Page 10: 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 in the year 1940.   

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   France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II on this day in history.   

Jun 18   In the year 1940 gen Charles de Gaulle on BBC tells French to defy nazi occupiers   

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   In the year 1940 the RAF's 242 'Canadian' Squadron withdraws from France.   

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

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

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

Jun 19   HMS ORPHEUS, sunk north of Tobruk, eastern Libya by Italian destroyer "Turbine" on this day in history.   

Jun 19   On this day in history maurice Jaubert, composer, dies at 40   

Jun 20   On this day in history jehan Alain, French organist/composer, dies in battle at 29   

Jun 20   Joe Louis TKOs Arturo Godoy in 8 for heavyweight boxing title in the year 1940.   

Jun 21   In the year 1940 edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies   

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

Jun 21   HMAS Sydney and Stuart bombard Bardia in the year 1940.   

Jun 22   Abbas Kiarostami, author/director (Under the Olive Trees, Close Up) on this day in history.   

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

Jun 22   In the year 1940 france falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms   

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

Jun 22   In the year 1940 m A Noble, cricketer (giant of NSW/Australian cricket), dies   

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

Jun 24   France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II on this day in history.   

Jun 25   Adolf Hitler views Eiffel tower & grave of Napoleon in France in the year 1940.   

Jun 25   In the year 1940 clint Warwick, [Eccles], Birmingham England, bassist (Moody Blues)   

Jun 25   On this day in history 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 in the year 1940.   

Jun 26   In the year 1940 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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1940.   

Jun 27   In the year 1940 uSSR returns to the Gregorian calendar   

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

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

Jan 05   In the year 1940 birth of dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)   

Jan 05   Michael O'Donoghue, American writer (d. 1994) was born on this day in history.   

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

Jan 04   Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59 in the year 1940.   

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

Jan 12   Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

Jan 18   Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74 in the year 1940.   

Jan 20   In the year 1940 death of omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)   

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

Jan 25   Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) died on this day in history.