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 on this day in history.   

Sep 14   Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law) on this day in history.   

Sep 14   On this day in history congress passes first peace-time conscription bill (draft law)   

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

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   In the year 1940 tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe   

Sep 16   On this day in history dutch SS forms   

Sep 16   In the year 1940 samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of the House   

Sep 17   Nazis deprive Jews of possessions on this day in history.   

Sep 18   19 German aircrafts shot down above England on this day in history.   

Sep 18   In the year 1940 frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus)   

Sep 19   On this day in history nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes   

Sep 19   Nazi decree forbids gentile women to work in Jewish homes on this day in history.   

Sep 21   On this day in history bill Kurtis, Pensacola Fla, newscaster (American Parade)   

Sep 23   -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees on this day in history.   

Sep 23   On this day in history japanese troops enter IndoChina   

Sep 24   Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR on this day in history.   

Sep 24   In the year 1940 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   

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

Sep 25   German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling govt on this day in history.   

Sep 26   In the year 1940 airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed   

Sep 26   Walter Benjamin, writer, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

Sep 27   In the year 1940 55 German aircrafts shot down above England   

Sep 27   On this day in history 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   Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns on this day in history.   

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

Jan 01   On this day in history death of panuganti Lakshminarasimha Rao, Indian writer and essayist (b. 1865)   

Jan 04   Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Heart of Words), dies at 59 on this day in history.   

Jan 05   On this day in history 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   Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Young Poland), dies at 74 in the year 1940.   

Jan 20   Omar Bundy, U.S. army general (b. 1861) died in the year 1940.   

Jan 24   On this day in history emile van Bosch, revue/operetta-artist, dies at 52   

Jan 25   On this day in history death of elias Simojoki, Finnish clergyman and politician (b. 1899)