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Page 5: Historical Events In 1940

Tuesday, 15 July 2025

Apr 08   Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 08   On this day in history hMS GLOWWORM (Lt Cdr Gerard Roope+, awarded VC), sunk , NW of Trondheim in Norwegian Sea by German 8in-gunned heavy cruiser 'Admiral Hipper'. Detached from screen for British minelaying operations to search for man overboard at time of German invasion of Norway; 40 survivors. 'Hipper' damaged when rammed by 'Glowworm'  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 09   German cruiser Blucher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 09   In the year 1940 german forces invade Denmark and Norway during World War 2  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 09   In the year 1940 germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 09   On this day in history mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress (Outcast Lady, Riptide), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 09   In the year 1940 y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 10   On this day in history vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 12   Italy annexes Albania in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 13   2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 13   On this day in history cornelious Warmerdam became the first man to pole vault 15 ft  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 13   NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 14   Allied troops land in Norway in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 15   In the year 1940 british troops land at Narvik, Norway  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 15   In the year 1940 the birth of Jeffrey Archer, British author  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 16   In the year 1940 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 18   In the year 1940 florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 19   On this day in history "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 20   1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 20   Electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 21   On this day in history 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 21   On this day in history the first $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It", on CBS Radio  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 22   In the year 1940 rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 23   Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 25   The birth of Al Pacino, American actor in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 25   Two Canadian battalions held back in Scotland; on the way to join British force bound for Norway on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 26   Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies at 65 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 27   Himmler issues directive to establish a concentration camp at Auschwitz in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 27   Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 28   Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000" in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 29   In the year 1940 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr Malone" on CBS  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 30   Bkln Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cin Reds, 3-0 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   On this day in history 140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 01   In the year 1940 the 1940 Olympics are cancelled  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 02   S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Helmut Jahn, German architect was born in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate was born in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1940

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 01   On this day in history death of panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   On this day in history kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 20   On this day in history death of omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 24   Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   In the year 1940 death of elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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