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Page 7: Historical Events In 1940

Thursday, 10 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   Nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP) in the year 1940.  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 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   On this day in history 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 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   On this day in history nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers  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   On this day in history premier Winston Churchill returns to London from Paris  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

May 17   In the year 1940 germany occupies Brussels, Belgium  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 17   Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium & begins invasion of France in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 17   In the year 1940 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   German troops conquer Brussels in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 18   In the year 1940 nazis pierce French lines on 62-mile front.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

May 19   French counter attack at Péronne under General De Gaulle in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

May 20   Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies in the year 1940.  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   In the year 1940 general Guderians tanks reach The Channel  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   On this day in history 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 in the year 1940.  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   On this day in history reynaud forms French Government  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   Bernard Shaw, news correspondant (CBS, CNN) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   In the year 1940 decision to form 8th Division of AIF  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

May 22   On this day in history nazis at Channel trap the Allies at Belgium.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 22   In the year 1940 premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 23   1st great dogfight between Spitfires in the year 1940.  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   On this day in history the first great dogfight involving the British Spitfire  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   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   In the year 1940 birth of helmut Jahn, German architect  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 on this day in history.  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 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born in the year 1940.  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 in the year 1940.  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   Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46 on this day in history.  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   Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861) died in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 24   In the year 1940 emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52  Click To Send On Messenger 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 Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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