What Happened In September 1940 In History

Historical Events for September, 1940

• 6th » King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael of Romania named Michael.
• 7th » Treaty of Craiova: Romania loses Southern Dobruja to Bulgaria.
• 9th » George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer.
• 9th » Treznea massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by Hungarians in Romania known as local Hungarians kill 93 Romanians or Romanian civilians in Treznea, a village in Northern Transylvania, as part of attempts to ethnic cleansing.
• 11th » George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of a computer.
• 12th » Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.
• 12th » An explosion at the Hercules Powder Company plant in Succasunna-Kenvil, New Jersey called Kenvil, New Jersey kills 51 people and injures over 200.
• 14th » Ip massacre: The Hungarian Army, supported by Hungarians in Romania known as local Hungarians, kill 158 Romanian civilians in Ip, Sălaj, a village in Northern Transylvania, an act of ethnic cleansing.
• 15th » World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Royal Air Force shoots down large numbers of Luftwaffe aircraft.
• 16th » World War II: Kingdom of Italy named Italian troops Italian invasion of Egypt named conquer Sidi Barrani.
• 17th » World War II: Following the Nazi Germany or German defeat in the Battle of Britain, Adolf Hitler called Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion indefinitely.
• 18th » The British liner SS named City of Benares is sunk by German submarine U-48 (1939) or German submarine U-48; those killed include 77 child refugees.
• 19th » Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a Jewish resistance under Nazi rule In concentration camps e.g resistance.
• 27th » World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
• 29th » Two Avro Ansons of No. 2 Service Flying Training School RAAF 1940 Brocklesby mid-air collision known as collide in mid-air over Brocklesby, New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together after colliding, and then land safely.

Famous Birthdays on September in 1940

• 1st » Stanislav Stepashkin, Russian boxer (d. 2013)
• 2nd » Jimmy Clanton, American singer
• 3rd » Frank Duffy (architect) e.g Frank Duffy, English architect
• 3rd » Pauline Collins, English actress and singer
• 3rd » Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist and author
• 3rd » Brian Lochore, New Zealand rugby player and coach
• 5th » Valerie Howarth, Baroness Howarth of Breckland, English politician
• 5th » Raquel Welch, American actress and singer
• 6th » Elizabeth Murray (artist) e.g Elizabeth Murray, American painter and illustrator (d. 2007)
• 6th » Jackie Trent, English singer-songwriter and actress
• 7th » Dario Argento, Italian director, producer, and screenwriter
• 7th » Abdurrahman Wahid, Indonesian politician, 4th President of Indonesia (d. 2009)
• 8th » Quentin L. Cook, American religious leader
• 8th » Jerzy Robert Nowak, Polish historian and journalist
• 8th » Jack Prelutsky, American author and poet
• 9th » Hugh Morgan (businessman) or Hugh Morgan, Australian businessman
• 9th » Joe Negroni, American singer (The Teenagers) (d. 1978)
• 10th » Roy Ayers, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
• 10th » Buck Buchanan, American football player (d. 1992)
• 10th » Bob Chance, American baseball player (d. 2013)
• 11th » Brian De Palma, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
• 11th » Nông Đức Mạnh, Vietnamese politician
• 11th » Thomas K. McCraw, American historian and author (d. 2012)
• 11th » Theodore Olson, American lawyer and politician, United States Solicitor General
• 11th » Robert Palmer (computer businessman) known as Robert Palmer, American businessman, co-founded Mostek
• 12th » Linda Gray, American actress, director, and producer
• 12th » Skip Hinnant, American actor
• 12th » Mickey Lolich, American baseball player
• 12th » Patrick Mower, English actor
• 12th » Stephen J. Solarz, American academic and politician (d. 2010)
• 13th » Óscar Arias, Costa Rican politician, President of Costa Rica, Nobel Peace Prize or Nobel Prize laureate
• 13th » Kerry Stokes, Australian businessman
• 14th » Larry Brown (basketball) called Larry Brown, American basketball player and coach
• 14th » Jacques Godin, Canadian actor
• 15th » Merlin Olsen, American football player, sportscaster, and actor (d. 2010)
• 15th » Norman Spinrad, American author and critic
• 16th » Hamiet Bluiett, American saxophonist and composer (World Saxophone Quartet)
• 17th » Lorella De Luca, Italian actress and director (d. 2014)
• 17th » Jan Eliasson, Swedish diplomat, 4th Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations
• 17th » Sotiris Moustakas, Cypriot-Greek actor (d. 2007)
• 17th » Gilberto Parlotti, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 1972)
• 18th » Frankie Avalon, American singer and actor
• 19th » Caroline John, English actress (d. 2012)
• 19th » Bill Medley, American singer-songwriter (The Righteous Brothers)
• 19th » Zandra Rhodes, English fashion designer, founded the Fashion and Textile Museum
• 19th » Sylvia Tyson, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist (Quartette (band) or Quartette, Ian & Sylvia, and Great Speckled Bird (band) called Great Speckled Bird)
• 19th » Ed Westfall, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
• 19th » Paul Williams (songwriter) e.g Paul Williams, American singer-songwriter and actor
• 20th » Tarō Asō, Japanese politician, 92nd Prime Minister of Japan
• 20th » Jeremy Child, English actor
• 20th » William Finley (actor) named William Finley, American actor (d. 2012)
• 20th » Anna Pavord, Welsh-English journalist and author
• 21st » Ron Fenton, English footballer, coach, and manager (d. 2013)
• 21st » Hermann Knoflacher, Austrian engineer and engineer
• 21st » Bill Kurtis, American journalist and producer
• 22nd » Anna Karina, Danish-French actress, director, and screenwriter
• 23rd » Tim Rose, American singer-songwriter and banjo player (The Big 3 (folk group) known as The Big 3) (d. 2002)
• 23rd » Mohammad-Reza Shajarian, Iranian singer-songwriter
• 23rd » Michel Temer, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th Vice President of Brazil
• 24th » Yves Navarre, French author (d. 1994)
• 25th » Tim Severin, Indian-English explorer, historian, and author
• 27th » Josephine Barstow, English soprano
• 27th » Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
• 29th » Nicola Di Bari, Italian singer-songwriter and actor
• 29th » Brute Force (musician) or Brute Force, American singer-songwriter
• 30th » Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 7th Marquess of Salisbury, English academic and politician, Leader of the House of Lords
• 30th » Harry Jerome, Canadian sprinter (d. 1982)
• 30th » Dewey Martin (musician) e.g Dewey Martin, Canadian-American drummer (Buffalo Springfield and The Standells) (d. 2009)

Famous Deaths for September 1940

• 4th » George William de Carteret, French-English journalist and author (b. 1869)
• 7th » José Félix Estigarribia, Paraguayan soldier and politician, President of Paraguay (b. 1888)
• 15th » William B. Bankhead, American lawyer and politician, 47th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (b. 1874)
• 16th » Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English-Scottish politician, 8th Governor of Queensland (b. 1860)
• 23rd » Hale Holden, American businessman (b. 1869)
• 23rd » Marcel Van Crombrugge, Belgian rower (b. 1880)
• 27th » Walter Benjamin, German philosopher and critic (b. 1892)
• 27th » Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian physician and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine known as Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1857)

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