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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

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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 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: Slovakia 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

Famous Birthday

  • Bruce Lee

    Chinese-American actor and martial arts expert who portrayed heroism and grace in movies featuring his martial arts.

  • Marlène Jobert

    Algerian-born French stage and film actress, born to a jewish mother and to a French military father.

  • Terry Gilliam

    American writer, producer, animator, director and set-designer, the only American member of Britain's comedy troupe, "Monty Python.

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Famous Deaths

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Music charts

Which were the top hits in November 1940?
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Top #4 songs in the USA

  1. - Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar
  2. - Down Argentina Way
  3. - Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat
  4. - Five O'Clock Whistle

Movies

Which were the most popular Movies released in that month?
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The Philadelphia Story

The Philadelphia Story

Release year: 1940

Directed by: George Cukor

Starring: Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart, Ruth Hussey

Country: United States of America

The Letter

The Letter

Release year: 1940

Directed by: William Wyler

Starring: Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort

Country: United States of America

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick

Release year: 1940

Directed by: Edward F. Cline

Starring: W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio

Country: United States of America

Three Men from Texas

Three Men from Texas

Release year: 1940

Directed by: Lesley Selander

Starring: William Boyd, Russell Hayden, Andy Clyde, Morris Ankrum

Go West

Go West

Release year: 1940

Directed by: Edward Buzzell

Starring: Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, John Carroll

Country: United States of America