Date: August 31, 1940
General Henri Guisan orders the Swiss Army to resist German invasion and makes surrender illegal. Date: July 25, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July 25 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940FDR Denounces Italy in “Stab in the Back” Speech, June…
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…
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 1940George Stibitz Pioneers First Remote Computer Operation, September 9, 1940Atlantis Captures Secret…
Franklin D. Roosevelt is the first and only President of the United States to be elected to a third term. Date: November 5, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 5 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Rotterdam Bombed by Luftwaffe During…
World War II: The Royal Navy attacks the French naval squadron in Algeria, to ensure that it will not fall under German control. Of the four French battleships present, one is sunk, two are damaged, and one escapes back to France. Date: July 3, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on July…
World War II: The German occupation of Paris begins. Date: June 14, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 14 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940World War II: Germany Invades Denmark and Norway, April 9, 1940Winter War: Finnish 9th Division Defeats…