Pinocchio Premieres as Walt Disney’s Second Full-Length Animated Film, February 7, 1940

World War II: The Siege of Calais ends with the surrender of the British and French garrison. Date: May 26, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 26 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Battle of the Netherlands: Dutch Surrender to Germany,…

World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania a few hours later. Date: October 28, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 28 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Sumner Welles Declares U.S. Non-Recognition of Baltic Annexation, July…

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 1940British Army 11th Hussars Capture Fort Capuzzo in Libya, June 17, 1940Rotterdam…

World War II: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain becomes Chief of State of Vichy France (Chef de l'État Français). Date: June 16, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on June 16 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Allied Forces Recapture Narvik, First Infantry Victory…

World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy French forces. Date: November 12, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on November 12 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from…

Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14. Date: February 27, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 27 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940British and French Troops Surrender to Rommel at Saint-Valery-en-Caux, June 12, 1940Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party Elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal…