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Born :06/23/1940Adam Faith, England, singer (Poor Me, What Do You Want?)
Born :01/22/1940Addie "Micki" Harris, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
Born :03/12/1940Al Jarreau, jazz singer (Moonlighting)
Born :04/25/1940Al Pacino, NYC, actor (And Justice For All, Godfather, Scorpio)
Born :08/31/1940Alain Calmat, France, figure skater (Olympic-silver-1964)
Born :02/02/1940Alan "Tea" Caddy, rock guitarist (Tornados-Globetrotter)
Born :10/03/1940Alan O'Day, rocker
Born :09/28/1940Aleksandr Y Kalery, Russian cosmonaut
Born :07/22/1940Alex Trebek, Sudbury Ontario, TV game host (High Rollers, Jeopardy)
Born :09/28/1940Alexander Sergeyevich Ivanchenkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 29, T-6)
Born :04/19/1940Algy Cluff, CEO (Spectator, Cluff Resources)
Born :04/05/1940Aliza Kashi, Israel, actress/singer (Merv Griffin regular)
Born :03/25/1940Anita Bryant, Barnsdall Okla, Miss America candidate/singer/homophobe
Born :09/22/1940Anna Karina, actress (Alphaville)
Born :01/08/1940Anthony Gaurdine, (Little Anthony & Imperials-Goin Out of My Head)
Born :01/04/1940Anthony Skooter Teague, Texas, actor (How to Succeed in Business)
Born :05/10/1940Arthur Alexander, US singer/songwriter (Lonely Just Like Me)
Born :03/30/1940Astrud Gilberto, Brazil, singer(?)/orchestra leader(?)
Born :11/11/1940Barbara Boxer, (Rep-D-CA, 1983-92/Sen-D-CA, 1993- )
Born :03/31/1940Barney Frank, (Rep-D-MA, 1981- )
Born :10/16/1940Barry Corbin, actor (Maurice-Northern Exposure)
Born :06/14/1940Ben Davidson, LA Calif, actor (Rhino-Ball Four, Code R)
Born :03/16/1940Bernardo Bertolucci, Parma Italy, director (Last Tango in Paris)
Born :08/09/1940Beverlee McKinsey, Okla, actress (Another World, Guiding Light)
Born :09/02/1940Beverly Sanders, Hollywood Calif, actress (Lotsa Luck, CPO Sharkey)
Born :04/04/1940Bijan, Iran, mens apparel designer (Beverly Hills, NYC, London)
Born :06/14/1940Bill Baker, (Rep-R-California)
Born :09/21/1940Bill Kurtis, Pensacola Fla, newscaster (American Parade)
Born :09/19/1940Bill Medley, Santa Ana Cal, rocker (Righteous Bros-Up Where We Belong)
Born :06/16/1940Billy "Crash" Craddock, Greensboro NC, singer
Born :06/26/1940Billy Davis Jr, St Louis Mo, singer (5th Dimension-One Less Bell)
Born :02/25/1940Billy Packer, US, actor(?)
Born :06/18/1940Bob Duncan, governor of Gartree Prison in UK
Born :11/20/1940Bob Einstein, LA Calif, comedian (Officer Judy, Super Dave Osborne)
Born :10/25/1940Bob Knight, college basketball coach (Indiana, Olympic-gold-1984)
Born :03/24/1940Bob Mackie, Monterey Parks Calif, designer (Striesand, Cher)
Born :06/17/1940Bobby Bell, NFL linebacker (KC Chiefs)
Born :06/13/1940Bobby Freeman, SF, rocker (Do You Want to Dance)
Born :08/10/1940Bobby Hatfield, Wisc, rocker (Righteous Bros-Unchained Melody)
Born :09/11/1940Brian DePalma, film director (Body Double, Dressed to Kill)
Born :01/04/1940Brian Josephson, British physicist (Nobel 1973)
Born :01/27/1940Brian T O'Leary, Boston Mass, astronaut
Born :01/13/1940Bruce Chatwin, British writer (Viceroy of Ouidah)
Born :05/13/1940Bruce Chatwin, England, writer (On the Black Hill)
Born :10/07/1940Bruce F Vento, (Rep-D-Minnesota, 1977- )
Born :11/27/1940Bruce Lee, [Lee Yuen Kam], SF Calif, karate star/actor (Green Hornet)
Born :04/30/1940Burt Young, actor (Convoy, Rocky)
Born :03/27/1940Cale Yarborough, auto racer (Won Daytona 500 4 times)
Born :02/11/1940Calvin Fowler, Pitts, basketball player (Olympic-gold-1968)
Born :02/19/1940Carlin Glynn, US actor (Continental Divide)
Born :01/20/1940Carol Heiss Jenkins, NYC, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960)
Born :07/24/1940Carroll A Campbell Jr, (Rep-R-SC, 1979-86)
Born :02/22/1940Chet Walker, NBA all-star forward (Chicago Bulls)
Born :02/20/1940Christoph Eschenbach, Breslau, Germany, pianist/conductor
Born :11/29/1940Chuck Mangione, jazz composer/horn blower (Chasing the Clouds Away)
Born :03/10/1940Chuck Norris, [Carlos Ray], martial arts actor (Missing in Action)
Born :10/14/1940Cliff Richards, [Harry Webb], England, rocker (Suddenly)
Born :07/30/1940Clive Sinclair, British computer inventor (ZX Spectrum)
Born :10/29/1940Connie Mack, (Rep-R-FL, 1983- /Sen-R-FL)
Born :06/02/1940Constantine II, deposed King of Greece (1964-73)
Born :03/07/1940Daniel J Travanti, Kenosha Wisc, actor (Frank Furillo-Hill St Blues)
Born :01/05/1940Dany Saval, Oakland Calif, actress (Boeing Boeing, Moon Pilot)
Born :08/14/1940Dash Crofts, Cisco Tx, singer (Seals & Crofts-Summer Breeze)
Born :10/16/1940Dave DeBusschere, Detroit, NBA foward (NY Knick)/last ABA commissioner
Born :08/17/1940David E Price, (Rep-D-North Carolina)
Born :12/11/1940David Gates, rocker (Bread-Baby I'm A Want You)
Born :08/27/1940David Hart, gen-sect (National Assn of Head Teachers)
Born :03/10/1940David Rabe, playwright (Streamers)
Born :08/22/1940David Vance, horse trainer
Born :03/10/1940Dean Torrence, surf music singer (Jan & Dean-Little Old Lady)
Born :05/--/1940Deanna Lund, Chic Ill, actress (Land of the Giants, Detective)
Born :07/19/1940Dennis Cole, Detroit, actor (Felony Squad, Brackens's World)
Born :06/23/1940Diana Trask, Australia, singer (Sing Along With Mitch)
Born :05/09/1940Dick Morrissey, saxophonist
Born :06/09/1940Dick Vitale, US, sportscaster
Born :12/16/1940Dimitri van Toren, singer/composer
Born :12/12/1940Dionne Warwick, East Orange NJ, singer (Solid Gold, Way to San Jose)
Born :08/24/1940Don Cormier Sr, horse trainer
Born :10/21/1940Don Ritter, (Rep-R-PA, 1979- )
Born :08/02/1940Doris Kenner, Passaic NJ, singer (Shirelles-Soldier Boy)
Born :04/18/1940Ed Garvey, labor leader (Major League Baseball Players Assn)
Born :10/30/1940Ed Lauter, Long Beach NY, actor (Sheriff Cain-BJ & the Bear)
Born :01/06/1940Ed Zschau, (Rep-R-CA, 1983- )
Born :10/23/1940Edison Pel‚, Brazil, soccer player extraordinaire (NY Cosmos)
Born :04/15/1940Edy Hubacher, Switzerland, 4-man bobsled (Olympic-gold-1972)
Born :10/06/1940Ellen Travolta, Englewood NJ, actress (Louise-Joanie Loves Chachi)
Born :10/24/1940F Murray Abraham, actor (Amadeus, Mad Man)
Born :01/24/1940Flip Buurme˜er, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Born :07/03/1940Fontella Bass, St Louis Mo, vocalist (Rescue Me)
Born :02/03/1940Fran Tarkenton, Richmond Va, NFL QB (NY Giants, Minn Vikings)
Born :10/21/1940Frances FitzGerald, NYC, journalist/author (Fire in the Lake)
Born :01/01/1940Frank Langella, actor (Dracula, Diary of a Mad Housewife, 12 Chairs)
Born :05/19/1940Frank Lorenzo, airline executive (Continental, Texas Air, Eastern)
Born :12/21/1940Frank Zappa, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Catholic Girls)
Born :09/18/1940Frankie Avalon, Phila, actor (Beach movies)/singer (Venus)
Born :11/14/1940Freddie Garrity, rocker (Freddie & the Dreamers-I'm Telling You Now)
Born :12/04/1940Freddy Cannon, rocker (Palisades Park)
Born :12/25/1940French Moor, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (PvdA)
Born :05/16/1940Gareth Roberts, chancellor Sheffield University
Born :07/23/1940Gary Stites, singer (Lonely For You)
Born :10/28/1940Gennadi Mikhailovich Strekalov, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-3, T-8, T-11)
Born :08/22/1940George Reinholt, Phila, (Another World, One Life to Live)
Born :04/20/1940George Takei, LA Calif, actor (Sulu-Star Trek, Green Berets)
Born :07/02/1940Georgi Ivan Ivanov, 1st Bulgarian space traveler (Soyuz 33)
Born :06/04/1940Gerrit H Terpstra, economist/Dutch 2nd Chamber member (CDA)
Born :11/30/1940Glenn English, (Rep-D-OK, 1975- )
Born :04/10/1940Gloria Hunniford, British broadcaster
Born :10/09/1940Gordon J Humphrey, (Sen-R-NH, 1979- )
Born :11/07/1940Guido Provoost, Belgian historian
Born :11/23/1940G”sta Pettersson, Sweden, cyclist (Olympic-silver-1968)
Born :01/17/1940H Kipchoge "Kip" Keino, Kenya, 1500m runner (Olympic-gold-1968, 72)
Born :02/12/1940Hank Brown, (Rep-R-CO, 1981-88)
Born :05/28/1940Hans Dulfer, tenor saxophonist/director (Paradiso)
Born :12/26/1940Harmen Siezen, TV-journal host
Born :01/27/1940Harry Kmel, Flemish director (Monsieur Hawarden)
Born :09/30/1940Harry Winston Jerome, Sask Canada, 100m runner (Olympic-bronze-1964)
Born :07/03/1940Heather Steel, British judge
Born :04/12/1940Herbie Hancock, Chicago, pianist (I Thought it Was You)
Born :02/01/1940Herve Filion, sulky driver (1969 Canadian Sports Hall of Fame)
Born :02/27/1940Howard Hesseman, Salem Or, actor (Dr Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class)
Born :04/18/1940Ira von Furstenberg, [Virginia Caroline] Rome Italy, Princess (Monaco)
Born :06/14/1940Jack Bannon, LA Calif, actor (Art-Lou Grant, Trauma Center)
Born :01/21/1940Jack Nicklaus, Columbus Ohio, golfer (Player of Yr 1967,72,73,75,76)
Born :08/31/1940Jack Thompson, Australia, actor (Breaker Morant)
Born :09/06/1940Jackie Trent, singer
Born :05/08/1940James Blyth, CEO (Boots)
Born :07/18/1940James Brolin, LA Calif, actor (Dr Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel)
Born :07/21/1940James E Clyburn, (Rep-D-South Carolina)
Born :05/09/1940James L Brooks, producer/director (Broadcast News, Taxi)
Born :07/07/1940James Toner, horse trainer
Born :03/16/1940Jan P Pronk, Dutch politician (PvdA)
Born :03/16/1940Jan Schaefer, Dutch asst secretary of state (PvdA)
Born :10/03/1940Jean Ratelle, NHL center (NY Rangers, Boston Bruins)
Born :04/15/1940Jeffrey Archer, England, (Tory-Commons)/author (Matter of Honor)
Born :12/27/1940Jerry Lambert, jockey (rode Native Diver)
Born :03/30/1940Jerry Lucas, NBA center (NY Knicks) (NBA rookie of year 1964)
Born :10/19/1940Jerzy Kulej, Poland, light welterweight boxer (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
Born :01/31/1940Jessica Walter, Bkln NY, actress (Play Misty For Me, Amy Prentiss)
Born :02/25/1940Jes£s Lopez-Cobos, Toro Spain, conductor (Intl Conductor Competition)
Born :08/19/1940Jill St John, [Oppenheim], LA Calif, actress (Diamonds are Forever)
Born :02/03/1940Jim Hartz, newscaster (NBC-TV, Innovations)
Born :01/09/1940Jimmy Boyd, McComb Mo, actor/singer (Howard-Bachelor Father)
Born :09/02/1940Jimmy Clanton, Baton Rogue, La, rock vocalist (Just a Dream)
Born :02/24/1940Jimmy Ellis, WBA heavyweight boxing champ (1968-70)
Born :11/13/1940Joan Haanappel, figure skater/sports reporter
Born :08/01/1940Joan Joyce, Waterbury Ct, softball pitcher (Hall of Fame 1983)
Born :03/06/1940Joanna Miles, Nice France, actress (Cross Creek, Delta County USA)
Born :06/21/1940Joe Flaherty, Pitts Pa, comedian (SCTV, Blue Monday)
Born :10/09/1940Joe Pepitone, baseball player (NY Yankee 1st baseman)
Born :02/28/1940Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play)
Born :06/11/1940Joey Dee, Passaic NJ, actor (Hey Let's Twist, 2 Tickets to Paris)
Born :11/27/1940John Alderton, British, actor (Zardoz)
Born :08/22/1940John Banham, director-general (CBI)
Born :04/20/1940John Cremer, writer/sculptor (I, John Cremer)
Born :04/08/1940John Havlicek, Martin's Ferry Ohio, NBA hall-of-famer (Boston Celtics)
Born :01/22/1940John Hurt, England, actor (Elephant Man, Alien, Midnight Express)
Born :02/21/1940John Lewis, (Rep-D-Georgia)
Born :07/25/1940John Pennel, pole vaulter (James E Sullivan Award-1963)
Born :08/03/1940John W Carlin, (Gov-D-KS)
Born :10/09/1940John [Winston/Ono] Lennon, rocker/Beatle (Imagine)
Born :08/19/1940Johnny Nash, Houston, Tx, rocker (I Can See Clearly Now)
Born :07/04/1940Joost P van Iersel, Dutch politician (CDA) 2nd Chamber
Born :10/23/1940Jordan Christopher, Youngston Oh, actor (Return of the 7)
Born :12/24/1940Jorma Kaukonen, rock guitarist/vocalist (Jefferson Airplane, Hot Tuna)
Born :05/24/1940Joseph Brodsky, USSR, author (Less than 1, Nobel 1987)
Born :09/20/1940Joseph J DioGuardi, (Rep-R-NY, 1985- )
Born :04/18/1940Joseph L Goldstein, Sumter SC, physcian (Nobel-1985)
Born :07/18/1940Joseph Torre, outfield/manager (Braves, Mets, 1971 NL MVP)
Born :08/25/1940Jos‚ Van Dam, Brussels Belgium, bass-baritone (Fran‡ois d'Assisif)
Born :09/13/1940Joyce Schouten, singer (Fouryo's)
Born :02/25/1940Jud Taylor, actor (Dr Gerson-Dr Kildare)
Born :01/14/1940Julian Bond, (D-Ga) civil rights leader
Born :02/22/1940Julian Chagrin, London, mime/actor (Golddiggers)
Born :07/05/1940Karen Shepherd, (Rep-D-Utah)
Born :03/04/1940Kas Garas, Kaunas Lithuania, actor (Hamlyn-Strange Report)
Born :03/18/1940Kathy Hutchinson, race horse trainer
Born :03/28/1940Kevin Loughery, NBA star/coach (Balt, Phila)
Born :08/11/1940Kip King, Chicago Ill, actor (Charlie & Company)
Born :09/17/1940Lamonte McLemore, rocker (5th Dimension-One Less Bell to Answer)
Born :08/03/1940Lance Alworth, Houston Tx, NFL hall of famer (Charger, Cowboys)
Born :07/03/1940Lance Larson, US, 100m freestyle swimmer (Olympic-silver-1960)
Born :10/27/1940Lee Greenwood, country singer (God Bless the USA)
Born :04/23/1940Lee Majors, [Harvey Yeary], TV actor ($6,000,000 Man, Stunt Man)
Born :09/14/1940Leo H Ferrier, Suriname writer (Atman)
Born :03/08/1940Leslie Isben Rogge, one of FBI's most wanted
Born :04/13/1940Lester Chambers, vocalist (Chamber Brothers-Time Has Come Today)
Born :09/12/1940Linda Gray, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas)
Born :04/16/1940Lord Camoys, deputy CEO (Barclays de Zoete Wedd)
Born :10/02/1940Lord Davies, chairman (Welsh National Opera)
Born :06/29/1940Louise S Groenman, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66)
Born :08/06/1940Louise Sorel, LA Calif, actress (BS I Love You, Crimes of Passion)
Born :10/21/1940Manfred Mann, rocker (Mighty Quinn)
Born :07/08/1940Marcia Rodd, actress (Little Murders, T.R. Baskins)
Born :04/16/1940Margrethe II, Queen of Denmark (1972- )
Born :04/25/1940Marian Norrie
Born :06/21/1940Mariette Hartley, NYC, actress (Poloroid spokesperson, Marooned)
Born :02/28/1940Mario Andretti, race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500)
Born :10/26/1940Mario Orosco, 1st victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (survives)
Born :08/07/1940Marlyn Mason, San Fernando Cal, actress (Making It, Peyton Place)
Born :08/03/1940Martin Sheen [Ramon Estevez], NY, actor (Subject Was Roses, Wall St)
Born :07/26/1940Mary Jo Kopechne, Ted Kennedy's d(r)iving buddy
Born :02/10/1940Mary Rand, England, long jumper (Olympic-gold-1964)
Born :10/27/1940Maxine Hong Kingston, US, author
Born :09/15/1940Merlin Olsen, UT, NFL tackle (Rams)/sportscaster/actor (Father Murphy)
Born :08/01/1940Mervyn Kitchen, cricket umpire
Born :08/12/1940Michael Brunson, TV reporter/newscaster
Born :05/22/1940Michael Sarrazin, actor (Seduction, They Shoot Horses Don't They)
Born :09/12/1940Mickey Lolich, Detroit Tiger pitcher (won 25 in 1971)
Born :03/20/1940Mickey Preger, horse trainer
Born :10/30/1940Miguel Calder˘n-G˘mez, Havana, basketball player (Olympic-bronze-1972)
Born :03/12/1940Millie Perkins, actress (Diary of Anne Frank, Table for 5, Shooting)
Born :07/10/1940Mills Watson, Oakland Calif, actor (Harper Valley PTA, BJ & Bear)
Born :06/05/1940Moira Anderson, singer
Born :05/06/1940Murray Sidlin, Baltimore Maryland, conductor (Natl Symph 1973-77)
Born :03/26/1940Nancy Pelosi, (Rep-D-California)
Born :06/08/1940Nancy Sinatra, Jersey City, singer, her boots were made for walkin'
Born :11/21/1940Natalia Maskarova, Lenningrad, ballerina (Kirov) defected 1970
Born :12/15/1940Nick Buoniconti, NFL linebacker (Miami Dolphins)/sportscaster (NBC)
Born :12/08/1940Nick Nolte, actor (Teachers, 48 Hours, North Dallas 40)
Born :09/15/1940Norman [Richard] Spinrad, US, sci-fi author (Child of Fortune)
Born :10/21/1940Osamu Watanabe, Japan, featherweight (Olympic-gold-1964)
Born :10/14/1940Pat Finley, Asheville NC, actress (Ellen Hartley-Bob Newhart Show)
Born :04/07/1940Patricia Paay, singer (You are not hip)
Born :07/30/1940Patricia Schroeder, (Rep-D-Colorado, 1973- )
Born :03/31/1940Patrick J Leahy, (Sen-D-VT, 1975- )
Born :07/13/1940Patrick Stewart, actor (Capt Picard-Star Trek Next Generation)
Born :07/13/1940Paul Prudhomme, cajun chef
Born :05/15/1940Paul Rudd, Boston Mass, actor (Conn Yankee in King Arthçr's Court)
Born :12/24/1940Paul Tagliabue, NFL commissioner (1989- )
Born :09/19/1940Paul Williams, singer/composer/actor (Planet of the Apes)
Born :12/21/1940Paul, [Ray Hildebrand], Tx, singer (Hey Paula)
Born :09/03/1940Pauline Collins, London England, actress (Shirley Valentine)
Born :04/02/1940Penelope Keith, British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love)
Born :05/08/1940Peter Benchley, author (Jaws, Deep)
Born :02/23/1940Peter Fonda, actor (Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip)
Born :04/02/1940Peter Haining, writer/editor (Anatomy of Witchcraft)
Born :12/29/1940Peter Koelew˜n, writer/singer (Come to the Roof)
Born :02/21/1940Peter McEnery, England, actor (Game is Over, Moonspinners)
Born :04/15/1940Phil Lesh, bassist (Grateful Dead-Truckin')
Born :03/15/1940Phil Lesh, rocker (Grateful Dead-Uncle Joe's Band)
Born :12/19/1940Phil Ochs, El Paso Tx, anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill, War is Over)
Born :07/28/1940Phil Proctor, comedian (Firesign Theater)
Born :07/17/1940Phyllis Davis, Port Arthur Tx, actress (Love American Style, Vega$)
Born :02/14/1940Porpoise, 1st born in captivity in US (Marineland, Fla)
Born :06/11/1940Rachel Heyhoe Flint, cricketer/British broadcaster
Born :07/11/1940Rafael Martinez, horse trainer
Born :09/05/1940Raquel Welch, Chic Ill, (Myra Breckenridge, 1,000,000 BC, 100 Rifles)
Born :03/09/1940Raul Julia, PR, actor (Eyes of Laura Mars, Kiss of the Spider Woman)
Born :06/01/1940Ren‚ Auberjonois, NYC, actor (Clayton-Benson, Deep Space Nine)
Born :07/30/1940Reva Rose, Chicago Ill, actress (Temperature's Rising)
Born :11/12/1940Ria Lubbers, wife of premier R Lubbers
Born :10/01/1940Richard F Pieternella, perfect minister Dutch Antillian
Born :11/25/1940Richard Furrer, Worgl Germany, astronaut (STS 22)
Born :10/07/1940Richard H Stallings, (Rep-D-ID, 1985- )
Born :07/07/1940Richard K Armey, (Rep-R-Texas, 1985- )
Born :04/23/1940Richard Monaco, US, sci-fi author (Grail War, Final Quest)
Born :12/01/1940Richard Pryor, Ill, comedian/actor (Lady Sings the Blues, Stir Crazy)
Born :08/23/1940Richard Sanders, Harrisburg Pa, actpr (Les-WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers)
Born :08/28/1940Richard Sanders, actor (Les Nessman-WKRP, Berrengers, Spencer)
Born :05/08/1940Ricky Nelson, NJ, rock star (Hello Mary Lou, It's Late, Garden Party)
Born :07/07/1940Ringo Starr, [Richard Starkey], Beatle drummer/actor (Magic Christian)
Born :03/14/1940Rita Tushingham, Liverpool England, actress (Green Eyes, Dr Zhivago)
Born :08/21/1940Robert Camac, horse trainer
Born :03/26/1940Rod Lauren, rocker (If I Had a Girl)
Born :05/02/1940Roger Robinson, Seattle Wash, actor (Warren-Friends, Newman's Law)
Born :12/01/1940Ron Finn, Toronto, NHL linesman
Born :02/25/1940Ron Santo, Chicago Cub (1st baseball player to veto his trade)
Born :09/10/1940Roy Ayers, LA, disco jazz artist (Fever, You Send Me)
Born :03/07/1940Rudi [Rudolf] Dutschke, German student leader
Born :05/20/1940Sadaharu Oh, of Yomiuri Giants (Japan), hit 868 career HR
Born :08/20/1940Sam Melville, Utah, actor (Mike Danko-Rookies, Roughnecks)
Born :11/15/1940Sam Waterson, Cambridge Mass, actor (Capricorn One, Heaven's Gate)
Born :05/02/1940Sari van Heemskerck Pillis-Duvekot, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (VVD)
Born :03/26/1940Servaes [J S] Huys, Dutch 2nd chamber member (PvdA)
Born :07/22/1940Stan Ross, NYC, actor (New Bill Cosby Show)
Born :07/31/1940Stanley Jaffe, producer (Fatal Attraction)
Born :09/12/1940Stephen J Solarz, (Rep-D-NY, 1975-93)
Born :12/06/1940Steve Alaimo, Rochester NY, rocker (Mashed Potatoes)
Born :12/13/1940Steve Harmon, Bkln NY, actor (Ens Pulver-Mr Roberts)
Born :01/31/1940Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor (Love American Style)
Born :02/08/1940Susan Clark, Ontario, actress (Katherine-Webster)
Born :03/08/1940Susan Clark, Sarnia Ontario, actress (Night Moves, Webster)
Born :09/12/1940Susan Sennett, Santa Monica Calif, actress (Big Bad Mama)
Born :05/10/1940Taurean Blacque, actor (Neal Washington-Hill Street Blues)
Born :02/08/1940Ted Koppel, Lancashire England, news anchor (ABC Nightline)
Born :11/22/1940Terry Gilliam, Minneapolis, comedy author-animator (Monty Python)
Born :03/08/1940Theo Laseroms, [The Tank], soccer player (Feyenoord)
Born :05/28/1940Thomas E Petri, (Rep-R-WI, 1979- )
Born :06/25/1940Thomas K”hler, German DR, luger (Olympic-gold-1964, 68)
Born :02/02/1940Thomas M[ichael] Disch, US, sci-fi author (Genocides, 102 H-Bombs)
Born :08/17/1940Thomas Williams, US, ice hockey play (Olympic-gold-1960)
Born :01/22/1940Tilo Medek, German composer
Born :09/25/1940Timothy Severin, author/explorer
Born :08/13/1940Timothy Wood, British govt asst whip
Born :08/07/1940Tom Barlow, (Rep-D-Kentucky)
Born :02/06/1940Tom Brokaw, Yankton SD, news anchor (NBC Nightly News 1982- )
Born :08/23/1940Tony Bill, SD Cal, (Sam-What Really Happened to the Class of '65)
Born :06/17/1940Tony Marlow, conservative MP
Born :07/20/1940Tony Oliva, ball player, batting champ (AL Rookie of Year 1964)
Born :08/22/1940Valerie Harper, Sufferin NY, (Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, Valerie)
Born :07/06/1940Viktor Kuzkin, USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
Born :03/07/1940Viktor Petrovich Savinykh, cosmonaut (Soyuz T-4)
Born :07/04/1940Walter Greenman, horse trainer
Born :08/29/1940Wilhelm Ruska, Holland, judo champ (Olympic-gold-1972)
Born :02/19/1940William "Smokey" Robinson, Det, singer (& Miracles-Being With You)
Born :05/10/1940William Cash, MP
Born :08/28/1940William S Cohen, (Sen-R Maine, 1979- )
Born :12/02/1940Willie Brown, NFL defensive back (Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders)
Born :03/06/1940Willie Stargell, outfielder (Pirates) (1971 NL HR leader)
Born :09/08/1940Willie Tyler, Red Level Ala, ventriloquist (Lester)
Born :06/23/1940Wilma Rudolph, St Bethlehem Tenn, runner (Olympic-3 gold-1960)
Born :10/06/1940Wyche Fowler Jr, (Rep-D-GA, 1977-87)
Born :07/22/1940Yuriy Klimov, USSR, team handball (Olympic-gold-1976)




Died :12/09/1940... Maletti, Italian general, dies in battle
Died :11/08/1940Alfonso Hernandez Cata, Cuban author (El parag‚), dies
Died :02/28/1940Alfonso XIII the Borb˘n, corrupt king of Spain (1902-31), dies
Died :05/23/1940Andrej N Rimski-Korssakov, Russian musicologist/son of Nikolai, dies
Died :11/10/1940Arthur Neville Chamberlain, British premier (1937-40), dies at 71
Died :07/02/1940Ben[jamin] Turpin, US comic (Saps at Sea, His New Job), dies
Died :04/26/1940Carl Bosch, German chemist (BASF, IG Farben, Nobel 1931), dies
Died :01/04/1940Conrad Weiss, German writer/poet (Tie Herz of Wortes), dies
Died :06/16/1940Dubose Heyward, US writer (Porgy, Star Spangled Virgin), dies
Died :05/14/1940Eddy [Charles E] du Platform, writer/poet, dies
Died :09/07/1940Edmund Rumpler, Austria auto/airplane builder, dies
Died :06/21/1940Edouard Vuillard, French painter/graphic artist, dies
Died :05/14/1940Emma Goldman, US anarchists/feminist/author (Living my life, dies
Died :01/12/1940Erich R Jaensch, German psychologist (eidetiek), dies
Died :12/21/1940F Scott Fitzgerald, author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44
Died :04/18/1940Florrie Forde, music hall artist, dies
Died :08/05/1940Frederick A Cook, US, explorer (North Pole), dies at 75
Died :11/30/1940Fritz Volbach, German musicologist/conductor/composer, dies
Died :03/19/1940Gustaaf Juice, Belgian minister of Economic Businesses, dies at 54
Died :06/21/1940Hendrik Marsman, poet/writer/critic, dies
Died :04/18/1940Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher, historian, dies
Died :05/14/1940Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49
Died :02/28/1940Johan C Braakensiek, political cartoonist, dies
Died :05/20/1940Joris [Georges) of Severen, Flemish fascist/Member of parliament, dies
Died :01/18/1940Kazimierz P Tetmajer, Polish writer/poet (Het jonge Polen), dies
Died :08/21/1940Leo Trotsky, dies at 62, wounds inflicted by assailant the day before
Died :08/20/1940Leon Trotsky, Russian revolutionary, icepicked by Frank Jackson
Died :03/10/1940Louis de Vries, actor (Merchant of Venice), dies
Died :12/16/1940M Eugne F T Dubois, geologist/paleontologist (Wadjakmens), dies
Died :11/04/1940Manuel Aza¤a y Diez, Spanish PM (1932..4)/pres (1936-39) dies at 60
Died :05/14/1940Menno ter Brak, writer/essayist (Forum, New Elite), dies
Died :04/09/1940Mrs Patrick Campbell, English actress/mistress of Sean O'Casey, dies
Died :11/28/1940Nicolae Iorga, author/president of Romania, murdered by fascist
Died :08/24/1940Paul G Nipkow, German TV pioneer (Nipkow disk), dies
Died :08/21/1940Paul Juon, Russian/Swiss violinist/composer, dies at 68
Died :06/29/1940Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies
Died :05/23/1940Paul Nizan, French journalist/writer (Ce Soir/Aden Arabia), dies at 35
Died :07/15/1940Robert Wadlow, world's tallest man (8'11.1"), dies at 32
Died :07/19/1940Samuel H Chang, US newspaper magnate, murdered in Shanghai
Died :03/16/1940Selma O Lagerl”f, Swedish author (Nils Holgersson, Nobel 1909), dies
Died :10/18/1940Suze Groeneweg, 1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65
Died :10/12/1940Tom Mix, US actor (Texan, Hidden Gold), dies
Died :06/22/1940Vladimir K”ppen, Russ/German/Aust meteorologist, dies at 93
Died :09/27/1940Walter Benjamin, German literature critic/writer, dies
Died :05/15/1940Willem A Bonger, sociologist/criminologist (Race & Crime), dies
Died :06/02/1940Willem E Roelofs, painter/cartoonist, dies
Died :07/20/1940Y G Van de Peat, Dutch director of employment, commits suicide




Special :08/05/1940"Acquaintance" blows-up Zandvoortse synagouge
Special :07/23/1940"Blitz" begins, all-night raid on London
Special :06/30/1940"Brenda Starr" cartoon strip, by Dale Messick, 1st appears
Special :06/19/1940"Brenda Starr," 1st cartoon strip by a woman, appears in Chicago
Special :04/19/1940"Lake Shore Ltd" derails speed killing 34 near Little Falls NY
Special :06/28/1940"Quiz Kids?" premiers on radio
Special :01/27/1940-17ĝ F (-27ĝ C), CCC Camp F-16, Georgia (state record)
Special :11/11/19401000s Paris students lay reath at Grave of Unknown Soldier
Special :05/01/1940140 Palestinian Jews die as German planes bomb their ship
Special :04/21/19401st $64 Question, "Take It or Leave It", on CBS Radio
Special :08/25/19401st (British) night bombing of Germany (Berlin)
Special :11/15/19401st 75,000 men called to armed forces duty during peacetime
Special :12/08/19401st NFL championship on national radio; Bears beat Redskins 73-0
Special :06/04/19401st NL night game at Sportsman's Park (Dodgers 10, Cardinals 1)
Special :11/01/19401st US air raid shelter, Fleetwood, Pa
Special :03/10/19401st US opera telecast, W2XBS, NYC, I Pagliacci
Special :03/06/19401st US telecast from an airplane, NYC
Special :07/15/19401st betatron placed in operation, Urbana, Il
Special :11/23/19401st edition of illegal "The Truth" publishes
Special :08/31/19401st edition pf illegal opposition newspaper Free Netherlands
Special :04/20/19401st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pa
Special :11/30/19401st game of only 2-game Grey Cup (Ottawa 8, Toronto Balmy Beach 2)
Special :07/24/19401st illegal "Newsletter of Pieter It Hen" published un Neth
Special :03/02/19401st intercollegiate track meet telecast, MSG, NYC
Special :06/04/19401st night game at Forbes Field (Pirates 14, Braves 2)
Special :05/24/19401st night game at NY's Polo Grounds (Giants 8, Braves 1)
Special :05/24/19401st night game at St Louis Sportsman Park (Indians 3, Browns 2)
Special :05/15/19401st nylon stockings sold in US
Special :08/25/19401st parachute wedding
Special :04/13/19401st pole vaulter to clear 15' (4.57 m), C Warmerdam, Berkeley, CA
Special :09/03/19401st showing of high definition color TV
Special :07/18/19401st successful helicopter flight, Stratford, Ct
Special :06/05/19401st synthetic rubber tire exhibited Akron Oh
Special :02/25/19401st televised (W2XBS, NYC) hockey game (Rangers vs Canadians)
Special :04/16/19401st televised baseball game, WGN-TV, (White Sox vs Cubs exhibition)
Special :02/28/19401st televised basketball game (college game at NYC's MSG)
Special :05/04/194021 NSB'ers (fascist & communist) arrested in Netherlands
Special :04/13/19402nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed
Special :06/15/194038 Italians Fiat bombers bomb Luc-and-Province
Special :09/03/194039.4 CM rainfall at Sapulpa Oklahoma (state record)
Special :09/15/19403rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2)
Special :10/24/194040 hour work week goes into effect (Fair Labor Standards of 1938)
Special :09/12/194049 die & 200 injured when Hercules Powder Co plant explodes (NJ)
Special :10/29/1940A Patry discovers asteroid #1539 Borrelly
Special :07/03/1940ARP-leader/ex-premier Colijn argues cooperation with Germany
Special :06/25/1940Adolf Hitler views Eiffel towe & grave of Napoleon in France
Special :10/04/1940Adolph Hitler & Benito Mussolini confer at Brenner Pass in the Alps
Special :03/23/1940All-India-Muslim league calls for a Muslim homeland
Special :04/14/1940Allies troops land in Norway
Special :06/05/1940American Negro Threater organizes
Special :05/19/1940Amsterdam time becomes MET (Middle European Time)
Special :06/29/1940Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard
Special :05/29/1940Arthur Seyss-Inquart intalled as Reich commissar of Hague
Special :03/03/1940Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label
Special :07/01/1940Austria refuses entry to Dutch Jewish refugees
Special :08/08/1940Battle of Britain began as Germany launches air attacks
Special :07/10/1940Battle of Britain began as Nazi forces attacked by air
Special :06/05/1940Battle of France begins in WW II
Special :11/19/1940Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler
Special :05/28/1940Belgium surrenders to Germany, King Leopold III gives himself up
Special :10/25/1940Benjamin O Davis Dr became 1st Black general in US Army
Special :10/16/1940Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr named 1st black general in regular army
Special :07/27/1940Billboard magazine starts publishing bestseller charts
Special :04/30/1940Bkln Dodger Tex Carleton no-hits Cin Reds, 3-0
Special :09/27/1940Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
Special :11/12/1940Blizzard strikes midwest, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes)
Special :11/11/1940Blizzard strikes midwestern US killing over 100
Special :06/15/1940Bread & flour rationed in Holland
Special :01/08/1940Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter & sugar)
Special :05/27/1940British & French begin evacuation of Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo)
Special :10/02/1940British Council receives British Charter
Special :05/10/1940British Local Defense Volunteers (Home Guard) forms
Special :04/19/1940British Premier De Geer declares state of war
Special :08/14/1940British Premier De Geer vacations in Switzerland
Special :07/03/1940British Royal Navy sinks French fleet in North Africa
Special :11/11/1940British air attack destroys half of Italian fleet
Special :12/10/1940British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani)
Special :12/09/1940British assault on Banghazi Lybia
Special :05/13/1940British bomb factory at Breda
Special :06/04/1940British complete miracle of Dunkirk by evacuating 300,000 troops
Special :02/17/1940British destroyers board German Altmark off Norway
Special :07/04/1940British destroys French battle fleet at Oran, Algeria, 1267 die
Special :07/18/1940British govt signs Bruma law under Japanese pressure
Special :10/02/1940British liner Empress loaded with refugees for Canada, sunk
Special :02/14/1940British merchant vessel fleet is armed
Special :07/22/1940British premier De Geer meets Hitler in London
Special :02/07/1940British railroads nationalized
Special :06/08/1940British troop leave Narvik, Norway
Special :12/09/1940British troops 1st major offensive in No Africa (Libya) during WW II
Special :12/12/1940British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani
Special :04/15/1940British troops land at Narvik
Special :12/17/1940British troops occupies Sollum
Special :05/28/1940British-French strike captures Narvik Norway
Special :06/07/1940British/French troops evacuate Narvik
Special :09/10/1940Buckingham Palace hit by German bomb
Special :09/02/1940Byron Nelson wins PGA golf tournament
Special :09/04/1940CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
Special :08/27/1940Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)
Special :10/20/1940Cheese rationed in Netherlands
Special :09/15/1940Chicago Tribune sponsors Ted Lyons Day (White Sox pitcher)
Special :08/07/1940Churchill recognizes De Gaulle govt in exile
Special :05/13/1940Churchill says I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears & sweat
Special :10/08/1940Cin Reds beat Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, in 37th World Series
Special :04/16/1940Cleve Indian Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter vs Chic, 1-0
Special :06/01/1940Coffee & tea rationed in Holland
Special :06/16/1940Commuinist govt installed in Lithuania
Special :09/14/1940Congress passes 1st peace-time conscription bill (draft law)
Special :01/30/1940Cor Jongpeople wins 6th Dutch Elfstedentocht skate
Special :04/13/1940Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft
Special :09/06/1940Crown prince Michael succeeds Carol II as king of Romania
Special :04/23/1940Dance hall fires kills 198 (Natchez Miss)
Special :10/31/1940Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into Warsaw Ghetto
Special :07/05/1940Diplomatic relations broken between Britain & Vichy govt in France
Special :06/08/1940Discovery of element 93, neptunium, announced
Special :11/14/1940During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
Special :11/01/1940Dutch "Curfew" established (12 AM - 4 AM)
Special :07/02/1940Dutch PM Colijn publishes "Borders of 2 Worlds" (German victory)
Special :05/13/1940Dutch Queen Wilhelmina flees to England
Special :09/16/1940Dutch SS forms
Special :11/04/1940Eggs & cake rationed in Netherlands
Special :06/26/1940End of USSR experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27
Special :08/17/1940FDR & Canadian PM William M King agree to joint defense commission
Special :03/12/1940Finland surrenders to Russia during WW II, gives Karelische Isthmus
Special :03/13/1940Finland-Russian ceasefire signed, Finland gives up Karelische
Special :03/02/1940Finland: soviet army conquer Tuppura Island
Special :01/05/1940Finnish offensive at Suomossalmi against Russia
Special :02/22/1940Finnish troops vacate Koivisto island
Special :04/23/1940Fire in Natchez Mississippi kills 198
Special :09/27/1940Floyd Giebells, 1st game, 2-0 pennent clinching beating Bob Feller
Special :06/17/1940France asks Germany for terms of surrender in WW II
Special :06/22/1940France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms
Special :06/24/1940France signs an armistice with Italy during WW II
Special :11/06/1940Franklin D Roosevelt re-elected president
Special :06/15/1940French Fort Verdun & Paris captured by Germans
Special :03/19/1940French cabinet of Daladier, falls
Special :08/28/1940French colonies Cameroon/Congo-Brazzaville support Gen De Gaulle
Special :05/10/1940French marines stationed on Aruba
Special :05/12/1940French mariniers occupy St Maarten
Special :03/10/1940G Kulin discovers asteroid #1513 Matra
Special :09/08/1940G Kulin discovers asteroid #1538 Detre
Special :03/12/1940G Kulin discovers asteroid #2738
Special :01/07/1940G Kulin discovers asteroid #3019
Special :03/15/1940G Kulin discovers asteroid #3380
Special :08/27/1940G Strommer discovers asteroid #1537 Transylvania
Special :05/04/1940Gallahadion (35-1 longshot) wins Kentucky Derby
Special :05/20/1940Gen Guderians tanks reach The Channel (British expeditionary army)
Special :06/05/1940Gen Von Bock starts German offensive in Somme
Special :02/05/1940Gen Winckelman replaces Gen Reijnders as Dutch supreme commander
Special :05/15/1940Gen Winkelman signs surrender to Germany
Special :11/18/1940George Matesky Mad Bomber's 1st time-bomb
Special :09/04/1940Gerbrandy becomes premier of Dutch govt in exile
Special :06/10/1940German "Dutch Q-ship Atlantis" sinks Norwegian tanker
Special :09/07/1940German Air Force blitz London for 1st of 57 consecutive nights
Special :07/09/1940German Evangelist Church protests against euthanasia pogroms
Special :09/25/1940German High Commissioner in Norway sets up Vidkun Quisling govt
Special :08/23/1940German Luftwaffe begins night bombing on London
Special :01/15/1940German U-Boot torpedoes the Eagle church
Special :08/11/1940German air raid on British harbors Portland/Weymouth
Special :05/15/1940German armour division moves into Northern France
Special :09/14/1940German bomb hits shelter in Chelsea; 100s die
Special :06/04/1940German forces enter Paris
Special :06/14/1940German forces occupied Paris during WW II
Special :08/03/1940German occupiers forbid ritual slaughters & English & French movies
Special :07/04/1940German occupiers forbids anti-nazis speeches
Special :07/03/1940German occupiers forbids using royality names
Special :08/31/1940German occupiers in Netherlands begin soap ration
Special :10/17/1940German occupiers issue identity cards
Special :06/18/1940German occupiers slaughter cattle, pigs & chickens (for Germany
Special :05/12/1940German tanks conquer Moerd˜kbrug
Special :05/25/1940German troops conquer Boulogne
Special :10/08/1940German troops occupies Romania
Special :08/13/1940Germany air attack on South England (Battle of Britain begins)
Special :04/08/1940Germany battle cruiser sinks British aircraft carrier Glorious
Special :12/29/1940Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London (WW II)
Special :11/21/1940Germany forbids building schools
Special :04/09/1940Germany invades Norway & Denmark during WW II (Denmark surrenders)
Special :11/09/1940Germany invades Norway & Denmark in WW II
Special :03/10/1940Germany invades the Benelux countries
Special :07/20/1940Germany occupiers forbid CPN party in Netherland
Special :06/17/1940Germany occupiers ration bread in Holland
Special :05/17/1940Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium & begins invasion of France
Special :02/05/1940Glenn Miller & his Orchestra record "Tuxedo Junction"
Special :04/28/1940Glenn Miller records "Pennsylvania 6-5000"
Special :05/25/1940Golden Gate Intl Expo reopens
Special :06/05/1940Gov of Suriname & Neth Antilles refuse entry to Jewish refugees
Special :08/17/1940Greece mobilizes
Special :10/28/1940Greece successfully resists Italy's attack
Special :11/17/1940Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane
Special :10/20/1940Greenhouse rationing begins in Netherlands
Special :03/15/1940G”ring ays 100-200 church bells enough for Germany, smelt the rest
Special :06/19/1940G”ring orders seizure of Dutch horses, car, buses & ships
Special :06/02/1940Heavy German bombing on Dunkirk beach
Special :12/16/1940Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Al McCoy in Chicago
Special :06/20/1940Heavyweight Joe Louis KOs Arturo Godoy (NYC)
Special :03/27/1940Himmler orders building of Auschwitz concentration camp, at Katowice
Special :04/27/1940Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Special :09/17/1940Hitler begins invasion of England (operation Seel”we)
Special :09/11/1940Hitler begins operation-Seel”we (invasion England)
Special :12/09/1940Illeagal Jewish immigrants to Haifa are deported to Mauritius
Special :08/03/1940Italian troops attack British-Somalia
Special :09/12/1940Italian troops enter Egypt
Special :09/18/1940Italians troops conquer Sidi Barrani
Special :09/13/1940Italians troops under Marshal Graziani attack Egypt
Special :06/10/1940Italy declares war on France & Britain during WW II
Special :06/11/1940Italy declares war on allies/raids Malta
Special :10/24/1940Japan eliminates US terms (strike, play ball) from baseball
Special :09/26/1940Japanese troops attack French Indo-China
Special :04/07/1940Jimmy Demeret beats Lloyd Mangrum for the Masters
Special :09/24/1940Jimmy Foxx hits his 500th career HR
Special :03/29/1940Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck to retain heavyweight boxing title
Special :02/09/1940Joe Louis defends heavyweight boxing title beating Arturo Godov
Special :07/25/1940John Sigmund begins swimming for 89 hrs 46 mins in the Mississippi R
Special :02/10/1940K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1528 Conrada
Special :08/03/1940K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #1881 Shao
Special :01/13/1940K Reinmuth discovers asteroids #1553 Bauersfelda & #1880 McCrosky
Special :03/31/1940Karelo-Finnish SSR becomes 12th Soviet republic (until 1956)
Special :04/04/1940L Oterma discovers asteroid #2332 Kalm
Special :07/02/1940Lake Washington (Seattle) Floating bridge dedicated
Special :08/07/1940Largest amount paid for a stamp ($45,000 for 1› 1856 British Guiana)
Special :06/08/1940Last British troops leave Narvik Norway
Special :06/03/1940Last British/French troop leave Dunkirk
Special :07/24/1940Linthorst Homan, de Quay & Einthoven finds Dutch Union
Special :07/14/1940Lithuania becomes Lithuanian SSR
Special :08/03/1940Lithuanian SSR is accepted into USSR
Special :10/16/1940Lottery for 1st US WW II draftees held; #158 drawn 1st
Special :08/24/1940Luftwaffe bombs London
Special :09/06/1940M B Protitch discovers asteroid #1554 Yugoslavia
Special :06/23/1940Marcel Louette seeks opposition group "White Brigade" on Antwerp
Special :09/28/1940Michigan's Tom Harmon runs 72, 86 & 94 yard touchdowns
Special :03/07/1940Mont Canadiens lose record tying NHL 15th straight game at home
Special :09/04/1940Mussert sends telegram, that Hitler has captured the Dutch
Special :04/12/1940NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards
Special :07/09/1940NL beats AL 4-0 in 8th All Star Game (Sportsman Park, St Louis)
Special :07/16/1940NSB'er Woudenberg appointed as NVV-trustee
Special :09/23/1940NSB-leader Musserts 1st meeting with Hitler
Special :04/13/1940NY Rangers beat Toronto Maple Leafs 4 games to 2 for Stanley Cup
Special :05/11/1940NY World's Fair reopens
Special :04/23/1940NY Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert
Special :05/10/1940Nazi army overthrows eastern Europe
Special :05/10/1940Nazi armys attacks Netherland, Belgium & Luxembourg
Special :05/12/1940Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Muese River
Special :05/14/1940Nazi bombs Rotterdam (600-900 dead), surrender
Special :09/19/1940Nazi decree forbids gentile woman to work in Jewish homes
Special :01/25/1940Nazi decrees the establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland
Special :05/17/1940Nazi's bombs Middelburg/B IJzerdrat begins illegal defiance
Special :09/27/1940Nazi-Germany, Italy & Japan sign formal alliance (Axis)
Special :09/17/1940Nazis deprive Jews of possessions
Special :11/26/1940Nazis force 500,000 Warsaw Jews to live in walled ghetto
Special :06/14/1940Nazis open a concentration camp at Auschewitz
Special :04/21/1940Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer
Special :08/12/1940Netherlands starts rationing textile
Special :05/14/1940Netherlands surrender to Germany
Special :06/09/1940Norway surrenders to Germany during WW II
Special :05/05/1940Norwegian govt in exile forms in London
Special :04/29/1940Norwegian king Haakon & govt flees to England
Special :11/29/1940Oterma discovers asteroid #2717 Tellervo, #2803 Vilho & #3132 Landgraf
Special :08/26/1940P Djurkovic discovers asteroid #1700 Zvezdara
Special :06/13/1940Paris evacuates before German advance
Special :11/25/1940Patria steamer sinks killing 200, outside of Haifa
Special :03/20/1940Paul Reynoud becomes French premier
Special :10/01/1940Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens
Special :01/23/1940Pianist Ignaz Paderewski becomes premier of Polish govt in exile
Special :11/10/1940Pittsburgh & Philadelphia play a penalty free NFL game
Special :11/05/1940Pres FDR (D) wins unprecedented 3rd term beating Wendell Willkie (R)
Special :08/10/1940Prince Bernhard Fund forms
Special :09/28/1940Prof Snyder & Seyss Inquart presents "Neth Culture" in German
Special :10/24/1940Protestant churches protest against dismissal of Jew civil servants
Special :05/06/1940Pulitzer prize awarded to John Steinbeck (Grapes of Wrath)
Special :08/23/1940Queen Wilhelmina dismisses premier De Geer
Special :07/09/1940RAF bombs Germany
Special :11/08/1940RAF bombs Munich
Special :06/23/1940RAF bombs Schiphol
Special :07/28/1940Radio Orange, London begins
Special :02/28/1940Richard Wright's "Native Son" published
Special :03/01/1940Richard Wright's novel "Native Son" is published
Special :06/28/1940Romania cedes Bessarabia to Soviet Union
Special :04/28/1940Rudolf Hess becomes commandant of concentration camp Auschwitz
Special :02/01/1940Russia begins new offensive against Finland
Special :02/23/1940Russian troops conquer Lasi Island
Special :11/23/1940SD arrested resistance fighter Bernard Iron wire
Special :09/16/1940Samuel T Rayburn of Tx elected speaker of House
Special :01/11/1940Sergei Prokofiev's ballet Romeo & Juliet premiers in Lenningrad
Special :09/03/1940Sicherheits police bans Free masons, Rotary & Red Cross
Special :07/20/1940Singles record charts 1st published by Billboard-Tommy Dorsey #1
Special :06/15/1940Soviet Army occupies Lithuiana
Special :06/27/1940Soviet Armys attacks Romania
Special :07/21/1940Soviet Union annexes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania
Special :08/05/1940St Louis Brown John Whitehead no-hits Detroit Tigers, 4-0 in 6 innings
Special :11/07/1940Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Wash
Special :09/15/1940Tide turns in Battle of Britain in WW II, RAF beats Luftwaffe
Special :05/20/1940Trailing 7-1 in 9th to Pitts, Phils win 8-7
Special :11/25/1940U of Mich retires Tom Harmon's #98
Special :02/26/1940US Air Defense Command established at Mitchel Field, LI, NY
Special :06/30/1940US Fish & Wildlife Service established
Special :09/03/1940US gives Britain 50 destroyers in exchange for Newfoundland base lease
Special :06/29/1940US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register
Special :02/28/1940US population at 131,669,275 (12,865,518 blacks (9.8%))
Special :06/27/1940USSR returns to Gregorian calendar
Special :07/21/1940VARA-management accepts Rost of Tonningens demands
Special :06/09/1940W Lawson Little wins US Open golf tournament
Special :08/--/1940WBBM TV channel 2 in Chicago, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Special :01/03/1940WPG-AM in Atlantic City NJ consolidates with WBIL & WOV as "new" WOV
Special :11/13/1940Walt Disney's "Fantasia" released
Special :02/07/1940Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" released
Special :10/16/1940Warsaw Ghetto established
Special :05/07/1940Winston Churchill becomes PM of Britain
Special :05/10/1940Winston Churchill succeeds Neville Chamberlain as British PM
Special :10/04/1940Wrestling returns to Madison Sq Garden after 12 year lay off
Special :12/28/1940Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1659 Punkaharju, #1678 Hveen & #2962
Special :09/06/1940Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #1677 Tycho Brahe
Special :04/09/1940Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2639 Planman
Special :12/30/1940Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #2750 Loviisa
Special :03/30/1940Y Vaisala discovers asteroid #3166
Special :04/03/1940Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #2194 Arpola, #2512 Tavastia & #3099
Special :07/28/1940Yankee Charle Keller hits 3 HRs to beat White Sox 10-9
Special :10/06/1940Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat & Skyline in SF
Special :07/26/194098ĝF lowest temperature for this date in NYC

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