Historical Events for July 1940
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Results 1 - 47 of 47
1st - Australia refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees
2nd - Dutch PM Colijn publishes "Borders of 2 Worlds" (German victory)
2nd - Hitler orders invasion of England (Operation Sealion)
2nd - Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated
2nd - PM Churchill meets gen-mjr B Montgomery
2nd - Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
3rd - ARP-leader/ex-premier Colijn argues cooperation with Germany
3rd - British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
3rd - German occupiers forbids using Dutch royal names
4th - British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die
4th - German occupiers forbids anti-nazis speeches
5th - Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy govt in France
9th - 8th All Star Baseball Game: NL wins 4-0 at Sportsman's Park, St Louis
9th - German Evangelist Church protests against euthanasia pogroms
9th - RAF bombs Germany
10th - Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air (114 days)
10th - German planes attack British ships in the Canal
11th - British & German dogfight above Lyme Bay
14th - Due to beanball wars, Spalding advertises batting helmet with earflaps
14th - Lithuania becomes Lithuanian SSR
15th - 1st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Il
15th - Nazi occupiers seize library of IISG Amsterdam
16th - NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee
18th - 1st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct
18th - British govt signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure
18th - Democratic Convention nominates FDR for a 3rd term
19th - Hitler orders Great Britain to surrenders
19th - Nazi occupiers imprison 231 prominent Dutch citizens in Buchenwald
19th - Nazi occupiers in Neth forbid anti-nazi films
20th - Germany occupiers forbid Dutch Communist Party (CPN) in Netherlands
20th - Nazi collaborator Rost of Tonningen appointed director of Marxist
20th - Billboard publishes its 1st singles record chart (#1 is "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey)
21st - Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
21st - VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands
22nd - Dutch prime minister De Geer meets Hitler seeking peace talks
22nd - Jacqueline Kennedy's parents divorce
23rd - "Blitz" all-night air raid by German bombers on London begins
24th - 1st illegal "Newsletter of Pieter It Hen" publishes in Netherlands
24th - Linthorst Homan, de Quay & Einthoven forms Dutch Union
25th - John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hrs 46 mins in the Mississippi R
27th - Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
27th - Bugs Bunny debuts in "Wild Hare"
28th - Radio Orange, London begins
28th - Yankee Charlie Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9
29th - Urk soccer team forms
31st - 38 U boats sinks this month (196,000 ton)
31st - Riech's commissar Seyss-Inquart bans homosexuals
