King Carol II Abdicates; Michael Succeeds, Antonescu Leads Romania, September 6, 1940
Date: September 6, 1940
Date: September 6, 1940
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 1940Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party Elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as Leader, April 8, 1940Tartu Art Museum Established in…
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 1940Witold Pilecki Voluntarily Enters Auschwitz for Resistance Intelligence, September 19, 1940Ernest Hemingway’s For Whom the Bell Tolls…
The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published. Date: October 21, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 21 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Winter War: Finnish 9th Division Defeats Soviets at Raate Road,…
World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later. Date: April 14, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on April 14 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Winter War Ends with Moscow Peace…
California opens its first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway. Date: July 20, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 20 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940French Armistice with Nazi Germany Takes Effect, June 25, 1940German 2nd Panzer Captures Boulogne-sur-Mer, Battle Ends…
World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous Italian invasion of Greece. Date: November 18, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 18 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940World War…