November 1940 calendar
Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened in November 1940.
The US president was Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democrat), the UK Prime Minister was Winston Churchill (Conservative), Pope Pius XII was leading the Catholic Church.
But much more happened on November 1940: find out below
Historical Events
Which were the important events of November 1940?
Events
- 01 Nov 1940 Dutch Curfew forms
- 04 Nov 1940 Eggs and cake rationed in the Netherlands
- 05 Nov 1940 Dutch submarine departs Dundee
- 06 Nov 1940 Franklin D Roosevelt re-elected President
- 07 Nov 1940 Tacoma Narrows (Galloping Gertie) Bridge collapses, Washington State, USA.
- 08 Nov 1940 RAF bombs Munich
- 09 Nov 1940 Germany invades Norway and Denmark in WWII
- 10 Nov 1940 Pittsburgh and Philadelphia play a penalty-free NFL game.
- 11 Nov 1940 1,000s Paris students lay reath at Grave of Unknown Soldier
- 12 Nov 1940 Blizzard strikes midwestern US, 154 die (69 on boat on Great Lakes).
- 13 Nov 1940 RKO Radio Pictures world premieres Disney's third animated feature film, Fantasia, at New York's Broadway Theater. The film introduces stereophonic sound to motion pictures via a special sound system called Fantasound. This is Mickey Mouse' feature film debut, in the segment The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
- 14 Nov 1940 During WWII, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England
- 15 Nov 1940 1st black to sign hockey contract-Arthur Dorrington and AC Seagulls
- 16 Nov 1940 World War II: in response to the leveling of Coventry, England by Nazi Germany's Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
- 17 Nov 1940 Green Bay Packers become first NFL team to travel by plane.
- 18 Nov 1940 World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece.
- 19 Nov 1940 Belgian King Leopold III visits Adolf Hitler
- 20 Nov 1940 Hungary joins 3 Power pact
- 21 Nov 1940 Nazi occupiers forbid building schools in the Netherlands
- 22 Nov 1940 500 students in Delft demonstrate against Nazis
- 23 Nov 1940 1st edition of illegal The Truth publishes
- 24 Nov 1940 World War II: The First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers.
- 25 Nov 1940 Patria, carrying illegal immigrants, sinks in port of Haifa, 200 die
- 26 Nov 1940 Leidse students strike
- 27 Nov 1940 6th Heisman Trophy Award: Tom Harmon, Michigan
- 28 Nov 1940 Cleveringa arrested by Nazis
- 30 Nov 1940 28th CFL Grey Cup (Game 1): Toronto Balmy Beach defeats Ottawa, 8-2
- 05 Nov 1940 World War II: The British armed merchant cruiser HMS is sunk by the German pocket battleship .
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Music charts
Which were the top hits in November 1940?
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Top #4 songs in the USA
- Andrews Sisters - Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar
- Bob Crosby & His Orchestra - Down Argentina Way
- Will Bradley & His Orchestra - Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat
- Ella Fitzgerald - Five O'Clock Whistle
Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
