Page 15: Historical Events In 1940

Sep 12   49 die and 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ) in the year 1940.   

Sep 13   Buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs in the year 1940.   

Sep 14   In the year 1940 congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law)   

Sep 14   Congress passes first peace-time conscription bill (draft law) on this day in history.   

Sep 15   3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2) on this day in history.   

Sep 15   Battle of Britain ends with RAF victory in the year 1940.   

Sep 15   In the year 1940 dick Ket, painter/cartoonist, dies at 37   

Sep 15   On this day in history tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe   

Sep 16   Dutch SS forms in the year 1940.   

Sep 16   Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House in the year 1940.   

Sep 17   In the year 1940 nazis deprive Jews of possessions   

Sep 18   In the year 1940 19 German aircrafts shot down above England   

Sep 18   Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus) in the year 1940.   

Sep 19   Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes in the year 1940.   

Sep 19   Nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes in the year 1940.   

Sep 21   Bill Kurtis, Pensacola Fla, newscaster (American Parade) on this day in history.   

Sep 23   -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees in the year 1940.   

Sep 23   Japanese troops enter IndoChina in the year 1940.   

Sep 24   On this day in history jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR   

Sep 24   The Cdn. Navy received 6 former US Navy "4 stackers" destroyers and renames them HMCS Annapolis, Columbia,Niagra, St. Clair ST. Croix and St. Francis in the year 1940.   

Sep 25   Cdn. Armed Merchanman Prince Rupert captures the German ship Wesser off Mexico in the year 1940.   

Sep 25   German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling govt in the year 1940.   

Sep 26   On this day in history airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed   

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

Sep 27   On this day in history 55 German aircrafts shot down above England   

Sep 27   In the year 1940 black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces   

Sep 27   On this day in history establishment of Berlin-Tokyo-Rome Axis.   

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

Sep 28   On this day in history michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns   

Sep 29   In the year 1940 "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net   

Sep 29   In the year 1940 first US merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware   

Sep 30   47 German aircrafts shot down above England on this day in history.   

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

Oct 01   In the year 1940 pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens   

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Jan 02   In the year 1940 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   Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 04   On this day in history birth of brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)   

Jan 04   Helmut Jahn, German architect was born in the year 1940.   

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 on this day in history.   

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 in the year 1940.   

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

Jan 05   In the year 1940 tina Modotti, [Maria del Carmen], Ital/Mexican communist, dies at 46   

Jan 12   Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies at 56 in the year 1940.   

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

Jan 20   On this day in history death of omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861)   

Jan 24   Emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52 in the year 1940.   

Jan 25   Elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899) died in the year 1940.