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

Historical Events

Results 401 - 500 of 567

Sep 11th - George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
Sep 12th - 49 die & 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)
Sep 12th - Italian troops enter Egypt
Sep 12th - 4 teens, following their dog down a hole near Lascaux France discover 17,000-year-old drawings now known as Lascaux Cave Paintings
Sep 13th - Buckingham Palace destroyed by German bombs
Sep 13th - Italian troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt
Sep 14th - Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law)
Sep 14th - German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; 100s die
Sep 15th - 3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2)
Sep 15th - Chicago Tribune sponsors Ted Lyons Day (White Sox pitcher)
Sep 15th - Luftwaffe bombs Bristol Aeroplane Company
Sep 15th - PM Winston Churchill visits #11 Fighter Group
Sep 15th - Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe
Sep 16th - Dutch SS forms
Sep 16th - FDR signs Selective Training & Service Act (1st peacetime draft)
Sep 16th - Leo Durocher suspended from Ebbetts Field for "inciting a riot"
Sep 16th - Luftwaffe attacks center of London
Sep 16th - Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of House
Sep 16th - St Louis Browns Johnny Lucadello is 2nd to HR from each side of plate
Sep 17th - Nazis deprive Jews of possessions
Sep 18th - 19 German aircrafts shot down above England
Sep 18th - Elmer Harris' "Johnny Belinda," premieres in NYC
Sep 18th - Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani
Sep 19th - Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes
Sep 19th - Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance.
Sep 23rd - -27] French/British assault on French fleet in Dakar, flees
Sep 23rd - Dutch nazi collaborator Mussert's 1st meeting with Hitler
Sep 24th - Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR
Sep 24th - Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire-factory in Southampton
Sep 25th - German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling govt
Sep 25th - Luftwaffe bombs Spitfire-factory in Southampton
Sep 26th - Airplane manufacturer in Woolston bombed, 30 killed
Sep 26th - Japanese troops attack French Indo-China
Sep 27th - 55 German aircrafts shot down above England
Sep 27th - Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
Sep 27th - Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennant clinching beating Bob Feller
Sep 27th - Nazi-Germany, Italy & Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis)
Sep 27th - Yankees, lose to A's & eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935
Sep 28th - Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns
Sep 28th - Nazi occupiers present "New Dutch Culture" in German
Sep 28th - Bud Brennan, a fan at Memorial Stadium, races out of stands & attempts to tackle Tom Harmon at 3-yard line, Harmon easily evades Brennan
Sep 29th - "Double or Nothing," a radio quiz show, 1st heard on Mutual Radio Net
Sep 29th - "Strike Up Band," opens
Sep 29th - 1st US merchant ship "Booker T Washington" commanded by a black captain (Hugh Mulzac), launched at Wilmington Delaware
Sep 30th - 47 German aircrafts shot down above England
Sep 30th - 59 U-boats sunk this month (295,000 tons)
Oct 1st - Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens
Oct 2nd - 17 German aircrafts shot down above England
Oct 2nd - British Council receives British Charter
Oct 2nd - British liner Empress loaded with refugees for Canada, sunk
Oct 3rd - France Vichy govt proclaims end to Jewish status
Oct 3rd - Reds beat Tigers ending NL's 10-game World Series losing streak
Oct 3rd - US forms parachute troops
Oct 4th - 12 German aircrafts shot down above England
Oct 4th - Adolph Hitler & Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in Alps
Oct 4th - French Vichy-regime proclaims end of "Statut of the Juifs"
Oct 4th - Wrestling returns to Madison Sq Garden after 12 year lay off
Oct 6th - Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat & Skyline in SF
Oct 7th - Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series
Oct 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.
Oct 8th - Cin Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series
Oct 8th - German troops occupies Romania
Oct 14th - Balham tube disaster during the Blitz.
Oct 15th - -16] Heavy German air raid on London, 400 killed
Oct 15th - London's Waterloo Station bombed by Germans
Oct 15th - "The Great Dictator", a satiric social commentary film by and starring Charlie Chaplin, is released.
Oct 16th - Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army
Oct 16th - Lottery for 1st US WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st
Oct 16th - Warsaw Ghetto forms
Oct 17th - German occupiers issue identity cards
Oct 18th - Kaufman & Harts "George Washington Slept Here," premieres in NYC
Oct 20th - Cheese rationed in Netherlands
Oct 20th - Greenhouse rationing begins in Netherlands
Oct 21st - RAF drops 1st anti-nazi pamphlets on Netherlands
Oct 24th - 40 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938)
Oct 24th - Hitler meets Marshal Pétain
Oct 24th - Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball
Oct 24th - Protestant churches protest against dismissal of Jew civil servants
Oct 25th - Benjamin O Davis Dr became 1st Black general in US Army
Oct 25th - Col Bo Davis attains rank of Brigadier General
Oct 25th - Duke, Latouche & Felter's musical premieres in NYC
Oct 25th - US Army Gen Benjamin Davis becomes 1st black general
Oct 26th - The P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
Oct 28th - Greece successfully resists Italy's attack
Oct 28th - Meeting between Hitler & Mussolini in Florence
Oct 29th - Sec of War Henry L Stimson drew 1st number-158-in 1st peacetime military draft in US history
Oct 30th - Cole Porters musical "Panama hattie," premieres in NYC
Oct 31st - 63 U boats sunk this month (325,000 ton)
Oct 31st - Battle of Britain: Germany & Britair control of English Channel, ends
Oct 31st - Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into Warsaw Ghetto
Nov 1st - 1st US air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa
Nov 1st - Dutch "Curfew" forms (12 AM - 4 AM)
Nov 4th - Eggs & cake rationed in Netherlands
Nov 5th - Dutch submarine departs Dundee
Nov 5th - Pres FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R)
Nov 5th - Walter Johnson, won 416 games for Wash Senators, loses Maryland congressional race (R)
Nov 6th - Franklin D Roosevelt re-elected president
Nov 7th - Stravinsky's Symfonie in C premieres in Chicago
Nov 7th - Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash
Nov 8th - RAF bombs Munich

Famous Birthdays

Results 401 - 500 of 743

Jul 5th - Karen Shepherd, (Rep-D-Utah)
Jul 5th - Chuck Close, American painter and photographer
Jul 6th - Viktor Kuzkin, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
Jul 6th - Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan
Jul 6th - Jeannie Seely, American singer
Jul 7th - James Toner, horse trainer
Jul 7th - Richard K Armey, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- )
Jul 7th - Ringo Starr, [Richard Starkey], Beatle drummer/actor (Magic Christian)
Jul 8th - Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T R Baskins)
Jul 9th - John Salvito, rocker (Duprees)
Jul 10th - Dawid J "Dawie" de Villiers, S African minister of energy (1989- )
Jul 10th - Keith Stackpole, cricketer (aggressive Australian opener 1966-74)
Jul 10th - Mills Watson, Oakland Calif, actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ & Bear)
Jul 10th - Helen Donath, American soprano
Jul 10th - Tom Farmer, Scottish entrepreneur
Jul 11th - Rafael Martinez, horse trainer
Jul 11th - Terry Patchett, politician
Jul 11th - Yvon Charbonneau, French Canadian union leader and politician
Jul 13th - Patrick Stewart, England, actor (Picard-Star Trek Next Generation)
Jul 13th - Paul Prudhomme, cajun chef (K-Paul)
Jul 14th - Susan Howatch, English author
Jul 16th - Tony Jackson, Liverpool, rock bassist/vocalist (Searchers)
Jul 17th - Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$)
Jul 17th - Tim Brooke-Taylor, English comedian
Jul 18th - James Brolin, LA Calif, actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel)
Jul 18th - Joseph Torre, outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP)
Jul 19th - Vikki Carr [Florencia Vicenta de Casillas Martinez Cardona)], El Paso Texas, singer (Let it Be Him)
Jul 19th - Dennis Cole, Detroit, actor (Felony Squad, Brackens's World)
Jul 20th - Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ (AL Rookie of Year 1964)
Jul 21st - James E Clyburn, (Rep-D-South Carolina)
Jul 22nd - Alex Trebek, Sudbury Ontario, TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy)
Jul 22nd - Stan Ross, NYC, actor (New Bill Cosby Show)
Jul 22nd - Yuriy Klimov, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976)
Jul 22nd - Judith Walzer Leavitt, American college professor
Jul 23rd - Don Imus, radio disc jockey (WNBC)
Jul 23rd - Gary Stites, rock vocalist (Lonely For You)
Jul 24th - Carroll A Campbell Jr, (Rep-R-SC, 1979-86)
Jul 24th - Stanley Hauerwas, American theologian
Jul 24th - Dan Hedaya, American actor
Jul 25th - John Pennel, pole vaulter (James E Sullivan Award-1963)
Jul 26th - Brian Mawhinney, chairman (British Conservative Party)
Jul 26th - Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy
Jul 26th - Dobie Gray, American singer
Jul 26th - Tolis Voskopoulos, Greek singer
Jul 27th - Pina Bausch, German dancer
Jul 28th - Phil Proctor, comedian (Firesign Theater)
Jul 30th - Clive Sinclair, British computer inventor (ZX Spectrum)
Jul 30th - Patricia Schroeder, (Rep-D-Colorado, 1973- )
Jul 30th - Reva Rose, Chicago Ill, singer/actress (Temperature's Rising)
Jul 30th - Pat Schroeder, American politician
Jul 31st - Stanley Jaffe, producer (Fatal Attraction)
Aug 1st - Joan Joyce, Waterbury Ct, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1983)
Aug 1st - Larie Taylor, sociologist/broadcaster
Aug 1st - Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire
Aug 2nd - Doris Kenner, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
Aug 3rd - John W Carlin, (Gov-D-KS)
Aug 3rd - Joseph Dorfman, composer
Aug 3rd - Lance Alworth, Houston Tx, NFL hall of famer (Charger, Cowboys)
Aug 3rd - Martin Sheen, [Ramon Estevez], NY, actor (Subject Was Roses, Wall St)
Aug 4th - Karel Vachek, director (Moravska Hellas, Elective Affinities)
Aug 4th - Rosemarie "Timi" Yuro, US singer (Hurt)
Aug 4th - Abdurrahman Wahid, 4th President of Indonesia
Aug 6th - Louise Sorel, LA Calif, actress (BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion)
Aug 6th - Mukhu Aliyev, Russian politician, President of Dagestan
Aug 7th - Marlyn Mason, San Fernando Cal, actress (Making It, Peyton Place)
Aug 7th - Tom Barlow, (Rep-D-Kentucky)
Aug 7th - Jean-Luc Dehaene, Belgian politician
Aug 8th - Dilip Sardesai, cricketer (high scoring Indian batsman of 60's)
Aug 9th - Beverlee McKinsey, Okla, actress (Iris-Another World, Guiding Light)
Aug 10th - Barbara Mills, QC, British Director of Public Prosecutions
Aug 10th - Bobby Hatfield, Wisc, rocker (Righteous Bros-Unchained Melody)
Aug 10th - Richard Wells, Chief Constable (South Yorkshire)
Aug 10th - Sid Waddell, Darts Commentator for the PDC
Aug 11th - Kip King, Chicago Ill, actor (Charlie & Company)
Aug 12th - Alexander Yossifov, composer
Aug 12th - Eddie Barlow, cricketer (Great South African all-rounder)
Aug 12th - Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster/actor (Never Say Die)
Aug 13th - Ann Armstrong Dailey, founder (Children's Hospice Intl)
Aug 13th - Timothy Wood, British govt asst whip
Aug 14th - Dash Crofts, Cisco Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze)
Aug 14th - Galen Hall, WLAF Head Coach (Orlando Thunder, Rhein Fire)
Aug 15th - Gudrun Ensslin, German terrorist
Aug 15th - Rita Shane, American soprano
Aug 16th - Bruce Beresford, Austral director (Driving Miss Daisy, Tender Mercies)
Aug 17th - David E Price, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
Aug 17th - Thomas Williams, US, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1960)
Aug 18th - Frankie Avalon, rocker (Venus, Beach Blanket Bingo)
Aug 18th - Joan Joyce, Waterbury CT, LPGA golfer (1984 S&H Golf Classic-6th)
Aug 19th - Jan Claire, actor (American Anthem)
Aug 19th - Jill St John, [Oppenheim], LA Calif, actress (Diamonds are Forever)
Aug 19th - Johnny Nash, Houston, Tx, rocker (I Can See Clearly Now)
Aug 20th - John Lantree, rocker
Aug 20th - Rex Sellers, Aust cricketer leg-spinner (bowled 5 overs in Tests)
Aug 20th - Sam Melville, Utah, actor (Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks)
Aug 20th - Rubén Hinojosa, American politician
Aug 21st - Ana Isabel Anderson-Imbert, physician, rheumatologist
Aug 21st - Robert Camac, horse trainer
Aug 22nd - Antony Crosthwaite-Eyre, English publisher/multi-millionaire
Aug 22nd - David Vance, horse trainer
Aug 22nd - George Reinholt, Phila, actor (Steve-Another World, One Life to Live)

Famous Deaths

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