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

Historical Events

Results 1 - 44 of 44

1st - Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens
2nd - 17 German aircrafts shot down above England
2nd - British Council receives British Charter
2nd - British liner Empress loaded with refugees for Canada, sunk
3rd - France Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status
3rd - Reds beat Tigers ending NL's 10-game World Series losing streak
3rd - US forms parachute troops
4th - 12 German aircrafts shot down above England
4th - Adolph Hitler & Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in Alps
4th - French Vichy-regime proclaims end of "Statut of the Juifs"
4th - Wrestling returns to Madison Sq Garden after 12 year lay off
6th - Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat & Skyline in SF
7th - Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series
7th - World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the U.S. into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States.
8th - Cin Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series
8th - German troops occupies Romania
14th - Balham tube disaster during the Blitz.
15th - -16] Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed
15th - London's Waterloo Station bombed by Germans
15th - "The Great Dictator", a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released.
16th - Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army
16th - Lottery for 1st US WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st
16th - Warsaw Ghetto forms
17th - German occupiers issue identity cards
18th - Kaufman & Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC
20th - Cheese rationed in Netherlands
20th - Greenhouse rationing begins in Netherlands
21st - RAF drops 1st anti-nazi pamphlets on Netherlands
24th - 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938)
24th - Hitler meets Marshal Pétain
24th - Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball
24th - Protestant churches protest against dismissal of Jew civil servants
25th - Benjamin O Davis Dr became 1st Black general in US Army
25th - Col Bo Davis attains rank of Brigadier General
25th - Duke, Latouche & Felter's musical premieres in NYC
25th - US Army Gen Benjamin Davis becomes 1st black general
26th - The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
28th - Greece successfully resists Italy's attack
28th - Meeting between Hitler & Mussolini in Florence
29th - Sec of War Henry L Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in US history
30th - Cole Porters musical "Panama hattie," premieres in NYC
31st - 63 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton)
31st - Battle of Britain: Germany & Britair control of English Channel, ends
31st - Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into Warsaw Ghetto

Famous Birthdays

Results 1 - 59 of 59

1st - Richard F Pieternella, Dutch Antilles' minister plenipotentiary
2nd - Lord Davies, chairman (Welsh National Opera)
2nd - Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian handball player
3rd - Alan O'Day, Hollywood Ca, rocker
3rd - Jean Ratelle, NHL center (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins)
3rd - Mike Troy, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1960)
4th - Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
4th - Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist
5th - Bob Cowper, cricketer (Aust LHB, 307 v England MCG 1966 Very rich
6th - Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russia, cosmonaut
6th - Ellen Travolta, Englewood NJ, actress (Grease, Charles in Charge)
6th - Wyche Fowler Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977-87)
7th - Bruce F Vento, (Rep-D-Minnesota, 1977- )
7th - Dino Valenti, rock guitarist/vocalist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
7th - Richard H Stallings, (Rep-D-ID, 1985- )
8th - Fred Cash, Chattanooga Tn, rocker (Impressions)
9th - Gordon J Humphrey, (Sen-R-NH, 1979- )
9th - Hans Ulrich Humpert, composer
9th - Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman (NY Yankee)
9th - John [Winston/Ono] Lennon, rocker/Beatle (Imagine)
13th - Chris Farlowe, rocker
13th - Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist
14th - Christopher Timothy, English actor (All Creatures Great & Small)
14th - Cliff Richards, [Harry Webb], Lucknow India, rock voclist (Suddenly)
14th - Jesse Carlyle Snead, Hot Springs VA, PGA golfer (1972 Phila Classic)
14th - Pat Finley, Asheville NC, actress (Ellen Hartley-Bob Newhart Show)
15th - Peter Doherty, Australian immunologist, Nobel laureate
16th - Barry Corbin, actor (Maurice-Northern Exposure)
16th - Dave DeBusschere, Detroit, NBA foward (NY Knick)/last ABA commissioner
17th - Peter Stringfellow, British nightclub owner
17th - Jim Smith, English footballer and manager
19th - Jerzy Kulej, Poland, light welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
19th - Michael Gambon, English actor (Singing Detective, Paris at Night)
20th - Kathy Kirby, British singer
20th - Robert Pinsky, American poet and Poet Laureate of the United States
21st - Don Ritter, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- )
21st - Frances FitzGerald, NYC, journalist/author (Fire in the Lake)
21st - Geoffrey Boycott, cricketer (stoic England opener 1964-82)
21st - Julie Parrish, Middlesboro Ky, actress (Good Morning World, Capitol)
21st - Manfred Mann, [Michael Lubowitz], S Afr, rocker (Mighty Quinn)
21st - Osamu Watanabe, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
23rd - Freddie Marsden, Liverpool, rock drummer (Gerry & The Pacemakers)
23rd - Pelé, Brazilian footballer
24th - David Sainsbury, English billionaire/founder (Dutch Soc-Dem)
24th - F Murray Abraham, Pittsburgh PA, actor (Amadeus, Mad Man)
25th - Bobby Knight, college basketball coach (Indiana, Olympic-gold-1984)
26th - Mario Orosco, 1st victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
27th - Anthea Joseph, music producer
27th - Lee Greenwood, country singer (God Bless the USA)
27th - Maxine Hong Kingston, US, author
28th - Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov, cosmo (Soyuz T-3, T-8, T-11, TM-21)
28th - Susan Harris, American television writer and producer
29th - Connie Mack, (Rep-R-FL, 1983- /Sen-R-FL)
29th - Galen Weston, English/Canadian industrial/multi-millionaire
29th - John Gotti, mafia head
29th - Frida Boccara, French singer (d. 1996)
29th - José Ulises Macías Salcedo, Catholic bishop
30th - Ed Lauter, Long Beach NY, actor (Sheriff Cain-BJ & the Bear)
30th - Miguel Calderon-Gomez, Havana, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1972)

Famous Deaths

Results 1 - 17 of 17

5th - Silvestre Revueltas, Mexican composer: Cuauhnahuac/Planos, dies at 40
5th - Lincoln Loy McCandless, American cattle rancher (b. 1859)
5th - Ballington Booth, Salvation Army Officer and co-founder of Volunteers of America (b. 1857)
6th - Ferdinando Liuzzi, composer, dies at 55
8th - Robert Emden, Swiss geo/astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78
9th - Wilfred Grenfell, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. 1865).
10th - Berton Churchill, Canadian actor (b. 1876)
11th - Lluís Companys, President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (b. 1882)
11th - Vito Volterra, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1860)
12th - Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies at 60
12th - Tom Mix, American actor (b. 1880)
18th - Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65
20th - Gunnar Asplund, Swedish architect (b. 1885)
21st - William G. Conley, Governor of West Virginia (b. 1866)
24th - Victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74
27th - Fini Valdemar Henriques, composer, dies at 72
28th - Andrea d' Angeli, composer, dies at 71