October 5, 1940

1940Bob Cowper, Australian cricketer^[†]

Robert Maskew Cowper was an Australian cricketer who played Test cricket for Australia from 1964 to 1968, and Sheffield Shield cricket for Victoria and Western Australia from 1960 to 1970. He scored the first Test cricket triple century on Australian soil, a 12-hour 307 against England at the MCG in February 1966.

1940Terry Trotter, American jazz pianist^[†]

Terry William Trotter is an American jazz pianist and piano teacher living in Los Angeles. He has recorded with such artists as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Natalie Cole, Celine Dion, Larry Carlton, and many others. Trotter composed the theme music to the television show Everybody Loves Raymond.

1940Ballington Booth, English-American activist, co-founded the Volunteers of America (born 1857)^[†]

Ballington Booth was a British-born American Christian minister who co-founded Volunteers of America, a Christian charitable organization, and became its first General (1896-1940). He was a former officer in The Salvation Army.

1940Lincoln Loy McCandless, American rancher and politician (born 1859)^[†]

Lincoln Loy McCandless was a United States cattle rancher, industrialist and politician for the Territory of Hawaii. McCandless served in the United States Congress as a territorial delegate. A former member of the Hawaii Republican Party, McCandless was one of the earliest leaders of the Hawaii Democratic Party.