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The Armistice of 22 June 1940 was signed at 6:36 p.m. A German occupation zone was established in the north and west of France with the remainder left "free" to be governed by the French. The Germans entered La Rochelle, but not before all the seaport's naval facilities were blown up. [44]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1940 Ship State Description Aidee United Kingdom World War II: Operation Dynamo: The Thames barge was damaged by enemy action and was abandoned between Dunkerque, Nord, France, and De Panne, West Flanders, Belgium.
Jacob Van Vechten Olcott (May 17, 1856 – June 1, 1940) was a U.S. Representative from New York. Born in New York City, Olcott attended public schools, including the Thirteenth Street School. [1] He also attended the College of the City of New York. He was graduated from the Columbia Law School at New York City in May 1877.
René Marie Murat Auberjonois was born June 1, 1940, in Manhattan, New York City. [2] His father, Swiss-born Fernand Auberjonois, was a Cold War-era foreign correspondent and Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer.
Kip Stephen Thorne (born June 1, 1940) is an American theoretical physicist and writer known for his contributions in gravitational physics and astrophysics.Along with Rainer Weiss and Barry C. Barish, he was awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.
More than 338,000 Allied soldiers were rescued by small boats from Dunkirk in nine days between May 26 and June 4 1940. Now Historic England and its French counterpart, Drassm, have carried out ...
June 22, 1940 U-47 sinks San Fernando from convoy HX 49. [5] June 25, 1940 U-51 sinks Saranac and Windsorwood from convoy OA 172. [8] Canada loses its first navy vessel during an accident off the coast of France, when HMCS Fraser is cut in two by Royal Navy cruiser HMS Calcutta, with 45 lives lost aboard the Fraser and 19 aboard Calcutta. June ...
Lightning Strikes West is a 1940 American Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Martha Chapin. The film stars Ken Maynard, Claire Rochelle, Bob Terry, Michael Vallon, Charles King and Reed Howes. The film was released on June 1, 1940, by Colony Pictures. [1] [2] [3]