Historical Events for August 1940
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Months in 1940: January February March April May June July September October November December
Results 1 - 50 of 50
2nd - Clermont-Ferrand sentences Gen Charles de Gaulle to death
2nd - KL-House of saxon & commandos focus on Gross Rosen, Silesia
3rd - German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters & English & French movies
3rd - Italian troops invade British Somalia
3rd - Lithuanian SSR is accepted into USSR
3rd - Seaplane Clare makes 1st British passagiersvlucht to the US
5th - "Acquaintance" blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge
5th - St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings
6th - Estonia is annexed into Soviet empire
7th - Churchill recognizes De Gaulle govt in exile
7th - Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1 1856 British Guiana)
7th - Alsace Lorraine is annexed by the Third Reich (Germany) during World War II
8th - 31 German aircrafts shot down over England
8th - Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks
8th - The "Aufbau Ost" directive is signed by Wilhelm Keitel.
10th - Prince Bernhard Fund forms
11th - 38 German aircrafts shot down above England
11th - German air raid on British harbors Portland/Weymouth
12th - Luftwaffe bombs British radar stations, loses 31 aircrafts
12th - Netherlands starts rationing textile
13th - Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins)
13th - Goering's "Adler Tag" 45-48 German aircrafts shotdown over South-Engld
14th - Dutch Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland
15th - 1st edition of Jewish Weekly newspaper in Amsterdam (under Nazi)
15th - Heavy dogfights above England: 75 German aircrafts damaged
16th - 45 German aircrafts shot down over England
17th - FDR & Canadian PM William M King agree to joint defense commission
17th - Greece mobilizes
17th - Hitler orders total blockade of Great-Britain
18th - 71 German aircrafts shot down above England
20th - 1st Polish squadrons fight along in the Battle of Britain
20th - Leon Trotsky, revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson, dies Aug 21
20th - British PM Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few"
23rd - German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London
23rd - Queen Wilhelmina fires premier De Geer
24th - Luftwaffe bombs London
24th - Red Sox left fielder Ted Williams pitches the last 2 innings in a 12-1 loss to Detroit Tigers, Williams allows 3 hits & 1 run
25th - 1st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
25th - 1st parachute wedding
25th - Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia incorporated into Soviet Union
26th - RKC soccer team forms in Waalwijk
26th - Chad is the first French colony to join the Allies under the administration of Félix Éboué, France's first black colonial governor.
27th - Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)
28th - French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle
29th - 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567)
31st - 1st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands
31st - 56 U-boats sunk this month (268,000 ton)
31st - Fighter Command loses 39/Luftwaffe 41 airplanes
31st - German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration
31st - US National Guard assembles
