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Historical Events In 1940

Friday, 09 June 2023

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

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

Apr 09   German forces invade Denmark and Norway during World War 2 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 09   Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WW II in the year 1940.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 09   On this day in history y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

Apr 13   In the year 1940 cornelious Warmerdam became the first man to pole vault 15 ft  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 14   In the year 1940 allied troops land in Norway  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 15   British troops land at Narvik, Norway in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 15   On this day in history the birth of Jeffrey Archer, British author  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 16   1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 18   Florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies on this day in history.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 20   On this day in history 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Apr 21   In the year 1940 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Apr 22   On this day in history rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 23   In the year 1940 dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 25   The birth of Al Pacino, American actor on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 25   In the year 1940 two Canadian battalions held back in Scotland; on the way to join British force bound for Norway.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Apr 27   Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Apr 28   Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000" on this day in history.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

May 01   The 1940 Olympics are cancelled in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Famous Birthdays In 1940

Famous People Born In This Year In History

Jan 02   On this day in history birth of s. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   In the year 1940 birth of helmut Jahn, German architect  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   In the year 1940 birth of gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Famous Deaths In 1940

Famous People Died In This Year In History

Jan 01   Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) died in the year 1940.  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 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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   In the year 1940 erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 20   Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861) died in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

Jan 25   Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) died on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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