What Happened In February 1940 In History

Historical Events for February, 1940

• 7th » The second full length animated Walt Disney film, 'Pinocchio (1940 film) known as Pinocchio', premieres.
• 10th » The Soviet Union begins mass deportations of Polish citizens from Territories of Poland annexed by the Soviet Union e.g occupied eastern Poland to Siberia.
• 16th » World War II: Altmark Incident: The German tanker Altmark is boarded by sailors from the British destroyer HMS or Cossack. 299 British prisoners are freed.
• 27th » Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
• 29th » For her role as Mammy in 'Gone with the Wind (film) known as Gone with the Wind', Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African American to win an Academy Award.
• 29th » Finland initiates Winter War peace negotiations.

Famous Birthdays on February in 1940

• 1st » Bibi Besch, Austrian-American actress (d. 1996)
• 1st » Hervé Filion, Canadian harness racer
• 1st » Delwar Hossain Sayeedi, Bangladeshi politician
• 2nd » Alan Caddy, English guitarist and producer (Johnny Kidd & the Pirates and The Tornados) (d. 2000)
• 2nd » Thomas M. Disch, American author and poet (d. 2008)
• 2nd » Wayne Fontes, American football player and coach
• 2nd » David Jason, English actor
• 3rd » Fran Tarkenton, American football player
• 4th » George A. Romero, American director and producer
• 4th » Michelle Rossignol, Canadian actress
• 4th » John Schuck, American actor
• 5th » H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (d. 2014)
• 5th » Grady Johnson, American wrestler (d. 2006)
• 5th » Dick Warlock, Canadian actor and stuntman
• 6th » Tom Brokaw, American journalist
• 6th » Petr Hájek, Czech mathematician
• 6th » Jimmy Tarbuck, English comedian and actor
• 8th » Averil Cameron, English academic
• 8th » Ted Koppel, American journalist
• 9th » Brian Bennett (musician) known as Brian Bennett, English drummer and songwriter (The Shadows)
• 9th » J. M. Coetzee, South African author, Nobel Prize in Literature e.g Nobel Prize laureate
• 10th » Abdul-Azeez ibn Abdullaah Aal ash-Shaikh, Saudi Arabian scholar, 4th Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia
• 10th » Mary Rand, English long jumper
• 10th » Kenny Rankin, American singer-songwriter (d. 2009)
• 11th » Mick Staton, American soldier and politician (d. 2014)
• 12th » Ralph Bates, English actor (d. 1991)
• 12th » Richard Lynch, American actor (d. 2012)
• 13th » Bram Peper, Dutch sociologist and politician, List of mayors of Rotterdam e.g Mayor of Rotterdam
• 13th » Arne Sølvberg, Norwegian computer scientist
• 14th » James Maynard, American businessman, co-founded Golden Corral
• 15th » John Hadl, American football player
• 15th » Hamzah Haz, Indonesian politician, 9th Vice President of Indonesia
• 15th » Vaino Vahing, Estonian psychiatrist, author, and playwright (d. 2008)
• 16th » Hannelore Schmatz, German mountaineer (d. 1979)
• 16th » Michael J. Shapiro, American academic
• 17th » Gene Pitney, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
• 18th » Fabrizio De André, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1999)
• 18th » Prue Leith, South African-English chef and author
• 19th » Jaan Kiivit, Jr., Estonian archbishop (d. 2005)
• 19th » Saparmurat Niyazov, Turkmen engineer and politician, 1st President of Turkmenistan (d. 2006)
• 19th » Smokey Robinson, American singer-songwriter and producer (The Miracles)
• 19th » Bobby Rogers, American singer-songwriter (The Miracles) (d. 2013)
• 20th » John Browne, Baron Browne of Madingley, German-English businessman
• 20th » Jimmy Greaves, English footballer
• 20th » Robin Weiss, English biologist and academic
• 21st » Peter Gethin, English race car driver (d. 2011)
• 21st » Wong Jim, Hong Kong actor, screenwriter, and composer (d. 2004)
• 21st » John Lewis (U.S. politician) named John Lewis, American politician
• 21st » Peter McEnery, English actor
• 22nd » Judy Cornwell, English actress
• 22nd » Johnson Mlambo, South African politician
• 22nd » Billy Name, American photographer
• 22nd » Chet Walker, American basketball player
• 23rd » Peter Fonda, American actor
• 23rd » Jackie Smith, American football player
• 24th » Pete Duel, American actor (d. 1971)
• 24th » Jimmy Ellis, American boxer (d. 2014)
• 24th » Denis Law, Scottish footballer
• 24th » Ludwig Leitner, German skier (d. 2013)
• 24th » Nicolae Martinescu, Romanian wrestler (d. 2013)
• 25th » Danny Cater, American baseball player
• 25th » Billy Packer, American sportscaster and author
• 25th » Monica Proietti, Canadian bank robber (d. 1967)
• 25th » Ron Santo, American baseball player and sportscaster (d. 2010)
• 26th » Oldřich Kulhánek, Czech painter (d. 2013)
• 27th » Pierre Duchesne, Canadian politician, 28th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
• 27th » Howard Hesseman, American actor
• 27th » Bill Hunter (actor) named Bill Hunter, Australian actor (d. 2011)
• 28th » Mario Andretti, Italian-American race car driver
• 28th » Barry Fantoni, English astrologer, author, and illustrator
• 28th » Joe South, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2012)
• 29th » Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
• 29th » William H. Turner, Jr. American horse trainer

Famous Deaths for February 1940

• 1st » Philip Francis Nowlan, American author (b. 1888)
• 1st » Zacharias Papantoniou, Greek journalist (b. 1877)
• 4th » Nikolai Yezhov, Russian police officer (b. 1895)
• 11th » John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-Canadian historian and politician, 15th Governor General of Canada (b. 1875)
• 11th » Ellen Day Hale, American painter (b. 1855)
• 25th » Mary Mills Patrick, American author (b. 1850)
• 29th » E. F. Benson, English archaeologist and author (b. 1867)

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