Page 3: Famous Deaths Happened In 1940

Aug 18 Walter P. Chrysler, American automobile executive (b. 1875) died in the year 1940.  

Aug 21 Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson at 62 died in the year 1940.  

Aug 22 In the year 1940 death of sir Oliver Joseph Lodge, English physicist (b. 1851)  

Aug 24 Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

Aug 29 On this day in history arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77  

Aug 30 J.J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856) died on this day in history.  

Aug 31 In the year 1940 johanna "Annie" Bakker, revue-artists/singer/actress, dies at 58  

Sep 03 In the year 1940 otto V Ekelund, Swedish poet/writer (Hafvets Stjorna), dies at 59  

Sep 07 On this day in history edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies  

Sep 15 Dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37 in the year 1940.  

Sep 26 On this day in history walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48  

Sep 27 In the year 1940 walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48  

Sep 30 Walter Kollo, composer, dies at 62 in the year 1940.  

Oct 05 On this day in history silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40  

Oct 06 On this day in history ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55  

Oct 08 On this day in history robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78  

Oct 09 Wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865) died in the year 1940.  

Oct 10 Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876) died on this day in history.  

Oct 11 Lluís Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882) died in the year 1940.  

Oct 12 On this day in history tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60  

Oct 18 Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65 in the year 1940.  

Oct 20 Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (b. 1885) died in the year 1940.  

Oct 21 William G. Conley, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866) died on this day in history.  

Oct 24 Victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

Oct 27 Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72 in the year 1940.  

Oct 28 Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Nov 04 In the year 1940 manuel Azaña y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39), dies at 60  

Nov 09 On this day in history death of stephen Peter Alencastre, Portuguese Catholic prelate (b. 1876)  

Nov 10 Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

Nov 12 In the year 1940 alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34  

Nov 17 Eric Gill, British sculptor (b. 1882) died in the year 1940.  

Nov 21 In the year 1940 geoffrey Legge, cricketer (WWII 196 Eng v NZ Auckland 1930), dies  

Nov 22 Waclaw Berent, Polish novelist, dies at 67 in the year 1940.  

Nov 23 On this day in history catherina van Rennes, composer, dies at 82  

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

Jan 03 In the year 1940 birth of thelma Schoonmaker, actress/editor (Casino, Cape Fear, Good Fellas)  

Jan 04 On this day in history birth of anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 birth of helmut Jahn, German architect  

Jan 04 In the year 1940 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 On this day in history birth of michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994)