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

Historical Events

Results 501 - 567 of 567

Nov 9th - Germany invades Norway & Denmark in WW II
Nov 10th - Pittsburgh & Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game
Nov 10th - Walt Disney begins serving as an informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood subversives.
Nov 11th - 1,000s Paris students lay reath at Grave of Unknown Soldier
Nov 11th - Blizzard strikes midwestern US killing over 100
Nov 11th - British air attack destroys half of Italian fleet
Nov 11th - Willys unveiled its General Purpose vehicle ("Jeep")
Nov 12th - Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes)
Nov 13th - Walt Disney's "Fantasia" released
Nov 14th - During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
Nov 15th - 1st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime
Nov 15th - 1st black to sign hockey contract-Arthur Dorrington & AC Seagulls
Nov 15th - NY Midtown tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens opens to traffic
Nov 16th - World War II: In response to Germany's leveling of Coventry, England two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
Nov 17th - Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane
Nov 18th - George Matesky Mad Bomber's 1st time-bomb
Nov 18th - New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.
Nov 19th - Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler
Nov 19th - German air raid on Birmingham fails
Nov 20th - German air raid on Birmingham fails
Nov 20th - Hungary joins 3 Power pact
Nov 20th - World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers.
Nov 21st - Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in Netherlands
Nov 22nd - 500 students in Delft demonstrate against nazis
Nov 23rd - 1st edition of illegal "The Truth" publishes
Nov 23rd - Romania signs Driemogendheden pact
Nov 23rd - SD arrested resistance fighter Bernard Iron wire
Nov 25th - Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die
Nov 25th - U of Mich retires Tom Harmon's #98
Nov 25th - Woody Woodpecker debuts with release of Walter Lantz's "Knock Knock"
Nov 25th - First flight of the deHavilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
Nov 26th - Leidse students strike
Nov 26th - Nazi Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw
Nov 27th - 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan (HB)
Nov 27th - Nazis signs Technical Hague court Delft
Nov 28th - Cleveringa arrested by nazis
Nov 30th - 28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 1): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 8-2
Nov 30th - 32 U boats sunk this month (147,000 ton)
Nov 30th - Lucille Ball weds Desi Arnaz
Dec 6th - Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter/poster artist Helen Ernst
Dec 6th - Pietro Badoglio resigns as viceroy of Ethiopia
Dec 7th - 28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 2): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 12-5
Dec 7th - North Africa: British counter offensive under general O'Connor
Dec 7th - The first prototype Fairey Barracuda flew
Dec 8th - 1st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
Dec 9th - British assault on Banghazi Libya
Dec 9th - British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II
Dec 9th - Illeagal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius
Dec 9th - South Australia all out for 47 v NSW, O'Reilly 5-11
Dec 10th - British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani)
Dec 11th - Russian general Zhukov warns of German assault
Dec 12th - British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani
Dec 16th - British air raid on Mannheim
Dec 16th - Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in 6 for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago
Dec 17th - British troops occupies Sollum
Dec 20th - Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Athletics for $42,000
Dec 22nd - World War II: Himarë is captured by the Greek army.
Dec 23rd - John Van Druten's "Old Acquaintance," premieres in NYC
Dec 25th - Bradman out 1st ball for SA v Victoria before 6213
Dec 25th - Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Harts "Pal Joey," premieres in NYC
Dec 26th - 1st-class debut of Arthur Morris, who scores 148
Dec 26th - JA Fields/J Chodorov's "My Sister Eileen," premieres in NYC
Dec 28th - Arthur Morris scores 111 in 2nd innings of 1st game after 148
Dec 29th - Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WW II)
Dec 29th - NFL Pro Bowl: Chi Bears beats NFL All-Stars 28-14
Dec 30th - California's 1st freeway, (Arroyo Seco Parkway), opens
Dec 31st - 37 U boats sunk this month (213,000 ton)

Famous Birthdays

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Aug 22nd - John Banham, director-general (CBI)
Aug 22nd - Valerie Harper, Sufferin NY, (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie)
Aug 23rd - Lee Majors, Wyandotte, actor ($6,000,000 Man, The Fall Guy)
Aug 23rd - Richard Sanders, Harrisburg Pa, actor (Les-WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers)
Aug 23rd - Tony Bill, SD Cal, actor (What Really Happened to the Class of '65)
Aug 24th - Don Cormier Sr, horse trainer
Aug 24th - Tony Secunda, rock band manager
Aug 24th - Francine Lalonde, Quebec politician
Aug 25th - Jose Van Dam, Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone (Francois d'Assisif)
Aug 26th - Fred Milano, rocker
Aug 26th - Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (d. 2008)
Aug 27th - David Hart, gen-sect (National Assn of Head Teachers)
Aug 27th - Warren Harding "Sonny" Sharrock, jazz guitarist
Aug 28th - Richard Sanders, actor (Les Nessman-WKRP)
Aug 28th - William S Cohen, (Sen-R Maine, 1979- )
Aug 28th - Ken Jenkins, American actor
Aug 28th - Roger Pingeon, French cylist
Aug 28th - Nik Turner, English musician (Hawkwind)
Aug 29th - James Brady, press secretary (wounded during Reagan assassin attempt)
Aug 29th - Wilhelm Ruska, Holland, judo champ (Olympic-gold-1972)
Aug 31st - Alain Calmat, France, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1964)
Aug 31st - Jack Thompson, [John Pain], Sydney Australia, actor (Breaker Morant)
Sep 2nd - Beverly Sanders, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey)
Sep 2nd - Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream)
Sep 2nd - Mike Pyne, jazz Pianist
Sep 3rd - Pauline Collins, London England, actress (Shirley Valentine)
Sep 3rd - Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist
Sep 5th - Lewis Spratlan, composer
Sep 5th - Raquel Welch, Chic Ill, (Myra Breckenridge, 1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles)
Sep 6th - Jackie Trent, singer
Sep 7th - Dario Argento, director (Creepers, Deep Red, Tenebrae)
Sep 8th - Willie Tyler, Red Level Ala, ventriloquist (Lester)
Sep 8th - Quentin L. Cook, LDS apostle
Sep 9th - Joe Negroni, rock vocalist (Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers)
Sep 10th - Roy Ayers, LA, disco jazz artist (Fever, You Send Me)
Sep 10th - Yevgeni Nikolayevich Khludeyev, Russia, cosmonaut
Sep 11th - Bernie Dwyer, rock drummer (Freddie & The Dreamers)
Sep 11th - Brian DePalma, Newark NJ, film director (Body Double, Dressed to Kill)
Sep 11th - Theodore Olson, U.S. Solicitor General
Sep 11th - Robert Palmer, last CEO of Digital Equipment Corporation
Sep 12th - Linda Gray, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas)
Sep 12th - Mickey Lolich, pitcher (Detroit Tiger, won 25 in 1971)
Sep 12th - Roger K Crouch, Jamestown Tenn, astronauts (STS 83, 94)
Sep 12th - Stephen J Solarz, (Rep-D-NY, 1975-93)
Sep 12th - Susan Sennett, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Big Bad Mama)
Sep 12th - Patrick Mower, English actor
Sep 13th - Joyce Schouten, Dutch singer (Fouryo's)
Sep 13th - Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
Sep 14th - Larry Brown, NBA player/NBA coach (NY Knicks)
Sep 14th - Leo H Ferrier, Suriname writer (Atman)
Sep 15th - Frank Linzy, baseball player
Sep 15th - Merlin Olsen, UT, NFL tackle (Rams)/sportscaster/actor (Father Murphy)
Sep 15th - Norman [Richard] Spinrad, US, sci-fi author (Child of Fortune)
Sep 17th - Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat
Sep 17th - Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (d. 2007)
Sep 18th - Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus)
Sep 19th - Bill Medley, Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belong)
Sep 19th - Paul Williams, Omaha NE, singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes)
Sep 19th - Sylvia Tyson, rocker
Sep 20th - Joseph J DioGuardi, (Rep-R-NY, 1985- )
Sep 21st - Bill Kurtis, Pensacola Fla, newscaster (American Parade)
Sep 21st - Hermann Knoflacher, Austrian civil engineer
Sep 22nd - Anna Karina, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Alphaville)
Sep 22nd - Edward Boguslawski, composer
Sep 23rd - Tim Rose, rocker
Sep 24th - Barbara Allbut, Orange NJ, rock vocalist (Angels)
Sep 24th - Yves Navarre, French writer (d. 1994)
Sep 25th - Timothy Severin, author/explorer
Sep 27th - Josephine Barstow, opera singer
Sep 27th - Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
Sep 28th - Alekander Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 29/31, T-6)
Sep 28th - Aleksandr Y Kalery, Russian cosmonaut
Sep 28th - George Greenstein, author (Secret of a Jewish Baker)
Sep 29th - Jimmy Knapp, trade unionist
Sep 29th - John Dawes, rugby coach
Sep 29th - Mike Eischeid, NFL punter (Oakland Raiders)
Sep 29th - Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer
Sep 30th - Harry Winston Jerome, Sask Canada, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1964)
Oct 1st - Richard F Pieternella, Dutch Antilles' minister plenipotentiary
Oct 2nd - Lord Davies, chairman (Welsh National Opera)
Oct 2nd - Gheorghe Gruia, Romanian handball player
Oct 3rd - Alan O'Day, Hollywood Ca, rocker
Oct 3rd - Jean Ratelle, NHL center (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins)
Oct 3rd - Mike Troy, US swimmer (Olympics-2 gold-1960)
Oct 4th - Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
Oct 4th - Alberto Vilar, Cuban-American investor and philanthropist
Oct 5th - Bob Cowper, cricketer (Aust LHB, 307 v England MCG 1966 Very rich
Oct 6th - Boris Dmitriyevich Andreyev, Russia, cosmonaut
Oct 6th - Ellen Travolta, Englewood NJ, actress (Grease, Charles in Charge)
Oct 6th - Wyche Fowler Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977-87)
Oct 7th - Bruce F Vento, (Rep-D-Minnesota, 1977- )
Oct 7th - Dino Valenti, rock guitarist/vocalist (Quicksilver Messenger Service)
Oct 7th - Richard H Stallings, (Rep-D-ID, 1985- )
Oct 8th - Fred Cash, Chattanooga Tn, rocker (Impressions)
Oct 9th - Gordon J Humphrey, (Sen-R-NH, 1979- )
Oct 9th - Hans Ulrich Humpert, composer
Oct 9th - Joe Pepitone, baseball 1st baseman (NY Yankee)
Oct 9th - John [Winston/Ono] Lennon, rocker/Beatle (Imagine)
Oct 13th - Chris Farlowe, rocker
Oct 13th - Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist

Famous Deaths

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