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Historical Events In 1940

Friday, 29 March 2024

May 04   In the year 1940 21 "not neutral" nazis & communists arrested in Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 04   In the year 1940 21 "not neutral" Nazis &communists arrested in Netherlands  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   On this day in history norwegian Government in exile forms in London  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 05   In the year 1940 norwegian govt in exile forms in London  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 06   Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 07   The Lodz ghetto is sealed. 165,000 people in 1.6 square miles on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 07   On this day in history winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 08   The birth of Peter Benchley, British Author in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 09   On this day in history the RAF begins night bombing raids on targest in Germany  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   On this day in history british Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   In the year 1940 dutch torpedo boat Johan van Galen sinks  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   Dutch-Indies Governor Van Starkenborch proclaims end to state of siege in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   In the year 1940 euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   In the year 1940 french marines stationed on Aruba  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   French troops arrive in Zealand/Brabant Netherlands in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   In the year 1940 massive German invasion of Holland, Belgium and France begins.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   Nazi armies invade the Benelux countries of Netherlands, Belgium & Luxembourg on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 10   Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 11   In the year 1940 66th Preakness: Fred A Smith aboard Bimelech wins in 1:58.6  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 11   On this day in history new York World's Fair reopens  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   French mariners occupy St Maarten in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 12   In the year 1940 nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   British bomb factory at Breda in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 13   German breakthrough at Grebbelinie in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   On this day in history admiral Furstner departs to England  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   German breakthrough at Sedan on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   In the year 1940 lord Beaverbrook appointed British minister of aircraft production  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), Netherlands surrender to Germany in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 14   In the year 1940 rotterdam, in Holland, captured by German forces during WW2  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   On this day in history german armour division moves into Northern France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders 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   S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician was born in the year 1940.  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 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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   In the year 1940 birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Helmut Jahn, German architect was born on this day in history.  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   Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born on this day in history.  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   In the year 1940 conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1940 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 in the year 1940.  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   On this day in history death of elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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