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Page 7: Historical Events In 1940

Wednesday, 09 July 2025

May 15   On this day in history joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   In the year 1940 nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   In the year 1940 nylon stockings go on sale for first time (US)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   The first successful helicopter flight in US Vought-Sikorsky US-300 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   In the year 1940 the first successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 16   Nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 16   On this day in history nazis forbid non-professional auto workers  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 16   In the year 1940 premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 17   On this day in history germany begins the invasion of France  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 17   Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 17   On this day in history germany occupies Brussels, Belgium & begins invasion of France  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 17   On this day in history the Belgian government moves to Ostend because of invading German forces  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 18   On this day in history german troops conquer Brussels  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 18   Nazis pierce French lines on 62-mile front on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time) in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   On this day in history french counter attack at Péronne under General De Gaulle  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   On this day in history hMS WHITLEY, lost between Nieuport and Ostend, Belgium - damaged by German bombers and beached.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   In the year 1940 amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   Concentration camp is established at Auschwitz in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   On this day in history gen Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   General Guderians tanks reach The Channel on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   In the year 1940 igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 21   Allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 21   AVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 21   In the year 1940 reynaud forms French Government  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   In the year 1940 bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   On this day in history decision to form 8th Division of AIF  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   Dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   Nazis at Channel trap the Allies at Belgium in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   On this day in history premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 23   On this day in history 1st great dogfight between Spitfires  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 23   Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 23   The first great dogfight involving the British Spitfire on this day in history.  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 in the year 1940.  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   Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) was born in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   On this day in history birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)  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   Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) died on this day in history.  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   On this day in history erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 18   In the year 1940 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   In the year 1940 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 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 25   Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) died in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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