The governor Balbo ( after the creation of " Libya " in 1934, with the unification of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan in a single country ) developed Italian Libya from 1934 to 1940, creating a huge infrastructure ( from 4, 000 km of roads to 400 km of narrow gauge railways to new industries and to dozen of new agricultural villages ).

" French Women's History: Retrospect ( 1789 – 1940 ) and Prospect ," French Historical Studies ( 2003 ) 26 # 4 pp 757 +

Following the occupation of Luxembourg by Germany on the 10 May 1940, recruitment for the Company of Volunteers continued until the 4 December 1940 when they were moved to Weimar in Germany to be trained as German police.

1 ) # 4 ( 1940 ).

Other evidence suggests Luthor's design was confused with that of a stockier, bald henchman in Superman # 4 ( Spring 1940 ); Luthor's next appearance occurs in Superman # 10 ( May 1941 ), in which Novak depicted him as significantly heavier, with visible jowls.

* May 4 is Liberation Day in Denmark, celebrating the ending of the German occupation from April 9, 1940, to May 4, 1945.

* 1940 – The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1, 000 and injuring approximately 4, 000 more.

The supersonic wind tunnel at Peenemünde's " Aerodynamic Institute " eventually had nozzles for speeds up to the record speed of Mach 4. 4 ( in 1942 or 1943 ), as well as an innovative dessiccant system to reduce the condensation clouding caused by the use of liquid oxygen, in 1940.

That g ( 3 ) = 9 was established from 1909 to 1912 by Wieferich and A. J. Kempner, g ( 4 ) = 19 in 1986 by R. Balasubramanian, F. Dress, and J .- M. Deshouillers, g ( 5 ) = 37 in 1964 by Chen Jingrun, and g ( 6 ) = 73 in 1940 by Pillai.

4 vols., 1940 – 97, Manchester: Manchester University Press 1 – 3 ; Oxford: Oxford University Press 4.

Y. pestis has been used as a biological weapon in World War II, when on October 4, 1940 a Japanese airplane flying over Chushien, Chekiang Province, China released rice and wheat plus rat fleas carrying Y. pestis.

* December 4 – Frank Zappa, American guitarist and composer ( b. 1940 )

* December 4 – WWII: HMS Nelson is struck by a mine ( laid by ) off the Scottish coast and is laid up for repairs until August 1940.

* May 4 – Joe De Grasse, Canadian film director ( d. 1940 )

* December 4 – Charles de Broqueville, Belgian Prime Minister ( d. 1940 )

* March 4 – Jacob Robert Emden, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist ( d. 1940 )

* March 4 – David W. Taylor, U. S. Navy architect ( d. 1940 )

* March 4 – Georges Dumézil, French philologist ( d. 1940 )

* April 4 – Agnes Ayres, American actress ( d. 1940 )

In July 1940, he was appointed acting lieutenant-general, placed in command of V Corps, responsible for the defence of Hampshire and Dorset, and started a long-running feud with the new commander-in-chief, Southern Command, Claude Auchinleck.

Despite this loss of an obvious military leadership in the camps by July 1940, with war in Europe and Asia, an increasing number of CCC projects focused on resources for national defense, developing infrastructure for military training facilities and forest protection.

Hounded by debtors, Thomas and his family left Laugharne in July 1940 and moved to the home of critic John Davenport in Marshfield.

* Spouses: Ruth Doreen Crick, née Dodd ( b. 1913, m. 18 February 1940 – 8 May 1947 ), now Mrs. James Stewart Potter ; Odile Crick, née Speed ( b. 11 August 1920, m. 14 August 1949 – 28 July 2004, d. 5 July 2007 )

* Children: Michael Francis Compton ( b. 25 November 1940 ) Doreen Crick ; Gabrielle Anne ( b. 15 July 1951 ) and Jacqueline Marie-Therese Nichols ( b. 12 March 1954, d. 28 February 2011 ) Odile Crick ;

However, after the French-German Armistice and the subsequent destruction of the French fleet at Mers-el-Kebir, Algeria by the British Navy in July 1940, the French-Moroccan authorities asked all Gibraltarian evacuees to be removed.

Vichy France was established on 10 July 1940 to govern the unoccupied part of France and its colonies.

Bogart was born on Christmas Day, 1899 in New York City, the eldest child of Dr. Belmont DeForest Bogart ( July 1867, Watkins Glen, New York – September 8, 1934, Tudor City apartments, New York City ) and Maud Humphrey ( 1868 – 1940 ).

He was promoted acting lieutenant-general in July 1940, and appointed the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief ( GOC-in-C ) of the Southern Command, which was responsible for the defence of south-west England.

After turning down Bantam's initial request, Probst responded to an Army request and commenced work, initially without salary, on July 17, 1940.

In order to enter at a talent competition at University High School, Berry and Torrence helped form a doo-wop group known as " The Barons " ( named after their high school's Hi-Y club, where they were members ), which comprised fellow University High students William " Chuck " Steele ( lead singer ), Arnold P. " Arnie " Ginsburg ( born November 19, 1939 ) ( 1st tenor ), Wallace S. " Wally " Yagi ( born 20 July 1940 ) ( 2nd tenor ), John ' Sagi " Seligman ( 2nd tenor ), with Berry singing bass, and Torrence providing falsetto.

On 12 July 1937 he married Simone Melchior, with whom he had two sons, Jean-Michel ( born 1938 ) and Philippe ( 1940 – 1979 ).

Cade was appointed captain, Australian Army Medical Corps, A. I. F., on 1 July 1940 and posted to the 2nd / 9th Field Ambulance.

With his third wife, Beryl, he had three children, Johnny Weissmuller, Jr. ( September 23, 1940 – July 27, 2006 ), Wendy Anne Weissmuller ( b. June 1, 1942 ), and Heidi Elizabeth Weissmuller ( July 31, 1944 – November 19, 1962 ).

A new route was established in July 1940 by way of Canton Island and New Caledonia.

His time there, however, was short-lived ; the under-funded section was absorbed by the new Special Operations Executive ( SOE ) in July 1940.

On 23 June, Konoe resigned his position as Chairman of the Privy Council, and on 16 July 1940, the Yonai cabinet resigned and Konoe was appointed Prime Minister.

Konoe with his cabinet ministers, including War Minister Hideki Tōjō, the second row, second from the left ( 22 July 1940 )

They crossed into Portugal and subsequently traveled to the United States in two groups: on the USS Trenton from Lisbon to Baltimore in July 1940, and on the Pan American airliner Yankee Clipper in October 1940.

In fact German production in fighters fell from 227 to 177 per month between July and September 1940.

* Kamerun was split on 20 July 1922 into British Cameroons ( under a Resident ) and French Cameroun ( under a Commissioner until 27 August 1940, then under a Governor ), on 13 December 1946 transformed into United Nations Trust Territories, again a British ( successively under senior district officers officiating as Resident, a Special Resident and Commissioners ) and a French Trust ( under a Haut Commissaire )

" The term made an impact into English pulp science fiction starting from Jack Williamson's The Cometeers ( 1936 ) and the distinction between mechanical robots and fleshy androids was popularized by Edmond Hamilton's Captain Future ( 1940 – 1944 ).

* 1940 – Homero Aridjis, Mexican writer and diplomat

* 1940 – Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mexican actor

* 1874 – William B. Bankhead, American politician ( d. 1940 )

* 1892 – Johnny Dodds, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist ( d. 1940 )

* 1940 – John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist

* 1940 – Herbie Hancock, American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer

* 1857 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist ( d. 1940 )

* 1940 – Burt Young, American actor

* 1874 – Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1940 )

* 1940 – Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist ( Last Exit ) ( d. 1994 )

* 1940 – Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.

* 1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian politician

* 1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress

* 1857 – Manuel de Escandón, Mexican polo player ( d. 1940 )

* 1940 – Bill Musselman, American basketball coach ( d. 2000 )

* 1940 – Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian doctor and activist ( d. 2006 )

* 1940 – Will Tura, Belgian singer-songwriter, musician, and composer

2 # 1 ( Jan., 1940 ), pp. 87 – 104 in JSTOR

* 1881 – Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician ( d. 1940 )

* 1940 – Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire

* 1940 – Ram Loevy, Israeli screenwriter and director

* 1940 – World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.

* 1940 – Lance Alworth, American football player

* 1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor