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August 6, 1940
On August 6, 1940, estonia is annexed by the Soviet Union. Susan Howatch, Willie John McBride, Tom Jones would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · August 6, 1940
Estonia is annexed by the Soviet Union.
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea.
Around 1940
The year in brief
1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade.
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On August 6, 1940
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1940 Estonia is annexed by the Soviet Union. Country in Northern Europe
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Russia. The territory of Estonia consists of the mainland, the larger islands of Saaremaa and Hiiumaa, and over 2,300 other islands and islets on the east coast of the Baltic Sea.
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Other moments from 1940
- April 14 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
- April 23 The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
- April 7 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
- April 8 The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.
- April 9 World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
- April 9 Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
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