What Happened In March 1940 In History

Historical Events for March, 1940

• 3rd » Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the Left Party (Sweden) named communist newspaper 'Norrskensflamman' in Luleå, Sweden.
• 5th » Six high-ranking members of Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Soviet politburo, including General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin, sign an order for the execu
• 12th » Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty (1940) or Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.
• 13th » The Russo-Finnish Winter War ends.
• 16th » First person killed in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, James Isbister.
• 18th » World War II: Axis Powers Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini meet at the Brenner Pass in the Alps and agree to form an alliance against France and the United Kingdom.
• 23rd » The Lahore Resolution (Qarardad-e-Pakistan or the then Qarardad-e-Lahore) is put forward at the Annual General Convention of the All India Muslim League.
• 30th » Second Sino-Japanese War: Japan declares Nanjing called Nanking capital of a new Reorganized National Government of China e.g Chinese puppet government, nominally controlled by Wang Jingwei.

Famous Birthdays on March in 1940

• 1st » David Broome, Welsh horse rider
• 1st » Robert Grossman, American painter, sculptor, and author
• 1st » Brian Waites, English golfer
• 1st » Krzysztof Wilmanski, Polish-German scientist (d. 2012)
• 2nd » Tony Croatto, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2005)
• 2nd » Mamnoon Hussain, Pakistani politician, 12th President of Pakistan
• 2nd » Robert Lloyd (bass) known as Robert Lloyd, English opera singer
• 3rd » Germán Castro Caycedo, Colombian author and journalist
• 3rd » Perry Ellis, American fashion designer (d. 1986)
• 3rd » Jean-Paul Proust, French-Monacan politician, 21st Minister of State (Monaco) e.g Minister of State of Monaco (d. 2010)
• 3rd » Owen Spencer-Thomas, English journalist and clergyman
• 4th » Edward Burke (athlete) called Edward Burke, American hammer thrower
• 4th » Wolfgang Hoffmann-Riem, German judge and scholar
• 4th » Arild Lund, Norwegian politician
• 4th » Vladimir Ivanovich Morozov (1940) known as Vladimir Ivanovich Morozov, Ukrainian canoe racer
• 4th » Tom Pedigo, American set decorator (d. 2000)
• 4th » David Plante, American author
• 4th » Tamara Wilcox, American actress, producer, and costume designer (d. 1998)
• 5th » Tom Butler (bishop) e.g Tom Butler, English bishop
• 6th » Ken Danby, Canadian painter (d. 2007)
• 6th » Joanna Miles, French-American actress
• 6th » Willie Stargell, American baseball player (d. 2001)
• 6th » Jeff Wooller, English accountant and banker
• 7th » Rudi Dutschke, German activist (d. 1979)
• 7th » Daniel J. Travanti, American actor
• 8th » Susan Clark, Canadian actress
• 8th » Jacques Doucet (sportscaster) or Jacques Doucet, Canadian sportscaster
• 9th » Raúl Juliá, Puerto Rican-American actor (d. 1994)
• 10th » Chuck Norris, American actor and martial artist
• 10th » David Rabe, American playwright and screenwriter
• 10th » Dean Torrence, American singer-songwriter (Jan & Dean)
• 11th » Alberto Cortez, Argentinian-Spanish singer-songwriter
• 12th » Al Jarreau, American singer
• 12th » M. A. Numminen, Finnish singer-songwriter and producer (Suomen Talvisota 1939–1940 named Suomen Talvisota)
• 13th » Christopher Gable, English actor, dancer, and choreographer (d. 1998)
• 13th » Jacqueline Sassard, French actress
• 13th » Candi Staton, American singer
• 15th » Margo Howard, American journalist
• 15th » Frank Dobson, English politician, Secretary of State for Health
• 15th » Phil Lesh, American bass player (Grateful Dead, The Other Ones, The Dead (band) named The Dead, and Furthur (band) or Furthur)
• 15th » Mel Phillips (radio programmer) called Mel Phillips, American radio host and programmer
• 16th » Bernardo Bertolucci, Italian director and screenwriter
• 16th » Vagif Mustafazadeh, Azerbaijani pianist and composer (d. 1979)
• 16th » Jan Pronk, Dutch politician
• 16th » Keith Rowe, English guitarist (AMM (group) or AMM and M.I.M.E.O.)
• 17th » Mark White, American lawyer and politician, 43rd Governor of Texas
• 18th » József Tóth (geographer) or József Tóth, Hungarian geographer and academic (d. 2013)
• 20th » Stathis Chaitas, Greek footballer and manager
• 20th » Mary Ellen Mark, American photographer
• 21st » Solomon Burke, American singer-songwriter (d. 2010)
• 22nd » Dave Keon, Canadian ice hockey player
• 22nd » Haing S. Ngor, Cambodian-American physician, actor, and author (d. 1996)
• 23rd » Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian author, playwright, and academic
• 24th » Don Jardine, Canadian wrestler (d. 2006)
• 24th » Bob Mackie, American fashion designer
• 25th » Anita Bryant, American model and singer
• 26th » James Caan, American actor
• 26th » Nancy Pelosi, American politician, 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
• 27th » Silvano Bertini, Italian boxer
• 27th » Christina Jutterström, Swedish journalist
• 27th » Ullrich Libor, German sailor
• 27th » June Wilkinson, English model and actress
• 27th » Janis Martin, American singer (d. 2007)
• 27th » Derrick Morgan, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer
• 27th » Sandro Munari, Italian race car driver
• 27th » Austin Pendleton, American actor, director, and playwright
• 28th » Tony Barber, English-Australian game show host
• 28th » Yves Bérubé, Canadian engineer and politician (d. 1993)
• 28th » Luis Cubilla, Uruguayan footballer and coach (d. 2013)
• 28th » Martin Neary, English organist and conductor
• 29th » Ray Davis (musician) or Ray Davis, American singer (The Parliaments, Parliament (band) or Parliament, and Funkadelic) (d. 2005)
• 29th » Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• 29th » John Suchet, English journalist
• 30th » Jerry Lucas, American basketball player
• 30th » Hans Ragnemalm, Swedish lawyer and judge
• 31st » Brian Ackland-Snow, English production designer (d. 2013)
• 31st » Barney Frank, American politician
• 31st » Patrick Leahy, American politician

Famous Deaths for March 1940

• 1st » Anton Hansen Tammsaare, Estonian author (b. 1878)
• 4th » Hamlin Garland, American author (b. 1860)
• 5th » Cai Yuanpei, Chinese philosopher and academic (b. 1868)
• 10th » Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian author and playwright (b. 1891)
• 16th » Selma Lagerlöf, Swedish author, Nobel Prize in Literature or Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1858)
• 20th » Alfred Ploetz, German physician, biologist, and eugenicist (b. 1860)
• 24th » Édouard Branly, French physicist and educator (b. 1844)
• 26th » Wilhelm Anderson, Belarusian-German astrophysicist (b. 1880)
• 26th » Spyridon Louis, Greek runner (b. 1873)
• 27th » Madeleine Astor, American survivor of the Sinking of the RMS Titanic (b. 1893)
• 27th » Michael Joseph Savage, New Zealand politician, 23rd Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1872)
• 29th » Alexander Obolensky, Russian-English rugby player (b. 1916)
• 30th » Sir John Gilmour, 2nd Baronet Scottish politician, Secretary of State for Scotland (b. 1876)

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