Historical Events for January 1940
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Results 1 - 25 of 25
3rd - WPG-AM in Atlantic City NJ consolidates with WBIL & WOV as "new" WOV
5th - FCC hears 1st transmission of FM radio with clear, static-free signal
5th - Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
5th - FM radio is demonstrated to the FCC for the first time.
6th - Mass execution of Poles, committed by Germans in the city of Poznań, Warthegau.
8th - Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter & sugar)
8th - World War II: Britain introduces food rationing.
9th - 2 German officers make emergency landing in Belgium
9th - J Thurber & E Nugent's "Male Animal," premieres in NYC
11th - Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premieres in Leningrad
12th - World War II: Soviets bombs cities in Finland.
14th - Commissioner Kenesaw Landis gives free agency to 91 Detroit Tigers
14th - NFL Pro Bowl: Green Bay beats NFL All-Stars 16-7
15th - German U-Boot torpedoes Dutch trade ship Arendskerk (Eagle's Church)
21st - Foreign correspondents in Netherlands under censorship
22nd - 1st radio broadcast of "Road to Happiness" on CBS
23rd - Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish govt in exile
25th - Nazi decrees establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland
26th - Nazi's forbid Polish Jews to travel on trains
27th - -17°F (-27°C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record)
30th - Benjamin Britten's "Lesson Illuminations" premieres in London
30th - Cor Jongert wins 6th Dutch 11 Cities Skating Race
30th - Hassett's second 122 of the game for Vic can't stop a NSW win
31st - 40 U boats sunk this month (111,000 ton)
31st - C Turney & J Horwin's "My Dear Children," premieres in NYC
