Famous Deaths In 1940

May 10 Euphemia "Phemia" Molkenboer, Dutch author/poster artist, dies at 56 in the year 1940.  

May 14 In the year 1940 eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies  

May 15 In the year 1940 joseph Limburg, liberal 2nd-Member of parliament (1905-19), dies at 75  

May 20 In the year 1940 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 On this day in history death of joe De Grasse, American film director (b. 1873)  

May 28 Randle Ayrton, actor (Manx Man), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

May 30 Y de Smit-Rog, eldest Dutchman, dies at 104 on this day in history.  

Jun 02 In the year 1940 willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies  

Jun 06 E E Clive, actor (Bulldog Drummond, Night Muss Fall), dies at 56 in the year 1940.  

Jun 07 James Hall, writer/actor (Millie, Hell's Angels), dies at 39 in the year 1940.  

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

Jun 16 Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies on this day in history.  

Jun 19 Maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40 on this day in history.  

Jun 20 In the year 1940 jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29  

Jun 21 Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies in the year 1940.  

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

Jun 28 Italo Balbo, Italian pilot/gov-gen of Libya, dies at 44 on this day in history.  

Jun 29 Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

Jul 14 In the year 1940 bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies  

Jul 15 In the year 1940 donald Calthrop, dies at 52  

Jul 19 Samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai died on this day in history.  

Jul 20 On this day in history death of y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide  

Jul 28 On this day in history johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66  

Jul 31 In the year 1940 death of whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel  

Aug 03 On this day in history death of willard Hershberger, catcher (Cin Reds), commits suicide  

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

Aug 05 In the year 1940 frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75  

Aug 08 In the year 1940 death of johnny Dodds, American musician (b. 1892)  

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 in the year 1940.  

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

Jan 03 On this day in history birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 birth of anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)  

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

Jan 04 Helmut Jahn, German architect was born on this day in history.  

Jan 04 Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born French novelist and dramatist, Nobel laureate was born on this day in history.  

Jan 05 On this day in history birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)  

Jan 05 In the year 1940 birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)