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What happened in November 1940

• November 1, 1940: The Khmer Issarak, a resistance movement, was formed in Cambodia to fight against French colonial rule.
• November 2, 1940: In the Greco-Italian War, outnumbered Greek forces successfully defended against the Italian Army in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
• November 5, 1940: Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt won the US presidential election, becoming the only president to serve three terms.
• November 6, 1940: Agatha Christie's mystery novel, And Then There Were None, was published in the United States.
• November 7, 1940: The center span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington collapsed due to wind-induced oscillations, an event later known as 'Galloping Gertie'.
• November 8, 1940: The MS City of Rayville, a US Merchant Marine ship, was sunk by a naval mine off Cape Otway, Australia, marking the first US maritime loss in World War II.
• November 9, 1940: Joaquín Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez, a classical guitar concerto, had its premiere in Barcelona, Spain.
• November 10, 1940: A major earthquake struck Vrancea, Romania, resulting in approximately 1,000 fatalities.
• November 11, 1940: The British Royal Navy launched the first aircraft carrier strike in history, targeting the Italian battleship fleet at Taranto Naval Base.
• November 13, 1940: Walt Disney's Fantasia, the first commercial film in stereophonic sound, premiered in New York City. Initially a box office failure, it later became highly acclaimed.
• November 14, 1940: The Coventry Blitz, a German air raid, devastated the city center of Coventry, England, killing 568 people and destroying 60,000 buildings.
• November 15, 1940: The comedy duo Abbott and Costello made their film debut in One Night in the Tropics.
• November 16, 1940: In retaliation for the Coventry Blitz, the Royal Air Force began bombing Hamburg, Germany, resulting in the deaths of 50,000 civilians by the end of the war.
• November 17, 1940: The Tartu Art Museum was established in Tartu, Estonia.
• November 18, 1940: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano met to discuss Benito Mussolini's failed invasion of Greece.
• November 20, 1940: Hungary, Romania, and Slovakia joined the Axis powers during World War II.
• November 25, 1940: The Patria disaster occurred when the Jewish paramilitary organization Haganah sank the SS Patria, a ship carrying Jewish refugees from German-occupied Europe to Mauritius, resulting in around 250 casualties.
• November 26, 1940: The Jilava Massacre took place in Romania, where coup leader General Ion Antonescu's Iron Guard executed over 60 of exiled King Carol II's aides, including former minister and historian Nicolae Iorga.
• November 27, 1940: The Battle of Cape Spartivento between the British Royal Navy and the Italian Regia Marina ended in a draw.