October 1940 calendar

Events

• 01 Oct 1940 Pennsylvania Turnpike, pioneer toll thruway, opens.
• 02 Oct 1940 17 German aircrafts shot down above England
• 03 Oct 1940 France Vichy government proclaims end to Jewish status
• 04 Oct 1940 12 German aircrafts shot down above England
• 06 Oct 1940 Zoological Gardens opens on Sloat and Skyline in San Francisco
• 07 Oct 1940 Reds Bucky Walters is 1st pitcher in 14 years to homer in World Series
• 08 Oct 1940 German troops enter Romania to protect its oilfields.
• 09 Oct 1940 World War II: Battle of Britain : During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb.
• 14 Oct 1940 Balham subway station disaster, in London, England, occurs during the Nazi Luftwaffe air raids on Great Britain.
• 16 Oct 1940 Lottery for 1st US WWII draftees held; #158 drawn 1st
• 17 Oct 1940 German occupiers issue identity cards
• 18 Oct 1940 Kaufman and Harts George Washington Slept Here, premieres in New York City
• 20 Oct 1940 Cheese rationed in the Netherlands
• 21 Oct 1940 RAF drops 1st anti-Nazi pamphlets on Netherlands
• 24 Oct 1940 Protestant churches protest against dismissal of Jew civil servants
• 25 Oct 1940 Benjamin O Davis Dr became 1st Black general in US Army
• 26 Oct 1940 The US P-51 Mustang makes its maiden flight.
• 28 Oct 1940 Meeting between Hitler and Mussolini in Florence
• 29 Oct 1940 Secretary of War Henry L Stimson draws first number (158) in first peacetime military draft in US history.
• 30 Oct 1940 Cole Porters musical Panama hattie, premieres in New York City
• 31 Oct 1940 63 U-boats sunk this month

Famous Birthday

• John Lennon

  British musician, an icon in popular culture, Lennon became a megastar in the internationally renowned rock 'n roll group, "The Beatles,"...

• Pelé

  Brazilian soccer player considered the athlete of the century.

• John Gotti

  American gangster and noted Mafia leader once known as the "Teflon Don" after a series of courtroom acquittals.

• Jacques Higelin

  French pop singer and musician.

• Cliff Richard

  British pop singer, musician, performer, actor and philanthropist.

• Frida Boccara

  French singer of Italian descent.

• André Santini

  French politician, the mayor of Issy-les-Moulineaux, Hauts-de-Seine.

• Thomas Moore (spiritual writer)
• Manfred Mann

  South African-English keyboard player and producer (Manfred Mann Manfred Mann's Earth Band and Manfred Mann Chapter Three).

• Bobby Knight

  College basketball coach (Indiana, Olympic - Gold - 1984).

• Michael Gambon

  English actor (Singing Detective, Paris at Night).

• Jean-Luc Bideau

  Swiss actor primarily in movies.

• Pierre-André Wiltzer

  French politician, a member of the Union for French Democracy and the Union for a Popular Movement, he was Minister of Cooperation, MP of...

• Winston Spencer Churchill
• Danièle Sallenave

  French novelist, journalist and professor of literature.

• André Billardon
• Teresa Hamilton

  American astrologer, specialist of vedic astrology.

• Geoffrey Boycott

  British sports figure, a brilliant but controversial cricket player who retired in 1986.

• Jean-Pierre Genet

  French road bicycle racer, professional from 1964 to 1976.

• Peter Stringfellow
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Famous Deaths

• Tom Mix

  American actor director and screenwriter (d. 1940).

• Robert Emden

  Swiss geo / astro physics (Gaskugeln), dies at 78.

• Suze Groeneweg

  1st woman in Dutch 2nd Chamber (1918-37), dies at 65.

• Victor Hollaender

  Composer, dies at 74.

• Fini Valdemar Henriques

  Composer, dies at 72.

• Lincoln Loy McCandless

  American cattle rancher (Born 1859).

• Lluis Companys

  President of Generalitat of Catalonia (shot) (Born 1882).

• Ferdinando Liuzzi

  Composer, dies at 55.

• Silvestre Revueltas

  Mexican composer of classical music, a violinist and a conductor.

• Wilfred Grenfell

  English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (Born 1865).

• Vito Volterra

  Italian mathematician and physicist (Born 1860).

• Gunnar Asplund

  Swedish architect and academic designed the Stockholm Public Library (d. 1940).

• Berton Churchill

  Canadian-American actor and singer (d. 1940).

• William G Conley

  Governor of West Virginia (Born 1866).

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Top #3 songs in the USA

1. Ink Spots - We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, And Me)
2. Kay Kyser & His Orchestra - Ferry Boat Serenade
3. Andrews Sisters - Beat Me, Daddy, Eight To The Bar