Hisdates•ComPage 7: Historical Events In 1940
Tuesday, 16 September 2025
May 15 Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 in the year 1940. 
May 15 Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP) in the year 1940.
May 15 Nylon stockings go on sale for first time (US) in the year 1940.
May 15 In the year 1940 premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France
May 15 On this day in history the first successful helicopter flight in US Vought-Sikorsky US-300
May 15 In the year 1940 the first successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300
May 16 In the year 1940 nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers
May 16 In the year 1940 nazis forbid non-professional auto workers
May 16 On this day in history premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris
May 17 On this day in history germany begins the invasion of France
May 17 In the year 1940 germany occupies Brussels, Belgium
May 17 On this day in history germany occupies Brussels, Belgium & begins invasion of France
May 17 The Belgian government moves to Ostend because of invading German forces in the year 1940.
May 18 German troops conquer Brussels on this day in history.
May 18 Nazis pierce French lines on 62-mile front on this day in history.
May 19 In the year 1940 amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)
May 19 In the year 1940 french counter attack at Péronne under General De Gaulle
May 19 On this day in history hMS WHITLEY, lost between Nieuport and Ostend, Belgium - damaged by German bombers and beached.
May 20 On this day in history amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies
May 20 Concentration camp is established at Auschwitz in the year 1940.
May 20 On this day in history gen Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army)
May 20 On this day in history general Guderians tanks reach The Channel
May 20 On this day in history igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention
May 21 In the year 1940 allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France
May 21 AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees in the year 1940.
May 21 In the year 1940 reynaud forms French Government
May 22 Bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN) in the year 1940.
May 22 In the year 1940 decision to form 8th Division of AIF
May 22 In the year 1940 dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis
May 22 In the year 1940 nazis at Channel trap the Allies at Belgium.
May 22 In the year 1940 premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris
May 23 1st great dogfight between Spitfires on this day in history.
May 23 In the year 1940 andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies
May 23 The first great dogfight involving the British Spitfire in the year 1940.
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