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Historical Events In 1940

Friday, 29 March 2024

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

May 15   On this day in history nazis capture General Dutch Persbureau (ANP)  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 15   Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris France in the year 1940.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

May 16   Nazi's forbid non-professional auto workers on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 16   Nazis forbid non-professional auto workers on this day in history.  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 17   In the year 1940 germany begins the invasion of France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

May 19   Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time) on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 19   In the year 1940 french counter attack at Péronne under General De Gaulle  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   Amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

May 20   In the year 1940 gen Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   In the year 1940 general Guderians tanks reach The Channel  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 20   Igor Sikorsky unveils his helicopter invention in the year 1940.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 21   In the year 1940 allied counter attack at Atrecht North-France  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 21   In the year 1940 aVRO-chairman Willem Vogt fires all Jewish employees  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 21   Reynaud forms French Government on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

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

May 22   On this day in history dutch Premier De Geer begins working with Nazis  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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

May 23   In the year 1940 1st great dogfight between Spitfires  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 23   On this day in history the first great dogfight involving the British Spitfire  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   In the year 1940 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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   In the year 1940 birth of anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)  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   Helmut Jahn, German architect was born in the year 1940.  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   In the year 1940 birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)  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   On this day in history death of panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)  Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 04   Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59 on this day in history.  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 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   On this day in history kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74  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 WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 24   In the year 1940 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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