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June 30, 1940 (Sunday) The Germans occupied the Channel Islands unopposed. The British ocean liner Avelona Star was torpedoed and damaged by German submarine U-43. The survivors were rescued and the Avelona Star sank the next day. [63] CD Español defeated Madrid CF 3-2 in the Copa del Generalísimo Final.
On the night of 10–11 May 1940 the RAF bombed Dortmund. The Jules Verne, a variant of the Farman F.220 of the French Naval Aviation, was the first Allied bomber to raid Berlin. On the night of 7 June 1940, it dropped eight bombs of 250 kg and eighty of 10 kg on the German capital.
Map of the British invasion of Iceland in mid-May 1940. 1 May: Allies begin evacuating Norwegian ports; the efforts will continue until June. 5 May: Norwegian government in exile established in London. 7 May: The Norway Debate begins in the House of Commons.
1950 to 1958 →. Bing Crosby had the highest number of hits at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (9 songs). In addition, Crosby remained the longest at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (55 weeks). Jimmy Dorsey remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 32 ...
June 7 is the 158th day of the year (159th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1940 – Ronald Pickup, English actor (d. 2021)
April 1940. 1: Hitler approves final plans for the attacks on Norway and Denmark. 2: Germany sets 9 April 1940 as the date for Weserübung. 3: Winston Churchill becomes the chair of the British Ministerial Defence Committee. One of his first actions is to get consent for mining operations in Norwegian territorial waters.
Mr. Duck Steps Out is a Donald Duck cartoon produced by Walt Disney Productions, which is released on June 7, 1940, and featured the debut of Daisy Duck. [1] The short was directed by Jack King and written by Carl Barks, Chuck Couch, Jack Hannah, Harry Reeves, Milt Schaffer, and Frank Tashlin . Clarence Nash performs all the voices in the film ...
1940 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the ... June 7. James Hall, American actor (b. 1900) Hugh Rodman, American admiral (b. 1859)