April 1940 calendar

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Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in April 1940.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Neville Chamberlain (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.

But much more happened on April 1940: find out below

Historical Events

Which were the important events of April 1940?

Events

02 Apr 1940 Walt Disney Productions first offers shares in the company to the public. 155,000 shares of preferred stock are offered at US$25 per share, and 600,000 of common stock for US$5 per share. US$3.5 million is raised from the stock offering.
03 Apr 1940 WWII: Operation ''Weserübung'': German ships set out for the invasion of Norway.
05 Apr 1940 Neville Chamberlain, in what proves to be a tragic misjudgment, declares in a major public speech that Hitler has quotmissed the busquot.
07 Apr 1940 1st black to appear on US stamp
08 Apr 1940 Germany battle cruisers sink British aircraft carrier Glorious
09 Apr 1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark during WWII
10 Apr 1940 Vidkun Quisling forms Norwegian national government
12 Apr 1940 NFL cuts clipping penalty from 25 yards to 15 yards.
13 Apr 1940 2nd battle of Narvik-8 German destroyers, destroyed
14 Apr 1940 Allied troops land in Norway
15 Apr 1940 British troops land at Narvik, Norway.
16 Apr 1940 Cleveland Indians' Bob Feller hurls an opening day no-hitter versus Chicago, 1-0.
19 Apr 1940 Lake Shore Ltd train derails, killing 34 near Little Falls, New York.
20 Apr 1940 1st electron microscope demonstrated (RCA), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
21 Apr 1940 Netherlands beats Belgium 4-2 in soccer.
22 Apr 1940 Rear Admiral Joseph Taussig testifies before US Senate Naval Affairs Committee that war with Japan is inevitable (He was right).
23 Apr 1940 New York Yankees dedicate a plaque to Jacob Rupert.
27 Apr 1940 Himmler orders establishment of Auschwitz Concentration Camp
28 Apr 1940 Glenn Miller records Pennsylvania 6-5000
29 Apr 1940 1st radio broadcast of Young Dr Malone on CBS
30 Apr 1940 Brooklyn Dodgers' Tex Carleton no-hits Cincinnati Reds, 3-0.

Famous Birthday

Al Pacino
American actor, one of the most accomplished stars of his generation who remains a private, enigmatic figure.
Herbie Hancock
American musician and composer.
J M G Le Clézio
Marie-José Nat
French actress.
Philippe Junot
French industrialist and playboy noted for his marriage to Princess Caroline of Monaco, 17 years his junior, in 1978 for 27 months.
Claire Bretécher
French artist, a cartoonist and caricaturist whose work has appeared in French publications.
Margrethe II of Denmark
Ira von Fürstenberg
Jeffrey Archer
British politician and tycoon; in 1969 he became the youngest member of the House of Commons, where he served until 1974.
John Havlicek
Martins Ferry sports Champions.
Anna Maria Tato
Guy Cloutier
Giorgio Moroder
Italian musician, a composer of pulsing, synthesized scores for films and a producer of albums showcasing popular artists.
Penelope Keith
British actress (Norman Conquests, Priest of Love).
Adrien Zeller
French politician, who served as State Secretary of the Social Security in the second Jacques Chirac government from 1986 to 1988.
Sue Grafton
American author of mystery novels, screenplays and TV.
Wangari Maathai
Kenyan environmentalist and politician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2011).
Burt Young
Movie Actor.
Vladimir Cosma
Romanian composer and conductor.
Jean-Pierre Sentier
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