Second Vienna Award Transfers Northern Transylvania from Romania to Hungary, August 30, 1940
Date: August 30, 1940
Date: August 30, 1940
Denmark leaves the League of Nations. 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 1940Le Paradis Massacre: 99 Royal Norfolk Soldiers Shot, May 27, 1940A Wild Hare Introduces Bugs Bunny July 27, 1940Lahore…
World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium. Date: May 28, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 28 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Romania Cedes Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina to Soviet Union, June 28,…
World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom following the resignation of Neville Chamberlain. On the same day, Germany invades France, The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom occupies Iceland. Date: May 10, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on May 10 📅 Events on…
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 1940Rotterdam…
World War II: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes the fourth of his famous wartime speeches, containing the line "Never was so much owed by so many to so few". Date: August 20, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on August 20 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This…
The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic. Date: October 1, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on October 1 📅 Events on this day in 1940 📅 On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Dunkirk Evacuation Ends, Churchill’s “We Shall Fight on the Beaches”…