• 1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in January 1940: In the Winter...
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  • The list of shipwrecks in January 1940 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1940. "Johann Schulte (1150573)". Miramar...
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  • 1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1940. 1940 (MCMXL) was...
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  • stated January 1940 26 January The Fighting 69th February 1940 23 February Pinocchio April 1940 12 April Rebecca 20 April 'Til We Meet Again May 1940 17 May...
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    The Battle of France (French: bataille de France; 10 May – 25 June 1940), also known as the Western Campaign (German: Westfeldzug), the French Campaign...
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  • 1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in May 1940: The Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang...
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  • 1940 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in April 1940: The 1940 United...
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    objectives and put an end to the puppet Finnish communist government in late January 1940, informing the Finnish government that they were willing to negotiate...
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  • that serves as a major plot element. The US edition was released in January 1940 with the title And Then There Were None, taken from the last five words...
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  • However, scattered resistance in the mountains continued for years. In January 1940, encouraged by the Soviet failures in the Winter War against Finland...
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    Jana Brejchová (category 1940 births)
    Jana Brejchová (born 20 January 1940) is a Czech film actress. She has appeared in more than 70 films since 1953. She was married to director Miloš Forman...
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    120 vessels in total - on 8 January 1940. These were numbered ML 125 to ML 244. Of these, 37 were delivered by the end of 1940 and the other 83 during the...
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  • the radio transmitter time to reach full power. An APCO Bulletin of January 1940 lists codes assigned as part of standardisation. In 1954, APCO published...
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  • Bob Appleby (footballer) (category 1940 births)
    Robert Appleby (15 January 1940 – 25 April 2024) was an English professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Born in Warkworth, Appleby moved from...
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    began on 30 November 1939 with the Soviet invasion of Finland. On 29 January 1940, Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Vyacheslav Molotov put an end to...
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    a column for the communist newspaper People's World from May 1939 to January 1940. Throughout his life, Guthrie was associated with United States communist...
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    the plan fell into Belgian hands during the Mechelen incident on 10 January 1940 and the plan was revised several times, each giving more emphasis to...
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  • Eknath Gaikwad (category 1940 births)
    Eknath Gaikwad (1 January 1940 – 28 April 2021) was an Indian politician from the Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He was a member of the...
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    John Byrne (playwright) (category 1940 births)
    John Patrick Byrne (6 January 1940 – 30 November 2023) was a Scottish playwright, screenwriter, artist and designer. He wrote The Slab Boys Trilogy, plays...
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    – 1st class (posthumous) Hero of Socialist Labour (January 1940) Three Orders of Lenin (1933, 1940, 1944) Order of Suvorov, 1st class (September 1945)...
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    Max, who knocked him out in three rounds in 1937. In a rare loss on January 22, 1940, he dropped a decision to Willie Reddish in a well-attended match in...
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    Soviet military, taking severe losses while making little headway. On 29 January 1940, the Soviets put an end to their Finnish Democratic Republic puppet government...
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    Isaac Babel (category 1940 deaths)
    romanized: Isak Emmanuilovych Babel; 13 July [O.S. 1 July] 1894 – 27 January 1940) was a Soviet writer, journalist, playwright, and literary translator...
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    1974 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in January 1974: In Italy, Itavia...
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  • January 1 or 1 January is the first day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar ; 364 days remain until the end of the year (365 in leap years). This day...
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    replaced Hore-Belisha in January 1940 while Chatfield left the war cabinet in April 1940. The government ended on 10 May 1940 when Chamberlain resigned...
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  • XXXX Panzer Corps (category Articles needing additional references from January 2024)
    German Army during World War II. The XXXX. Armeekorps was formed on 26 January 1940 in Lubeck in the Wehrkreis X. It took part in the invasions of France...
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    The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. Incumbent Democratic...
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  • fox hunting, polo and reading. Shand was promoted to lieutenant on 28 January 1940. He served in France as part of the British Expeditionary Force. The...
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    states, including Lithuania, were forcibly annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940. This move was never recognized by Western powers. The Republic of Lithuania...
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