Date: July 10, 1940
Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant. Date: May 15, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 15 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Vidkun Quisling Seizes Power in Norway, April 9, 1940Hitler and Franco Meet at Hendaye to Discuss…
World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium. Date: May 17, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 17 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Italy Begins Unsuccessful Invasion of France, June 21, 1940Romania Cedes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to Soviet Union, June…
World War II: The Soviet Union formally annexes Latvia. Date: August 5, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 5 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Hitler and Mussolini Form WWII Alliance Against France and UK, March 18, 1940Rotterdam Bombed by Luftwaffe,…
Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14. Date: February 27, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940World War II: Eighth Route Army Launches Hundred Regiments Offensive, August 20, 1940Vichy France Severs Relations with UK,…
World War II: The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later. Date: May 7, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 7 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day…
Romania cedes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to the Soviet Union after facing an ultimatum. Date: June 28, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 28 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940General Henri Guisan Orders Swiss Army Resistance, July 25, 1940World War…