November 1940


Tuesday 05:

U.S. presidential election, 1940: Democrat incumbent Franklin D. Roosevelt defeats Republican challenger Wendell Willkie and becomes the United States' first third-term president.



Thursday 07:

In Washington, the middle section of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion.



Saturday 09:

Premiere of Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez in Barcelona, Spain.



Sunday 10:

Walt Disney begins serving as a informer for the Los Angeles office of the FBI; his job is to report back information on Hollywood "subversives".



Monday 11:

Armistice Day Blizzard: An unexpected blizzard kills 144 in U.S. Midwest.



Wednesday 13:

The animated feature-length film Fantasia is released.



Thursday 14:

World War II: In England, the city of Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers.



Friday 15:

The Warsaw Ghetto, with a population of 400,000 Jews, is sealed off from the outside world by the Nazis.



Saturday 16:

New York City's Mad Bomber places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.



Monday 18:

World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini's disastrous invasion of Greece.



Wednesday 20:

World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers.



Monday 25:

Woody Woodpecker first appears, in the film "Knock Knock".



Wednesday 27:

In Romania, General Ion Antonescu's Iron Guard arrests and executes over 60 of exiled king Carol II of Romania's aides, including former minister and acclaimed historian Nicolae Iorga. Mediterranean Sea: battle of Cape Spartivento between the Royal Navy and the Regia Marina



Saturday 30:

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are married in Greenwich, Connecticut.



Search by Date:
YearMonthDay
  • History Forum
    Come and discuss about History, Civilizations, Historical Events and Figures
  • History Web-Ring
    A community of sites, blogs and forums dedicated to History. Do not hesitate to submit your site.