Tartu Art Museum Established in Tartu, Estonia November 17, 1940

World War II: Britain introduces food rationing. Date: January 8, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 8 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Hitler and Franco Meet at Hendaye to Discuss Spain in WWII, October 23, 1940Battle of Taranto: First All-Aircraft…

Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco meet at Hendaye to discuss the possibility of Spain entering the Second World War. Date: October 23, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 23 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940World War II Hardest Day Air…

World War II: Thirteen thousand British and French troops surrender to General Erwin Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux. Date: June 12, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 12 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940RMS Lancastria Sunk by Luftwaffe Near Saint-Nazaire, 1940 June…

World War II: Six days before Adolf Hitler issues his Directive 16 to the combined Wehrmacht armed forces for Operation Sea Lion, the Kanalkampf shipping attacks begin against British maritime convoys in the leadup to initiating the Battle of Britain. Date: July 10, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 10…

Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. Date: April 7, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 7 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Warsaw Ghetto Closed by Nazis in Occupied Poland,…

World War II: The first Bombing of Berlin by the British Royal Air Force. Date: August 25, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 25 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Atlantis Captures Secret British Mail for Japan, November 11, 1940George Stibitz…