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May 15, 1940
On May 15, 1940, uSS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus. Susan Howatch, Willie John McBride, Tom Jones would arrive in the same year.
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USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus.
USS Sailfish (SS-192) was a Sargo-class submarine of the United States Navy, originally named Squalus. As Squalus, the submarine sank off the coast of New Hampshire during test dives on 23 May 1939. The sinking drowned 26 crew members, but an ensuing rescue operation, using the McCann Rescue Chamber for the first time, saved the lives of the remaining 33 aboard.
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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 May 15, 1940
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1940 USS Sailfish is recommissioned. It was originally the USS Squalus. Sargo-class submarine of the US Navy
USS Sailfish (SS-192) was a Sargo-class submarine of the United States Navy, originally named Squalus. As Squalus, the submarine sank off the coast of New Hampshire during test dives on 23 May 1939. The sinking drowned 26 crew members, but an ensuing rescue operation, using the McCann Rescue Chamber for the first time, saved the lives of the remaining 33 aboard.
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1940 World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands: After fierce fighting, the poorly trained and equipped Dutch troops surrender to Germany, marking the beginning of five years of occupation. 1939–1945 global conflict
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, the latter enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the only nuclear weapons used in war.
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1940 Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant. American fast food company founders
Richard James McDonald and Maurice James "Mac" McDonald, known as the McDonald brothers, were American entrepreneurs who founded the fast food company McDonald's.
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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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