This Day in History
from the 1940's, bub!
1940: Generalissimo Gamelin arrested in France
1953: Adenauers CDU wins elections in German FR
1942: 56th US Womens Tennis: Pauline Betz beats A Louise Brough (46 61 64)
1939: 1st German air attack on Great-Britain in WW II
1948: Mr Strauss Goes to Boston opens at Century Theater NYC for 12 perfs
1941: All Jews over age 6 in German territories ordered to wear a star
1955: Catch a Star opens at Plymouth Theater NYC for 23 performances
1954: 74th US Mens Tennis: E V Seixas Jr beats Rex Hartwig (36 62 64 64)
1954: WINS NYC begins playing rock n roll with Alan Freed Show
1955: J van Tilburg appointed governor of Suriname
1943: Carl Scheib becomes youngest pitcher in AL (16y 8 ms) of the A's
1952: Canadian TV begins in Montreal
1939: South Africa declares war on nazi-Germany
1948: 37th Davis Cup: USA beats Australia in New York (5-0)
1948: Juliana becomes queen of Netherlands
1943: 63rd US Mens Tennis: J R Hunt Seaman beats Jack Kramer (63 68 108 60)
1954: US plane shot down above Siberia
1941: Jews of Vilna Poland confined to their ghetto
1946: All-American Football Conference plays 1st game (Clev 44, Miami 0)
1941: 55th US Womens Tennis: Sarah H Cooke beats Pauline Betz Addie (75 62)
1943: Congressional Limited train derails near Frankfort Pa, kills 79
1938: Wilhelmina celebrates 40th anniversary jubilee as Dutch queen
1946: Terence Rattigan's Winslow Boy, premieres in London
1953: Roy Campanella sets record for HRs by a catcher at 38
1949: Howard Unruh kills 13 neighbors in 12 minutes
1941: 61st US Mens Tennis: Robert L Riggs beats F Kovacs (2d 57 61 63 63)
1942: Czech marathon runner Oskar Hàks transported to Auschwitz-Birkenau
1954: Yankees use a record 10 pinch hitters
1944: Gen Von Zangens 15th army escape from Zealand
1940: Crown prince Michael succeeds Carol II as king of Romania
1954: 68th US Womens Tennis: Doris Hart beats A Louise Brough (68 61 86)
1945: A's catcher George George punches ump Joe Rue gets suspended