Editing 1940 (section)

===April===
{{Main|April 1940}}
*[[April 3]] – WWII: [[Operation Weserübung]] –  German ships set out for the [[Norwegian Campaign#German invasion|invasion of Norway]].
*[[April 4]] – [[Neville Chamberlain]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|UK Prime Minister]], in what proves to be a tragic misjudgment, declares in a major public speech that [[Hitler]] has "missed the bus".
*[[April 7]] – [[Booker T. Washington]] becomes the first [[African American]] to be depicted on a United States [[postage stamp]].
*[[April 8]] – WWII: [[Operation Wilfred]]: The British fleet lays [[naval mine]]s off the coast of neutral Norway.
*[[April 9]] – WWII: Germany invades the [[Country neutrality (international relations)|neutral countries]] of Denmark and Norway in [[Operation Weserübung]], opening the [[Norwegian Campaign]]. The British [[Royal Navy]] attempts to attack elements of the German fleet off Norway. [[Vidkun Quisling]] proclaims a new collaborationist [[Quisling regime|regime]] in Norway. The [[German invasion of Denmark (1940)|German invasion of Denmark]] lasts for about six hours, before that country capitulates.
*[[April 10]] – WWII: [[Battles of Narvik#First naval Battle of Narvik|First naval Battle of Narvik]] – The British [[Royal Navy]] attacks the German fleet in the [[Ofotfjord]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The German fleet at war, 1939–1945 |last=O'Hara |first=Vincent P. |year=2004 |publisher=Naval Institute Press |location=Annapolis, MD |isbn=978-1-59114-651-3 |page=32}}</ref> At [[Bergen]], [[German cruiser Königsberg|German cruiser ''Königsberg'']] is sunk by British [[Fleet Air Arm]] [[Blackburn Skua]] [[dive bomber]]s, flying from [[RNAS Hatston]] in [[Orkney]].
*[[April 12]]
**The [[Faroe Islands]] are [[British occupation of the Faroe Islands|occupied by British troops]], following the German invasion of Denmark. This action is taken to avert a possible German occupation of the islands, with serious consequences for the course of the [[Battle of the Atlantic]].
**Opening day at [[Jamaica Race Course]] features the use of [[parimutuel betting]] equipment, a departure from [[bookmaking]] heretofore used exclusively throughout New York. Other tracks in the state follow suit later in 1940.
*[[April 13]]
**WWII: [[Battles of Narvik#Second naval Battle of Narvik|Second naval Battle of Narvik]] – The British [[Royal Navy]] sinks all 8 defending German destroyers in the [[Ofotfjord]].
**The [[New York Rangers]] win the [[1940 Stanley Cup Finals]] in [[ice hockey]]. It will be another [[Curse of 1940|54 years]] before their [[1994 Stanley Cup Finals|next win]] in [[1994]].
*[[April 14]] – WWII: [[Norwegian Campaign]] – The first British ground forces land in Norway, at [[Namsos (town)|Namsos]] and [[Harstad (town)|Harstad]].
*[[April 16]] – In American baseball, the [[Cleveland Indians]], behind [[Bob Feller]]'s [[Opening Day]] [[no-hitter]], defeat the [[Chicago White Sox]], 1–0.
*[[April 23]] – The [[Rhythm Club fire]] at a dance hall in [[Natchez, Mississippi]], United States, kills 198 people.
*[[April 27]] – [[Mandatory Palestine national football team|Mandatory Palestine]] and [[Lebanon national football team|Lebanon]] play an [[1940 Mandatory Palestine v Lebanon football match|association football friendly]]; it is Lebanon's first official match, and Mandatory Palestine's last before they become Israel in 1948.