Historical Events In 1940

Jun 16   In the year 1940 communist govt installed in Lithuania   

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

Jun 16   HMS GRAMPUS,sunk off Augusta, eastern Sicily in Ionian Sea by Italian torpedo boats 'Circe' and 'Clio' on this day in history.   

Jun 17   In the year 1940 chief of Naval Operations asks Congress for money to build two-ocean Navy   

Jun 17   In the year 1940 france asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II   

Jun 18   Gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers on this day in history.   

Jun 18   The French cruiser Emile Bertin arrives in Canada with $305 million in gold from the Bank of France; gold released after the war in the year 1940.   

Jun 18   The RAF's 242 'Canadian' Squadron withdraws from France in the year 1940.   

Jun 18   Winston Churchill urges perseverance so that future generations would remember that "this was their finest hour" on this day in history.   

Jun 19   On this day in history "Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago   

Jun 19   "Brenda Starr," first cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago on this day in history.   

Jun 19   HMS ORPHEUS, sunk north of Tobruk, eastern Libya by Italian destroyer "Turbine" in the year 1940.   

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

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

Jun 20   On this day in history joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title   

Jun 21   Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies on this day in history.   

Jun 21   German occupiers disband Dutch States-General/Council of State on this day in history.   

Jun 21   On this day in history hMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia   

Jun 22   In the year 1940 abbas Kiarostami, author/director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up)   

Jun 22   On this day in history france falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarmed   

Jun 22   France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms on this day in history.   

Jun 22   French sign armistice with Germans at Compiegne on this day in history.   

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

Jun 23   Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp in the year 1940.   

Jun 24   In the year 1940 france signs an armistice with Italy during WW II   

Jun 25   Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower & grave of Napoleon in France on this day in history.   

Jun 25   Clint Warwick, [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues) on this day in history.   

Jun 25   In the year 1940 hMCS FRASER (RCN, ex 'Crescent), lost off Gironde Estuary, western France by collision with RN cruiser 'Calcutta'.   

Jun 26   End of USSR experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27 on this day in history.   

Jun 26   On this day in history hundreds of Kovno Jews are taken to the "Ninth Fort" and murdered.   

Jun 27   800 Jews are burned alive inside Great Synagogue. 1,200 others die in shooting in the year 1940.   

Jun 27   In the year 1940 hMS WREN, sunk 10 miles of Aldeburgh, eastern England in North Sea - by German bombers.   

Jun 27   Soviet Army attacks Romania on this day in history.   

Jun 27   USSR returns to the Gregorian calendar in the year 1940.   

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Jan 02   S. R. S. Varadhan, Indian-American mathematician was born in the year 1940.   

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

Jan 04   In the year 1940 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   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)   

Jan 01   Panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865) died on this day in history.   

Jan 04   In the year 1940 conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59   

Jan 05   Tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46 in the year 1940.   

Jan 12   On this day in history erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56   

Jan 18   In the year 1940 kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74   

Jan 20   Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861) died on this day in history.   

Jan 24   Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

Jan 25   In the year 1940 death of elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)