Date: August 31, 1940
The Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz. Date: May 20, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 20 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Japan Declares Nanking Capital of Puppet Government March 30, 1940Ip Massacre: Hungarian…
Three trains on the Nishinari Line; present Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred and eighty-one people are killed. Date: January 29, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on January 29 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events…
World War II: The Balham underground station disaster kills sixty-six people during the London Blitz. Date: October 14, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 14 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940B-25 Mitchell First Flight August 19, 1940World War II: Luftwaffe…
Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city. Date: June 23, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 23 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More…
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 1940World War II: Greek Counterattack Captures Korytsa in Albania, November 22,…
The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from occupied eastern Poland to Siberia. Date: February 10, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 10 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Benjamin O. Davis Sr. Named First African American Army General,…