successfully resists Italy's attack.   

Oct 29   Connie Mack, (Rep-R-FL, 1983- /Sen-R-FL).   

Oct 29   Sec of War Henry L Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in US history.   

Oct 30   Cole Porters musical "Panama hattie," premieres in NYC   

Oct 30   HMS STURDY, lost west coast of Scotland, on Tiree Island - ran aground in fog and wrecked   

Oct 31   63 U boats sunk this month (325000 ton).   

Oct 31   Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into the Warsaw Ghetto   

Nov 01   1st US air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa   

Nov 01   Prehistoric cave paintings discovered in Lascaux, France   

Nov 01   The inaugural US air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa   

Nov 04   Eggs and cake rationed in Netherlands.   

Nov 04   Manuel Azaña y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39), dies at 60   

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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)