What Happened In November 1940 In History

Historical Events for November, 1940

• 2nd » World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians.
• 5th » World War II: The British Armed Merchantmen Armed Merchant Cruiser, HMS Jervis Bay HMS 'Jervis Bay', is sunk by the Germany German pocket battleship ship German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer 2.
• 8th » Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
• 9th » Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari.
• 10th » The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more.
• 11th » World War II: Battle of Taranto The Royal Navy launches the first aircraft carrier strike in history, on the Italy e.g Italian fleet at Taranto.
• 11th » The Nazi Germany German cruiser 'German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis Atlantis' captures top secret United Kingdom British mail, and sends it to Japan.
• 11th » Armistice Day Blizzard: An unexpected blizzard kills 144 in the U.S. Midwest.
• 12th » World War II: The Battle of Gabon ends as Free French Forces take Libreville, Gabon, and all of French Equatorial Africa from Vichy France or Vichy French forces.
• 12th » World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss German–Soviet Axis talks named the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers.
• 14th » World War II: In England, Coventry Blitz called Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed.
• 16th » World War II: In response to the Coventry Blitz or leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
• 16th » The Holocaust or Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazism called Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world.
• 20th » World War II: Kingdom of Hungary named Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers Hungary e.g Axis Powers.
• 22nd » World War II: Following the initial Greco-Italian War Italian invasion, Kingdom of Greece Greek troops counterattack into Albanian Kingdom (1939–1943) Italian-occupied Albania and capture Korçë Korytsa.
• 23rd » World War II: Kingdom of Romania called Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers Romania or Axis Powers.
• 24th » World War II: The Slovak Republic (1939–45) or First Slovak Republic becomes a signatory to the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis powers Slovakia (Tiso regime) e.g Axis powers.
• 25th » World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
• 27th » World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
• 30th » Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.

Famous Birthdays on November in 1940

• 1st » Roger Kellaway, American pianist and composer
• 1st » Ramesh Chandra Lahoti, Indian jurist, 35th Chief Justice of India
• 1st » Bruce Grocott, Baron Grocott, English academic and politician
• 1st » Barry Sadler, American sergeant, singer-songwriter, and actor (d. 1989)
• 2nd » Jim Bakken, American football player
• 2nd » Phil Minton, English singer and trumpet player
• 3rd » Sonny Rhodes, American singer and guitarist
• 4th » Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter
• 5th » Ted Kulongoski, American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 36th Governor of Oregon
• 5th » Elke Sommer, German actress and singer
• 6th » Johnny Giles, Irish footballer and manager
• 6th » Ruth Messinger, American politician
• 6th » Dieter F. Uchtdorf, German-American pilot and religious leader
• 7th » Dakin Matthews, American actor, director, and playwright
• 7th » Antonio Skármeta, Chilean author and academic
• 10th » Screaming Lord Sutch, English singer-songwriter and politician (d. 1999)
• 11th » Barbara Boxer, American journalist and politician
• 12th » Michel Audet, Canadian economist and politician
• 12th » Jürgen Todenhöfer, German politician and author
• 13th » Saul Kripke, American philosopher and academic
• 13th » Daniel Pilon, Canadian actor
• 13th » William Taubman, American political scientist and author
• 15th » Roberto Cavalli, Italian fashion designer
• 15th » Ulf Pilgaard, Danish actor and screenwriter
• 15th » Hank Wangford, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and physician
• 15th » Sam Waterston, American actor and producer
• 16th » Donna McKechnie, American actress, singer, and dancer
• 17th » Luke Kelly, Irish singer and banjo player (The Dubliners) (d. 1984)
• 17th » Aşık Mahzuni Şerif, Turkish composer, author, and poet (d. 2002)
• 18th » Qaboos bin Said al Said, Omani sultan
• 20th » Helma Sanders-Brahms, German director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2014)
• 21st » Freddy Beras-Goico, Dominican comedian and television host (d. 2010)
• 21st » Dr. John, American singer-songwriter
• 21st » Richard Marcinko, American commander and author
• 22nd » Terry Gilliam, American-English actor, director, animator, and screenwriter
• 22nd » Roy Thomas, American author
• 23rd » Luis Tiant, Cuban-American baseball player and coach
• 24th » Elizabeth Filkin, English civil servant
• 24th » Don Metz (architect) known as Don Metz, American architect
• 24th » Paul Tagliabue, American lawyer and businessman
• 24th » Eric Wilson (author) called Eric Wilson, Canadian author
• 25th » Reinhard Furrer, Austrian-German physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
• 25th » Joe Gibbs, American football player and coach
• 25th » Jan Jongbloed, Dutch footballer and coach
• 25th » Karl Offmann, Mauritian politician, 3rd List of Presidents of Mauritius named President of Mauritius
• 26th » Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician and academic
• 26th » Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Makuuchi Yokozuna or Yokozuna (d. 2007)
• 26th » Quentin Skinner, English historian, author, and academic
• 27th » John Alderton, English actor
• 27th » Bruce Lee, American-Chinese actor, martial artist, and screenwriter (d. 1973)
• 28th » Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter
• 29th » Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas and The Halifax III) (d. 2007)
• 29th » Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (d. 2013)
• 29th » Chuck Mangione, American horn player and composer
• 29th » Janet Smith (judge) called Janet Smith, English lawyer and judge
• 30th » Kevin Phillips (political commentator) named Kevin Phillips, American journalist and author
• 30th » Peter Shreeves, Welsh footballer, coach, and manager
• 30th » Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)

Famous Deaths for November 1940

• 9th » Stephen Alencastre, Portuguese-American bishop (b. 1876)
• 9th » Neville Chamberlain, English businessman and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1869)
• 10th » Ilie Pintilie, Romanian activist (b. 1903)
• 17th » Eric Gill, English sculptor and typeface designer (b. 1882)
• 17th » Robert Lane (soccer) or Robert Lane, Canadian soccer player (b. 1882)
• 17th » Raymond Pearl, American biologist and academic (b. 1879)
• 18th » Ivane Javakhishvili, Georgian historian and academic (b. 1876)
• 27th » Nicolae Iorga, Romanian historian and politician, 34th List of Prime Ministers of Romania known as Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1871)

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