Historical Events
- 55 German aircraft shot down above England
- Black leaders protest discrimination in US armed forces
Floyd Giebells 1st Game
MLB Detroit Tigers rookie pitcher Floyd Giebells throws 2-0 shut-out over Cleveland Indians Bob Feller to clinch the AL pennant at League Park in Cleveland, Ohio
- Nazi Germany, Italy & Japan sign 10 year formal alliance (Axis)
- Yankees, lose to A's & eliminated from pennant for 1st time since 1935
Famous Birthdays
- Benoni Beheyt, Belgian cyclist
- Josephine Barstow, British opera soprano singer, born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
- Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Crown Prince of Kuwait, born in Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Famous Deaths
- Julius Wagner-Jauregg, Austrian psychiatrist (1st psychiatrist to win Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 1927 for malaria inoculation for dementia paralytica), dies at 83
- Walter Benjamin, German literary critic and philosopher (The Work of Art in the Age of Its Technical Reproducibility), dies trying to escape the Gestapo at 48
Died in 1940 1940 Highlights
About September 27, 1940
Day of the Week: Friday
How Long Ago? 83 years, 7 months and 2 days
Leap Year: Yes
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Dragon
Star Sign: Libra
