Page 18: Historical Events In 1940

Nov 15   1st 75000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime.   

Nov 16   World War II: In response to Germany's leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg   

Nov 17   Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane.   

Nov 18   George Matesky Mad Bomber's inaugural time bomb   

Nov 18   George Matesky, New York City's Mad Bomber places his inaugural bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison   

Nov 19   Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler.   

Nov 20   German air raid on Birmingham fails.   

Nov 20   Hungary, Rumania, and Slovakia join Axis   

Nov 21   Dr John, [Rebennack], New Orleans La, vocalist (I Was in Right Place).   

Nov 21   Geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies.   

Nov 21   Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in Netherlands.   

Nov 22   500 students in Delft demonstrate against nazis   

Nov 22   Terry Gilliam (actor Monty Python series, And Now for Something Completely Different, )   

Nov 22   Terry Gilliam (actor: Monty Python series, And Now for Something Completely Different, ).   

Nov 22   Waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67   

Nov 23   1st edition of illegal "The Truth" publishes   

Nov 23   Catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82.   

Nov 25   Patria steamer sinks killing 200, outside of Haifa.   

Nov 25   Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die   

Nov 26   Leidse students strike   

Nov 26   Nazis force 500000 Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto   

Nov 27   6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB).   

Nov 28   Cleveringa arrested by nazis   

Nov 28   Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist.   

Nov 30   28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 1): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 8-2.   

Nov 30   Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies at 78.   

Nov 30   inaugural game of only 2-game Grey Cup (Ottawa 8, Toronto Balmy Beach 2)   

Nov 30   Lucille Ball and Cuban musician Desi Arnaz were married.   

Dec 01   Richard Pryor actor was born this day.   

Dec 02   Gerry Cheevers, NHL goalie (Bruin, longest undefeated streak-32 games).   

Dec 05   Boris Ignatyev, Russian footballer and manager   

Dec 05   HMCS Saguenay (Destroyer) inaugural Canadian Warship torpedoed, limps into a British port.   

Dec 05   Jan Kubelik, composer, dies at 60.   

Dec 06   Charlie Hime, cricketer (one Test for S Africa 1895), dies   

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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)