1940: Difference between revisions

(23 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown)

Line 2:

== Events ==

* January 4 ~~– WWII: Luftwaffe Colonel~~ [[Hermann Göring]] ~~assumes~~ control of most war industries in Germany.

* January 4 - [[Hermann Göring]] assumes control of most war industries in Germany.

* March 13 - End of the Winter War.

* March 13 - Former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab Michael O'Dwyer is assassinated in Caxton Hall, Westminster, England by the Indian revolutionary [[Udham Singh]].

* March 30 - [[Wang Jingwei]] declares the [[Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China]] to be the legitimate Chinese state, and pledges its allegiance to the [[Imperial Japan|Empire of Japan]].

* April to May - The [[Katyn Massacre]] is perpetrated by the [[NKVD]].

* April 9 - The [[Nazi Party]] launches Operation Weserübung, invading Denmark and Norway. [[Vidkun Quisling]] proclaims a new collaborationist regime in Norway.

* May 20 - [[Auschwitz Birkenau]] [[concentration camp]] is opened in occupied Poland, near the town of Oświęcim.

* May 23 - The [[British Union of Fascists]] is dissolved.

* June 14 - [[Francisco Franco]] orders an occupation of the Tangier International Zone.

* July 10 - The French Constitutional Law of 1940 is passed, establishing [[Vichy France]] as a client state of Nazi Germany. [[Philippe Pétain]] is named Chief of State and is given dictatorial powers.

* July 22 - [[Fumimaro Konoe]] is named Prime Minister of Japan for the second time.

* August - [[Lehi]] is founded by [[Avraham Stern]] after breaking away from the [[Irgun]].

* August 21 - [[Leon Trotsky]] is assassinated in Mexico City by NKVD agent [[Ramón Mercader]], acting on orders from [[Joseph Stalin]].

* September 7 - Beginning of [[the Blitz]].

* September 9 - African-American man Austin Callaway is [[lynching|lynched]] by a gang of six [[White Supremacy|white supremacist]]s in LaGrange, Georgia.

* September 14 - [[Ion Antonescu]] and the [[Iron Guard]] declare the formation of the [[National Legionary State]] to govern Romania, and allign themselves with the [[Axis Powers]].

* September 22 - Imperial Japan begins an invasion of French Indochina.

* September 30 - A gang of [[Hitler Youth]] members [[Arson|burn down]] the Great Synagogue of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France.

* October 10 - [[Fulgencio Batista]] is elected President of Cuba.

* October 12 - The [[Taisei Yokusankai]] is founded.

* October 23 - [[Adolf Hitler]] meets with Francisco Franco to discuss a possible alliance with Spain.

* October 28 - [[Benito Mussolini]] launches an invasion of Greece.

* Unknown - [[A.O. Neville]] steps down as Chief Protector of the Aborigines.

==Villain Deaths==

==Births==

*[[Nikolai Yezhov]]

=== Villain births ===

* January 1 - [[Clifford Olson]]

* January 12 - [[Bob Hewitt]]

* February 2 - [[Delwar Hossain Sayeedi]]

* February 16 - [[Kim Jong-il]]

* June 7 - [[Samuel Little]]

* June 16 - [[Neil Goldschmidt]]

* July 6 - [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]

* July 15 - [[Ronald Gene Simmons Sr.]]

* August 24 - [[Gordon Baum]]

* August 26 - [[Michel Micombero]]

* September 10 - [[Robert Anthony Buell]]

* September 23 - [[Michel Temer]]

* September 27 - [[Lawrence Bittaker & Roy Norris|Lawrence Bittaker]]

* October 27 - [[John Gotti]]

* November 23 - [[Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr.]]

* Unknown - [[Ali Hassan Salameh]]

=== Victim births ===

* May 29 - Leonardo Henrichsen

* July 16 - Daniel L. Simmons

* September 6 - Hugo Spadafora

* October 8 - John Lennon

== Deaths ==

=== Villain deaths ===

* February 4 - [[Nikolai Yezhov]] & [[Mikhail Frinovsky]]

* August 3 - [[Vladimir Jabotinsky]]

* August 21 - [[Leon Trotsky]]

* September 23 - [[Robert Hichens]]

* November 17 - [[Eric Gill]]

=== Victim deaths ===

* March 30 - Michael O'Dwyer

* July 6 - Jack Avery

* September 9 - Austin Callaway

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 == Events ==
-* January 4 – WWII: Luftwaffe Colonel [[Hermann Göring]] assumes control of most war industries in Germany.
+* January 4 - [[Hermann Göring]] assumes control of most war industries in Germany.
+* March 13 - End of the Winter War.
+* March 13 - Former Lieutenant Governor of Punjab Michael O'Dwyer is assassinated in Caxton Hall, Westminster, England by the Indian revolutionary [[Udham Singh]].
+* March 30 - [[Wang Jingwei]] declares the [[Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China]] to be the legitimate Chinese state, and pledges its allegiance to the [[Imperial Japan|Empire of Japan]].
+* April to May - The [[Katyn Massacre]] is perpetrated by the [[NKVD]].
+* April 9 - The [[Nazi Party]] launches Operation Weserübung, invading Denmark and Norway. [[Vidkun Quisling]] proclaims a new collaborationist regime in Norway.
+* May 20 - [[Auschwitz Birkenau]] [[concentration camp]] is opened in occupied Poland, near the town of Oświęcim.
+* May 23 - The [[British Union of Fascists]] is dissolved.
+* June 14 - [[Francisco Franco]] orders an occupation of the Tangier International Zone.
+* July 10 - The French Constitutional Law of 1940 is passed, establishing [[Vichy France]] as a client state of Nazi Germany. [[Philippe Pétain]] is named Chief of State and is given dictatorial powers.
+* July 22 - [[Fumimaro Konoe]] is named Prime Minister of Japan for the second time.
+* August - [[Lehi]] is founded by [[Avraham Stern]] after breaking away from the [[Irgun]].
+* August 21 - [[Leon Trotsky]] is assassinated in Mexico City by NKVD agent [[Ramón Mercader]], acting on orders from [[Joseph Stalin]].
+* September 7 - Beginning of [[the Blitz]].
+* September 9 - African-American man Austin Callaway is [[lynching|lynched]] by a gang of six [[White Supremacy|white supremacist]]s in LaGrange, Georgia.
+* September 14 - [[Ion Antonescu]] and the [[Iron Guard]] declare the formation of the [[National Legionary State]] to govern Romania, and allign themselves with the [[Axis Powers]].
+* September 22 - Imperial Japan begins an invasion of French Indochina.
+* September 30 - A gang of [[Hitler Youth]] members [[Arson|burn down]] the Great Synagogue of Strasbourg in Strasbourg, France.
+* October 10 - [[Fulgencio Batista]] is elected President of Cuba.
+* October 12 - The [[Taisei Yokusankai]] is founded.
+* October 23 - [[Adolf Hitler]] meets with Francisco Franco to discuss a possible alliance with Spain.
+* October 28 - [[Benito Mussolini]] launches an invasion of Greece.
+* Unknown - [[A.O. Neville]] steps down as Chief Protector of the Aborigines.
-==Villain Deaths==
+==Births==
-*[[Nikolai Yezhov]]
+=== Villain births ===
+* January 1 - [[Clifford Olson]]
+* January 12 - [[Bob Hewitt]]
+* February 2 - [[Delwar Hossain Sayeedi]]
+* February 16 -  [[Kim Jong-il]]
+* June 7 - [[Samuel Little]]
+* June 16 - [[Neil Goldschmidt]]
+* July 6 - [[Nursultan Nazarbayev]]
+* July 15 - [[Ronald Gene Simmons Sr.]]
+* August 24 - [[Gordon Baum]]
+* August 26 - [[Michel Micombero]]
+* September 10 - [[Robert Anthony Buell]]
+* September 23 - [[Michel Temer]]
+* September 27 - [[Lawrence Bittaker & Roy Norris|Lawrence Bittaker]]
+* October 27 - [[John Gotti]]
+* November 23 - [[Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr.]]
+* Unknown - [[Ali Hassan Salameh]]
+=== Victim births ===
+* May 29 - Leonardo Henrichsen
+* July 16 - Daniel L. Simmons
+* September 6 - Hugo Spadafora
+* October 8 - John Lennon
+== Deaths ==
+=== Villain deaths ===
+* February 4 - [[Nikolai Yezhov]] & [[Mikhail Frinovsky]]
+* August 3 - [[Vladimir Jabotinsky]]
+* August 21 - [[Leon Trotsky]]
+* September 23 - [[Robert Hichens]]
+* November 17 - [[Eric Gill]]
+=== Victim deaths ===
+* March 30 - Michael O'Dwyer
+* July 6 - Jack Avery
+* September 9 - Austin Callaway