WHAT ALL HAPPENED OCTOBER TO NOVEMBER 1940
Find out what all happened October to November 1940

New York City's "Mad Bomber" George Metesky places his first bomb at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison. (16. November 1940)

Holocaust: In occupied Poland, the Nazis close off the Warsaw Ghetto from the outside world. (16. November 1940)

World War II: In response to the leveling of Coventry by the German Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg. (16. November 1940)

In Romania, the ruling Iron Guard fascist party assassinates over 60 of arrested King Carol II of Romania's aides and other political dissidents, including former Prime Minister Nicolae Iorga. (27. November 1940)

Armistice Day Blizzard: An unexpected blizzard kills 144 in the U.S. Midwest. (11. November 1940)

Balham underground station disaster in London, England, occurs during the Nazi Luftwaffe air raids on Great Britain. (14. October 1940)

Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut. (30. November 1940)

The President of Catalonia, Lluís Companys, is executed by the Spanish dictatorship of Francisco Franco, making him the only European president to have been executed. (15. October 1940)

World War II: Battle of Britain – During a night-time air raid by the German Luftwaffe, St. Paul's Cathedral in the City of London, England is hit by a bomb. (9. October 1940)

World War II: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov arrives in Berlin to discuss the possibility of the Soviet Union joining the Axis Powers. (12. November 1940)

Warsaw is awarded the Virtuti Militari. (9. November 1940)

The German cruiser Atlantis captures top secret British mail, and sends it to Japan. (11. November 1940)

World War II: The Battle of Britain ends – the United Kingdom prevents a possible German invasion. (31. October 1940)

The 1940 Vrancea earthquake strikes Romania killing an estimated 1,000 and injuring approximately 4,000 more. (10. November 1940)

World War II: the McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese to attack the United States. (7. October 1940)

The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic. (1. October 1940)

World War II: Greece rejects Italy's ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece's entry into World War II. (28. October 1940)

In Tacoma, Washington, the original Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses in a windstorm, a mere four months after the bridge's completion. (7. November 1940)

World War II: First day of Battle of Elaia–Kalamas between the Greeks and the Italians. (2. November 1940)

World War II: Hungary becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers. (20. November 1940)