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Months in 1940: January February March April May June August September October November December

Historical Events

Results 1 - 47 of 47

1st - Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees
2nd - Dutch PM Colijn publishes "Borders of 2 Worlds" (German victory)
2nd - Hitler orders invasion of England (Operation Sealion)
2nd - Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated
2nd - PM Churchill meets gen-mjr B Montgomery
2nd - Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
3rd - ARP-leader/ex-premier Colijn argues cooperation with Germany
3rd - British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
3rd - German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names
4th - British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die
4th - German occupiers forbids anti-nazis speeches
5th - Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy govt in France
9th - 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
9th - German Evangelist Church protests against euthanasia pogroms
9th - RAF bombs Germany
10th - Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air (114 days)
10th - German planes attack British ships in the Canal
11th - British & German dogfight above Lyme Bay
14th - Due to beanball wars, Spalding advertises batting helmet with earflaps
14th - Lithuania becomes Lithuanian SSR
15th - 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Il
15th - Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam
16th - NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee
18th - 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct
18th - British govt signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure
18th - Democratic Convention nominates FDR for a 3rd term
19th - Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders
19th - Nazi occupiers imprison 231 prominent Dutch citizens in Buchenwald
19th - Nazi occupiers in Neth forbid anti-nazi films
20th - Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands
20th - Nazi collaborator Rost of Tonningen appointed director of Marxist
20th - Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey)
21st - Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
21st - VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands
22nd - Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks
22nd - Jacqueline Kennedy's parents divorce
23rd - "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins
24th - 1st illegal "Newsletter of Pieter It Hen" publishes in Netherlands
24th - Linthorst Homan, de Quay & Einthoven forms Dutch Union
25th - John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hrs 46 mins in the Mississippi R
27th - Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
27th - Bugs Bunny debuts in "Wild Hare"
28th - Radio Orange, London begins
28th - Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9
29th - Urk soccer team forms
31st - 38 U boats sinks this month (196,000 ton)
31st - Riech's commissar Seyss-Inquart bans homosexuals

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 61 of 61

1st - Jack Acker, baseball pitcher (NY Yankees)
1st - Kenneth Clarke, British minister
3rd - Cesar Tovar, baseball player
3rd - Fontella Bass, St Louis Mo, vocalist (Rescue Me)
3rd - Heather Steel, British judge
3rd - Lance Larson, US, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960)
3rd - Lamar Alexander, American politician
4th - Joost P van Iersel, Dutch MP (CDA)
4th - Walter Greenman, horse trainer
4th - Karolyn Grimes, American actress
5th - Karen Shepherd, (Rep-D-Utah)
5th - Chuck Close, American painter and photographer
6th - Viktor Kuzkin, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
6th - Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
6th - Jeannie Seely, American singer
7th - James Toner, horse trainer
7th - Richard K Armey, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- )
7th - Ringo Starr, [Richard Starkey], Beatle drummer/actor (Magic Christian)
8th - Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)
9th - John Salvito, rocker (Duprees)
10th - Dawid J "Dawie" de Villiers, S African minister of energy (1989- )
10th - Keith Stackpole, cricketer (aggressive Australian opener 1966-74)
10th - Mills Watson, Oakland Calif, actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ & Bear)
10th - Helen Donath, American soprano
10th - Tom Farmer, Scottish entrepreneur
11th - Rafael Martinez, horse trainer
11th - Terry Patchett, politician
11th - Yvon Charbonneau, French Canadian union leader and politician
13th - Patrick Stewart, England, actor (Picard-Star Trek Next Generation)
13th - Paul Prudhomme, cajun chef (K-Paul)
14th - Susan Howatch, English author
16th - Tony Jackson, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Searchers)
17th - Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$)
17th - Tim Brooke-Taylor, English comedian
18th - James Brolin, LA Calif, actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel)
18th - Joseph Torre, outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP)
19th - Vikki Carr [Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona)], El Paso Texas, singer (Let it Be Him)
19th - Dennis Cole, Detroit, actor (Felony Squad, Brackens's World)
20th - Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ (AL Rookie of Year 1964)
21st - James E Clyburn, (Rep-D-South Carolina)
22nd - Alex Trebek, Sudbury Ontario, TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy)
22nd - Stan Ross, NYC, actor (New Bill Cosby Show)
22nd - Yuriy Klimov, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976)
22nd - Judith Walzer Leavitt, American college professor
23rd - Don Imus, radio disc jockey (WNBC)
23rd - Gary Stites, rock vocalist (Lonely For You)
24th - Carroll A Campbell Jr, (Rep-R-SC, 1979-86)
24th - Stanley Hauerwas, American theologian
24th - Dan Hedaya, American actor
25th - John Pennel, pole vaulter (James E Sullivan Award-1963)
26th - Brian Mawhinney, chairman (British Conservative Party)
26th - Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy
26th - Dobie Gray, American singer
26th - Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer
27th - Pina Bausch, German dancer
28th - Phil Proctor, comedian (Firesign Theater)
30th - Clive Sinclair, British computer inventor (ZX Spectrum)
30th - Patricia Schroeder, (Rep-D-Colorado, 1973- )
30th - Reva Rose, Chicago Ill, singer/actress (Temperature's Rising)
30th - Pat Schroeder, American politician
31st - Stanley Jaffe, producer (Fatal Attraction)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 11 of 11

2nd - Ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies
2nd - Bertram Shapleigh, composer, dies at 69
3rd - George Shepstone, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa 1896-99), dies
10th - Donald Francis Tovey, English musicologist/composer, dies at 64
14th - Bill Howell, cricketer (18 Tests for Aust 1898-1905), dies
15th - Donald Calthrop, dies at 52
15th - Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32
19th - Samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai
20th - Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide
28th - Johann Richard Ohlsson, composer, dies at 66
31st - Whitney Krakower, US gangster, murderrd by "Bugsy" Siegel