Today in History for 27th September 1940

Historical Events

Events 1 - 5 of 5

- 55 German aircrafts shot down above England
- Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
- Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller
- Nazi-Germany, Italy & Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis)
- Yankees, lose to A's & eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935

Famous Birthdays

Birthdays 1 - 2 of 2

- Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
- Josephine Barstow, opera singer

Famous Deaths

Deaths 1 - 2 of 2

- Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian neuroscientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
- Walter Benjamin, German/French literature critic/writer, dies at 48

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