December 1940 calendar

Events

• 01 Dec 1940 Manuel Ávila Camacho takes office as President of Mexico.
• 06 Dec 1940 Gestapo arrest German resistance fighter / poster artist Helen Ernst
• 09 Dec 1940 British assault on Banghazi Libya.
• 10 Dec 1940 British anti-offensive in Libya (Sidi Barrani).
• 11 Dec 1940 Russian General Zhukov warns of German assault.
• 12 Dec 1940 British troops conquer Sidi el-Barrani.
• 16 Dec 1940 Joe Louis knocks out Al McCoy in six rounds for heavyweight boxing title in Chicago, Illinois.
• 17 Dec 1940 British troops occupies Sollum
• 20 Dec 1940 Connie Mack acquires controlling interest in the Kansas City Athletics for US$42,000.
• 21 Dec 1940 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, author (Great Gatsby, Zelda), dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California at age 44.
• 22 Dec 1940 World War II: Himare is captured by the Greek army.
• 23 Dec 1940 World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (?-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta.
• 24 Dec 1940 Mahatma Gandhi, Indian spiritual non-violence leader writes his second letter to Adolf Hitler addressing him quotMy friendquot, requesting him to stop the war Germany had begun.
• 25 Dec 1940 Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Harts Pal Joey, premieres in New York City
• 28 Dec 1940 Arthur Morris scores 111 in second innings of first game after 148.
• 29 Dec 1940 Germany begins dropping incendiary bombs on London, England.
• 30 Dec 1940 In Sweden, Victor Hasselblad forms the Victor Hasselblad AB Camera Company.
• 31 Dec 1940 37 U-boats sunk this month

Famous Birthday

• Frank Zappa

  American musician, a guitarist, singer and composer, an actor, record and film producer.

• Richard Pryor

  American comedian and actor.

• Dionne Warwick

  American singer and recording artist with many hits to her credit.

• Gary Gilmore

  American homicide.

• André Bercoff

  Franco-Lebanese journalist and writer, who has written under the pseudonyms of Philippe de Commines, Philippe Mura, Catherine Médicis and...

• Donna Mills

  TV Actress.

• Phil Ochs

  El Paso, Texas -- Anti-war folk singer (Joe Hill, War is Over).

• Philippe Cousteau

  French oceanographer and cinematographer, the younger son and chief protégé of his famous dad, Jacques Cousteau, working as a diver and...

• Henri Dès
• Elisabeth Dufourcq
• Barbara Valentin
• Loredana Furno

  Italian ballerina and choreographer.

• Nestor Combin
• Édika
• Jacques Auxiette

  French politician, the current Regional Council President for the Pays de la Loire region in France.

• Xavier de Roux
• Jorma Kaukonen

  American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Jefferson Airplane and Hot Tuna).

• Nick Buoniconti

  American football player with the New England Patriots and the Miami Dolphins, inducted into the Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio,...

• Alain Scoff
• Harvey Fisher

  American actor and screenwriter, singer and musician, playing guitar and performing in folk music.

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Famous Deaths

• Nathanael West [Weinstein]

  American writer (Cool Million), dies at age 37.

• F Scott Fitzgerald

  Author (Zelda), dies of a heart attack at 44.

• Jan Kubelik

  Czech violinist (Born 1880).

• Maletti

  Italian General, dies in battle.

• Jacques-Arsene d'Arsonval

  French physicist (Born 1851).

• George Lloyd (bishop of Saskatchewan)

  Anglican Bishop and theologian (Born 1861).

• Alicia Boole Stott

  Irish mathematician (Born 1860).

• Childe Wills

  early associate of Henry Ford, one of the first employees of the Ford Motor Company, and a contributor to the design of the Model T (Born...

• Billy Hamilton

  American baseball player (Born 1866).

• George Regas

  Greek-American actor (d. 1940).

• Agnes Ayres

  Actress (Johnny Belinda, Sheik), dies at 42.

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Top #5 songs in the USA

1. Ella Fitzgerald - Five O'Clock Whistle
2. Sammy Kaye & His Orchestra - Dream Valley
3. Will Bradley & His Orchestra - There I Go
4. Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra - I Give You My Word
5. Eddy Duchin & His Orchestra - So You're the One