Month February 1940 Calendar

About Month of February Calendar

• February is the second month of the year in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the shortest month and the only month with fewer than 30 days. The month has 28 days in common years or 29 days in leap years.
  
  February symbols: Its birth flower is the violet (Viola) and the common primrose (Primula vulgaris). Its birthstone is the amethyst. It symbolizes piety, humility, spiritual wisdom, and sincerity. Its Zodiac signs are Aquarius (until February 18) and Pisces (February 19 onwards).

Historical Events for February, 1940

• Day of Week 7th » The second full length animated Walt Disney film, 'Pinocchio (1940 film) known as Pinocchio', premieres.
• Day of Week 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.
• Day of Week 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.
• Day of Week 27th » Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14.
• Day of Week 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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