Date: January 29, 1940
Six high-ranking members of the Soviet politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, in what will become known as the Katyn massacre. Date: March 5, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on March 5 📅 Events on this day in 1940…
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 1940Denmark Leaves League of Nations July 20, 1940Rhythm Club Fire Kills 198 in Natchez, Mississippi, April 23, 1940World…
World War II: Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz concentration camp to gather and smuggle out information for the resistance movement. Date: September 19, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on September 19 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940German…
World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins, as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons. Date: May 13, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 13 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This…
Pennsylvania Central Airlines Trip 19 crashes near Lovettsville, Virginia. The CAB investigation of the accident is the first investigation to be conducted under the Bureau of Air Commerce act of 1938. Date: August 31, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 31 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On…
World War II: The German Luftwaffe launches an air operation, codenamed Adlertag, during the Battle of Britain in an attempt to destroy the British Royal Air Force. Date: August 13, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 13 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More…