WHAT ALL HAPPENED JULY TO NOVEMBER 1940
Find out what all happened July to November 1940

World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder. (25. November 1940)

The United States' Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic states: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (23. July 1940)

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

George Stibitz pioneers the first remote operation of a computer. (9. September 1940)

Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas. (8. November 1940)

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

World War II: Romania becomes a signatory of the Tripartite Pact, officially joining the Axis Powers. (23. November 1940)

World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland. (3. August 1940)

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

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

World War II: the United Kingdom and the Vichy France government break off diplomatic relations. (5. July 1940)

Witold Pilecki is voluntarily captured and sent to Auschwitz in order to smuggle out information and start a resistance. (19. September 1940)

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

King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. (6. September 1940)

Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is named the first African American general in the United States Army. (25. 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)

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

World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy. (27. September 1940)

Doodlebug Disaster: A doodlebug train in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio collides with a multi-car freight train heading in the opposite direction, killing 43 people. (31. July 1940)

World War II: In England, Coventry is heavily bombed by German Luftwaffe bombers. Coventry Cathedral is almost completely destroyed. (14. November 1940)