Historical Events for April 1940
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4th - R Rodgers/Lorenz Hart's "Higher & Higher," premieres in NYC
7th - 1st black to appear on US stamp (Booker T Washington)
7th - 7th Golf Masters Championship: Jimmy Demaret wins, shooting a 280
8th - Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
9th - German cruiser Blucher torpedoed/capsizes in Oslofjord, 1,000 die
9th - Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders)
10th - Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian "national government"
12th - Italy annexes Albania
12th - NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
13th - 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed
13th - Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft
13th - Stanley Cup: NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs, 4 games to 2
14th - Allied troops land in Norway
14th - RCA demonstrated its new electron microscope in Philadelphia
15th - British troops land at Narvik, Norway
16th - 1st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition)
16th - Cleve Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic, 1-0
16th - Heitor Villa-Lobos' opera "Izaht," premieres in Rio de Janeiro
19th - "Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY
19th - 44th Boston Marathon won by Gerard Cote of Canada in 2:28:28.6
19th - Dutch prime minister De Geer declares state of siege
20th - 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa
21st - 1st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It," on CBS Radio
21st - Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
22nd - Rear Adm Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right)
23rd - Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)
23rd - NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
27th - Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
28th - Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
28th - Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz
29th - 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr Malone" on CBS
29th - Norwegian King Haakon & govt flees to England
29th - Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night," premieres in NYC
30th - Bkln Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cin Reds, 3-0
