What Happened in Mar 1940

Mar 1940

Agatha Christie publishes Sad Cypress

Sad Cypress is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the UK by the Collins Crime Club in March 1940 and in the US... Read more

Mar 5 1940

Soviet Politburo Members Sign Order to Execute 25,700 Polish Prisoners

On 5 March, 1940, pursuant to a note to Stalin from Beria, the members of the Soviet Politburo — Stalin, Vyacheslav Molotov, Kliment Voroshilov and... Read more

Mar 12 1940

Signing of the Moscow Peace Treaty Between Finland and the Soviet Union

The Moscow Peace Treaty was signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on March 12, 1940, and the ratifications were exchanged on March 21. It marked... Read more

Mar 30 1940

Indiana Beats Kansas in NCAA Men's Basketball Championship

The 1940 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the participating champion... Read more