Date: September 14, 1940
The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people. Date: April 23, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 23 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Pu-238 First Isolated in Berkeley, California, December 14, 1940Deadly Turenki Train…
World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani. Date: September 16, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 16 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940King Carol II Abdicates; Michael Succeeds, Antonescu Leads Romania, September 6, 1940Flamman Office Arson Kills Five in…
The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery. Date: October 17, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 17 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Belgium Surrenders to Nazi Germany, Ending Battle of Belgium,…
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 1940Hitler Tours Paris Architecture with Speer and Breker, June 23, 1940Lahore…
Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Flamman in Luleå, Sweden. Date: March 3, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 3 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940World War II Hardest Day Air…
The Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world. Date: November 16, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 16 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls First Edition…