Page 2: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

May 10 On this day in history euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56  

May 14 Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies on this day in history.  

May 15 Joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

May 20 On this day in history amar Singh, cricketer (of pneumonia Indian pace bowler 1932-36), dies  

May 23 On this day in history andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies  

May 25 Joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873) died in the year 1940.  

May 28 Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70 in the year 1940.  

May 30 Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104 in the year 1940.  

Jun 02 On this day in history willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies  

Jun 06 E E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56 on this day in history.  

Jun 07 On this day in history james Hall, writer/actor (Millie, Hell's Angels), dies at 39  

Jun 08 On this day in history frederick Shepherd Converse, US composer, dies at 69  

Jun 16 On this day in history dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies  

Jun 19 Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40 in the year 1940.  

Jun 20 Jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29 on this day in history.  

Jun 21 On this day in history edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies  

Jun 22 M A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies in the year 1940.  

Jun 28 On this day in history italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44  

Jun 29 Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60 in the year 1940.  

Jul 02 Ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies in the year 1940.  

Jul 03 George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies on this day in history.  

Jul 10 Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

Jul 14 Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies in the year 1940.  

Jul 15 Donald Calthrop, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

Jul 19 In the year 1940 death of samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai  

Jul 20 Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide died in the year 1940.  

Jul 28 In the year 1940 johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66  

Jul 31 Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel died on this day in history.  

Aug 03 In the year 1940 death of willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide  

Aug 04 Vladimir Jabotinsky, founder of Revisionist Zionism, dies in the year 1940.  

Aug 05 Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75 in the year 1940.  

Aug 08 Johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892) died in the year 1940.  

Aug 13 In the year 1940 george C Pearce, actor (Hold tat Lion, British Agent), dies at 75  

Aug 16 Billy Fiske, US RAF-pilot/2nd lieutenant, dies of injuries on this day in history.  

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Jan 02 On this day in history birth of s. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician  

Jan 03 Thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 04 Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973) was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of helmut Jahn, German architect  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate  

Jan 05 Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot) was born in the year 1940.  

Jan 05 Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born in the year 1940.