Tripartite Pact Signed by Germany, Japan, and Italy – September 27, 1940
Date: September 27, 1940
๐ Other events on September 27
Date: September 27, 1940
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John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath. Date: May 6, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 6 ๐ Events on this day in 1940 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Igor Sikorsky First Successful Single-Rotor Helicopter Flight, May 24, 1940Vidkun Quisling…
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 โ ๐ Other events on August 20 ๐ Events on this day in 1940 ๐ On This…
World War II: Belgium surrenders to Nazi Germany to end the Battle of Belgium. Date: May 28, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 28 ๐ Events on this day in 1940 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1940Ip Massacre: Hungarian Army Kills 158 Romanian Civilians, September 14, 1940World…
World War II: Battle of Cape Spada: The Royal Navy and the Regia Marina clash; the Italian light cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni sinks, with 121 casualties. Date: July 19, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on July 19 ๐ Events on this day in 1940 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from…
Acting on the orders of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, NKVD agent Iosif Grigulevich orchestrates an unsuccessful assassination attempt on exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky in Coyoacรกn, Mexico. Date: May 24, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 24 ๐ Events on this day in 1940 ๐ On This Day (Today) More…
World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium. Date: May 17, 1940 Read more on Wikipedia โ ๐ Other events on May 17 ๐ Events on this day in 1940 ๐ On This Day (Today) More events from 1940World War II: German Fighters Accidentally Bomb Freiburg May 10, 1940Britain Introduces Food Rationing in World War II,…