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Page 8: Historical Events In 1940

Thursday, 10 July 2025

May 24   1st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 24   Dutch army demobilizes in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 24   Dutch Queen Wilhelmina speaks on BBC radio on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 24   On this day in history german tanks reach Atrecht France  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 24   On this day in history hitler affirms General von Rundstedts "Stopbevel"  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 25   German troops conquer Boulogne in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 25   Golden Gate International Expo reopens on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   1st successful helicopter flight in US: Vought-Sikorsky US-300 designed by Igor Sikorsky in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   On this day in history hMS CURLEW (AA), sunk in Lavangs Fiord, Ofotfiord near Narvik, northern Norway by German Ju88 bombers.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   Operation Dynamo begins evacuating defeated Allied troops from Dunkirk on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 26   The "Miracle of Dunkirk" evacuation begins in France during World War II on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 27   On this day in history british & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 27   On this day in history the evacuation of allied troops from Dunkirk, France, begins  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   British-French troops capture Narvik Norway only to give it up later on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   On this day in history holland and Belgium surrender to German forces, during WW2  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 28   Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   In the year 1940 adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   In the year 1940 arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich Commissioner of Hague Netherlands  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   British forces begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   On this day in history hMS WAKEFUL, sunk off Nieuport, Belgium by 1 torpedo from German E-boat S-30.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 29   In WWII, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 30   Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 31   In the year 1940 gen-major Bernard Montgomery leaves Duinkerken  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 31   In the year 1940 general-Major Bernard Montgomery leaves Duinkerken  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

May 31   Premier Winston Churchill flies to Paris on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 02   Heavy German bombing on Dunkirk beach in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 02   In the year 1940 willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 03   On this day in history last British/French troop leave Dunkirk  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 03   Paris suffers heavy bombing from German aircraft on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 04   1st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1) on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 04   In the year 1940 british complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 04   Evacuation of British Army from Dunkirk is completed on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jun 04   German forces enter Paris in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

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Jan 02   In the year 1940 birth of s. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 03   In the year 1940 birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)  Click To Send On Messenger 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 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   Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot) was born on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 05   In the year 1940 birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)  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   On this day in history conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59  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 in the year 1940.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard

Jan 12   Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger 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 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   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 on this day in history.  Click To Send On Messenger Click To Send On WhatsappCopy This To Clipboard


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