Frank Sinatra - 1st Appearance with The New Band
Time: Friday Jan 26, 1940
Place: The Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
Details: On January 26, 1940, he made his first public appearance with the band (the Tommy Dorsey band) at the Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois,opening the show with "Stardust".
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1905 Russian Revolution-130 protesters were killed
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Chinese Civil War-Joint statement by Sun and Soviet representative Adolph Joffe in Shanghai pledged Soviet assistance to China's unification
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Spanish Civil War-Barcelona fell
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Ronald Reagan-Marriage
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Neil Armstrong-Armstrong's Call-Up From the Navy arrived
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First Indochina War-USS Windham Bay delivered Grumman F8F Bearcat fighter aircraft to Saigon
Friday Jan 26, 1951 - Saigon, South Vietnam


Algerian War-Female FLN operatives again planted bombs
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Raúl Castro-Marriage
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Lucky Luciano-Death
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Jimmy Carter-First choice of only four percent of Democratic voters
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Bosnian War-The ARBiH seized control of several villages in the area
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Impeachment of Bill Clinton-Private Session
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Second Chechen War-Russian government announced that 1,173 servicemen had been killed in Chechnya
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New York Stock Exchange-"Sleep Now in the Fire"
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Signinig of French treaty in 1748
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26 January 1940


Ronald Reagan-Marriage
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January 1940


The Holocaust-Gas vans equipped with gas cylinders had been used to kill the handicapped in occupied Poland
Jan, 1940 - Poland


Edward VIII-German ambassador in The Hague
Jan, 1940 - The Hague, Netherlands


Marcus Garvey-Garvey suffered a stroke which left him largely paralyzed
Jan, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Ronald Reagan-Marriage
Friday Jan 26, 1940 - Glendale, California, U.S.


World War II-Greco-Italian War
Sunday Jan 28, 1940 - Greece


Carlos Slim-Birth
Sunday Jan 28, 1940 - Mexico City, Mexico


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip spent four months on the battleship HMS Ramillies
Jan, 1940 - United Kingdom
1940


Second Sino-Japanese War-China's first Large-Scale Counter-offensive
1940 - China


John F. Kennedy-Graduated
1940 - Cambridge, Massachusrtts, U.S.


Albert Einstein-American Citizen
1940 - U.S.


Ho Chi Minh-He began regularly using the name Hồ Chí Minh
1940 - China


Oskar Schindler (Schindler's List)-Schindler Interest
1940 - Kraków, Poland


John Maynard Keynes-How to Pay for the War
1940 - England


Juan Trippe-The president of The Maidstone Club
1940 - East Hampton, New York, U.S.


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip graduated from Dartmouth
1940 - Dartmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle took on ministerial responsibilities
1940 - France


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle had advocated would be a German war
1940 - France


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle proposed to be appointed Secretary-General of the War Council
1940 - France


The Holocaust-Gas vans equipped with gas cylinders had been used to kill the handicapped in occupied Poland
Jan, 1940 - Poland


Edward VIII-German ambassador in The Hague
Jan, 1940 - The Hague, Netherlands


Audrey Hepburn-Star Puple
1940 - Arnhem, Netherlands


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip served in the British forces
1940 - United Kingdom


Marcus Garvey-Garvey suffered a stroke which left him largely paralyzed
Jan, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Ronald Reagan-Marriage
Friday Jan 26, 1940 - Glendale, California, U.S.


Donald Trump-Anti-German sentiment
1940 - U.S.


World War II-Greco-Italian War
Sunday Jan 28, 1940 - Greece


Carlos Slim-Birth
Sunday Jan 28, 1940 - Mexico City, Mexico


Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh-Philip spent four months on the battleship HMS Ramillies
Jan, 1940 - United Kingdom


World War II-Operation Sonnenblaume
Tuesday Feb 6, 1940 - Cyrenaica, Libya


Winston Churchill-Churchill personally ordered Captain Philip Vian of the destroyer HMS Cossack to board the German supply ship Altmark in Norwegian waters
Friday Feb 16, 1940 - Norwegian waters


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle had been earmarked for command of an armored division
Feb, 1940 - France


Igor Stravinsky-2nd Marriage
Saturday Mar 9, 1940 - Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.


St. Patrick's Day-Holy week concurrence
Sunday Mar 17, 1940 - Ireland


Alan Turing-Installing the first Bombe
Monday Mar 18, 1940 - Bletchley, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom


Charles de Gaulle-Reynaud demanded that France be released from the agreement which he had made with Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
Mar, 1940 - France


Nancy Pelosi-Birth
Tuesday Mar 26, 1940 - Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.


DC Comics-DC's first logo appeared
Apr, 1940 - U.S.


Penicillin-Progress in showing the in vivo bactericidal action of penicillin
1940 - Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom


Penicillin-Howard Florey and his team showed that penicillin effectively cured bacterial infection in mice
1940 - University of Oxford, Oxford, England, United Kingdom


Winston Churchill-Operation Wilfred
Saturday Apr 6, 1940 - Norway


World War II-Operation Wilfred
Monday Apr 8, 1940 - Norway


World War II-Norwegian campaign
Monday Apr 8, 1940 - Norway


Adolf Hitler-German forces invaded Denmark and Norway
Tuesday Apr 9, 1940 - Denmark and Norway


The Holocaust-Germany invaded Norway and Denmark
Tuesday Apr 9, 1940 - Norway and Denmark


World War II-Operation Weserübung
Tuesday Apr 9, 1940 - Denmark and Norway


Harald V-Escaping To Sweden
Wednesday Apr 10, 1940 - Sweden


Harald V-Moving To Prince Carl Bernadotte's Home
Tuesday Apr 16, 1940 - Frötuna, Sweden


Harald V-Moving to Drottningholm
Friday Apr 26, 1940 - Drottningholm, Stockholm, Sweden


World War II-The Norway Debate
Tuesday May 7, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Winston Churchill-Norway Debate
Tuesday May 7, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Winston Churchill-Churchill had won the doubters over and his successor as party leader was a formality
Thursday May 9, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Adolf Hitler-Germany attacked France
Friday May 10, 1940 - France


World War II-Neville Chamberlain resignation
Friday May 10, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


World War II-Churchill in the office
Friday May 10, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Charles de Gaulle-The Germans attacked
May, 1940 - Germany


World War II-Fall of France
Friday May 10, 1940 - France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg


The Holocaust-Alexander von Falkenhausen enacted anti-Jewish measures
May, 1940 - Germany


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle activated his new division
Sunday May 12, 1940 - France


Winston Churchill-"blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech
Monday May 13, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Edward VIII-Germany invaded the north of France
May, 1940 - France


Audrey Hepburn-"Edda van Heemstra"
1940 - Netherlands


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was given command of the 4th Armoured Division
Wednesday May 15, 1940 - France


Charles de Gaulle-The Germans broke through at Sedan
Wednesday May 15, 1940 - France


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was reinforced by two fresh regiments
Saturday May 18, 1940 - France


World War II-Germany invaded Greece
May, 1940 - Greece


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attacked again and his forces were once again devastated
Sunday May 19, 1940 - Montcornet, France


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle delayed his retreat
Monday May 20, 1940 - Montcornet, France


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle gave a talk on French radio
Tuesday May 21, 1940 - Montcornet, France


Queen Elizabeth II-Elizabeth lived at Royal Lodge
May, 1940 - Windsor, United Kingdom


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle was promoted to the rank of temporary
Thursday May 23, 1940 - France


Joseph Goebbels-Goebbels used Polish officers accident "Katyn massacre"
May, 1940 - Katyn, Russia (Then U.S.S.R.)


Winston Churchill-British Expeditionary Force in retreat to Dunkirk
May, 1940 - Dunkirk, France


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attacked the German bridgehead south of the Somme at Abbeville
May, 1940 - Abbeville, France


Winston Churchill-Churchill ordered the formation of both the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and the Commandos
Jun, 1940 - England, United Kingdom


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle's rank of brigadier-general
Saturday Jun 1, 1940 - France


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle sent a memo to Weygand
Sunday Jun 2, 1940 - Paris, France


Winston Churchill-Operation Dynamo
Tuesday Jun 4, 1940 - Dunkirk, France


Samuel Little -Little Birth
Friday Jun 7, 1940 - Reynolds, Georgia, U.S.


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle suggested fighting on
Saturday Jun 8, 1940 - France


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle flew to London and met British Prime Minister Winston Churchill
Sunday Jun 9, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Adolf Hitler-Italy join forces with Hitler
Monday Jun 10, 1940 - Italy


Marcus Garvey-Death
Monday Jun 10, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Benito Mussolini-Italy declared war on Britain and France
Monday Jun 10, 1940 - Italy


World War II-Battle of Alps
Monday Jun 10, 1940 - Italian-French Boarders


World War II-Siege of Malta
Tuesday Jun 11, 1940 - Malta


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle offered General Hunziger as Commander-in-Chief
Tuesday Jun 11, 1940 - France


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attended the meeting of the Anglo-French Supreme War Council at the Chateau
Tuesday Jun 11, 1940 - France


Winston Churchill-Western Desert campaign
Tuesday Jun 11, 1940 - Egypt and Libya


The Holocaust-Norway was completely occupied
Jun, 1940 - Norway


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle attended another Anglo-French
Thursday Jun 13, 1940 - France


Francisco Franco-Occupied Tangier
Friday Jun 14, 1940 - Tangier, Morocco


Eiffel Tower-The tower was closed to the public during the occupation and the lifts were not repaired
Jun, 1940 - Paris, France


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle arrived at Bordeaux
Friday Jun 14, 1940 - Bordeaux, France


World War II-Surrender of Paris
Friday Jun 14, 1940 - Paris, France


Charles de Gaulle-Reynaud had resigned as prime minister
Jun, 1940 - Bordeaux, France


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle talked about Jean Monnet's mooted Anglo-French political union
Sunday Jun 16, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle escaped to London
Monday Jun 17, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Charles de Gaulle-British Cabinet was reluctant to agree to de Gaulle giving a radio address
Tuesday Jun 18, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle's Appeal to continue to resist the occupation of France
Tuesday Jun 18, 1940 - London, England, United Kingdom


Francisco Franco-Wanted to enter the war
Wednesday Jun 19, 1940 - Cameroon


Charles de Gaulle-De Gaulle denied the legitimacy of the government at Bordeaux
Wednesday Jun 19, 1940 - London


Salvador Dali-Able to Escape
Thursday Jun 20, 1940 - U.S.


W. E. B. Du Bois-Dusk of Dawn
1940 - U.S.


Richard Nixon-Marriage
Jun, 1940 - Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California, U.S.


Charles de Gaulle-Armistice was signed
Friday Jun 21, 1940 - Compiègne, France


Adolf Hitler-France armistice
Saturday Jun 22, 1940 - Compiègne, France


Charles de Gaulle-The Bordeaux government declared that De Gaulle compulsorily retired from the French Army
Sunday Jun 23, 1940 - Bordeaux, France