Page 18: Historical Events In 1940

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.   

Dec 06   Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst   

Dec 07   28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 2): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 12-5.   

Dec 08   1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0.   

Dec 08   German Luftwaffe launches massive attack on London   

Dec 09   British assault on Banghazi Libya   

Dec 09   British troops inaugural major offensive in North Africa during WW II   

Dec 09   Illegal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius.   

Dec 09   Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle.   

Dec 10   British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani)   

Dec 11   Russian general Zhukov warns of German assault.   

Dec 12   British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani.   

Dec 13   Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4 and 1 in only S Af Test), dies.   

Dec 16   British air raid on Mannheim   

Dec 16   M Eugene F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), 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)