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Ronald Reagan
married
Jane Wyman
on
1/4/1940
...
712972
Richard Nixon
married
Thelma Pat Nixon
on
6/21/1940
...
340079
Thelma Pat Nixon
married
Richard Nixon
on
6/21/1940
...
330750
Benito Mussolini
met
Adolf Hitler
on
3/18/1940
...
713516
John F. Kennedy
wrote
Why England Slept
in
1940
...
400025
Finland
signed
Moscow Peace Treaty
on
3/12/1940
...
713434
Soviet Union
signed
Moscow Peace Treaty
on
3/12/1940
...
713435
Christina Stead
wrote
The Man Who Loved Children
in
1940
...
339640
Dino Buzzati
wrote
The Tartar Steppe
in
1940
...
339953
Ernest Hemmingway
wrote
For Whom the Bell Tolls
in
1940
...
302624
Graham Greene
wrote
The Power and the Glory
in
1940
...
339764
Richard Wright
wrote
Native Son
in
1940
...
309994
Oskar Schindler
established
Deutsche Emailwaren Fabrik
on
1/6/1940
...
714397
French Indochina
entered
Part of World War II
in
1940
...
8893
Japan
won
Invasion of French Indochina
in
1940
South-East Asia
...
-101467
Thailand
entered
Franco-Thai War
in
1940
...
8895
Norway
lost
Battle of Narvik
on
4/9/1940
...
-110721
Norway
lost
Norwegian Campaign
on
4/9/1940
...
-110716
Belgium
lost
Battle of France
on
5/10/1940
...
-110733
Belgium
lost
Battle of Belgium
on
5/10/1940
...
-110727
Netherlands
lost
Battle of Zeeland
on
5/10/1940
Netherlands
...
-110725
Netherlands
lost
Battle of the Netherlands
on
5/10/1940
Netherlands
...
-110724
Netherlands
won
Battle of Hannut
on
5/12/1940
...
-110730
Belgium
lost
Battle of Dunkirk
on
5/25/1940
...
-110747
Germany
won
Battle of Dunkirk
on
5/25/1940
...
-101461
Germany
won
Siege of Lille
on
5/25/1940
...
-101459
Germany
lost
Battle of Abbeville
on
5/28/1940
...
-101460
Finland
lost
Winter War
in
1940
...
8892
Frank Sinatra
had a child
Nancy Sandra Sinatra
in
1940
...
713055
Part of World War II
started
in
1940
...
8897
Soviet Union
won
Winter War
in
1940
...
8894
Smokey Robinson
was born
on
2/19/1940
...
126578
Herbie Hancock
was born
on
4/12/1940
...
110509
Ricky Nelson
was born
on
5/8/1940
...
101310
McDonalds
opened
on
5/15/1940
in
California
in San Bernardino
...
752644
James Hall
died
on
6/7/1940
...
241842
Nancy Sinatra
was born
on
6/8/1940
...
101501
Tacoma Bridge
opened
on
7/1/1940
...
754624
Tony Jackson
was born
on
7/16/1940
...
120504
Bohdan Soroka
was born
on
9/2/1940
in
Lviv
...
737827
Robert Palmer
was born
on
9/11/1940
...
109106
Paul Williams
was born
on
9/19/1940
...
127940
Cliff Richard
was born
on
10/14/1940
...
116381
Tacoma Bridge
collapsed
on
11/7/1940
...
754625
Dionne Warwick
was born
on
12/12/1940
...
112039
William Wallace
died
on
12/16/1940
...
241781
Phil Ochs
was born
on
12/19/1940
...
128543
Frank Zappa
was born
on
12/21/1940
...
133246
?Pinocchio?
won
Academy Award for Best Original Score
in
1940
...
280822
?Strike Up the Band
won
Academy Award for Best Sound
in
1940
...
282393
?The Grapes of Wrath
won
Academy Award for Best Director
in
1940
...
279876
Dmitrij Shostakovic
composed
Piano Quintet op.57
in
1940
...
241735
Hupmobile
closed
in
1940
...
361378
Igor Stravinskij
composed
Symphony in C Major
in
1940
...
241731
Jesse Owens
had a child
Beverly Owens
in
1940
...
750656
John Basilone
got a job as
truck driver
in
1940
in
Buffalo
in Reisterstown, Maryland.
...
753294
John F. Kennedy
graduated
Harvard University
in
1940
...
400023
John Glenn
studied
Engineering
in
1940
...
751831
Kitty Foyle
won
Academy Award for Best Actress
in
1940
...
277744
LaSalle
closed
in
1940
...
361381
Malcolm X
visited
Ella Collins
in
1940
...
715198
North West Mounted Police
won
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
in
1940
...
280772
Norway
lost
Namsos Campaign
in
1940
...
-110719
Olivier Messiaen
composed
Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps
in
1940
...
241736
Randolph Churchill
served
Member of Parliament
in
1940
in
Preston
...
1021759
Rebecca
won
Academy Award for Best Picture
in
1940
...
282210
The Grapes of Wrath
won
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
in
1940
...
283919
The Milky Way?
won
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
in
1940
...
279105
The Philadelphia Story
won
Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
in
1940
...
277152
The Westerner
won
Academy award for Best Supporting Actor
in
1940
...
283371
Wendell Willkie
lost
Presidential Elections
in
1940
...
311304
Wendell Willkie
received
44% percent of the popular vote
in
1940
...
276343
Anne Bauchens
won
Academy Award for Best Film Editing
on
1/1940
...
280423
Donald Ogden Stewart
won
Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
on
1/1940
...
284823
Preston Sturges
won
Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
on
1/1940
...
285492
Neville Chamberlain
steeped down as
prime minister.
on
5/10/1940
...
1021742
Henry L. Stimson
got a new job as
Secretaries of War
on
7/1940
...
1021797
the Selective Training and Service
passed
on
7/1940
...
1021798
Arthur W. Aleshire
died
in
1940
...
361361
Bill Brandt
documented
the Underground bomb shelters
in
1940
He documented the Underground bomb shelters of London during The Blitz in 1940, commissioned by the Ministry of Information.
...
748114
Bruce Vento
was born
in
1940
...
361363
Charles F.X. OBrien
died
in
1940
...
361364
Charles Joseph Esterly
died
in
1940
...
361365
Charles OConnor
died
in
1940
...
361367
Dick Armey
was born
in
1940
...
361369
Ed Zschau
was born
in
1940
...
361370
Glenn English
was born
in
1940
...
361371
J. Van Vechten Olcott
died
in
1940
...
361372
John Abercrombie
died
in
1940
...
361373
John Basilone
was assigned to
16th Infantry
in
1940
at Fort Jay
...
753291
John Basilone
moved to
Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island
in
1940
...
753295
Margaret Keane
took classes at
Watkins Institute
in
1940
...
1250323
Mary Rose Oakar
was born
in
1940
...
361374
William A. Ashbrook
died
in
1940
...
361379
USS Alabama (BB-60)
was laid down
on
2/1/1940
in
Norfolk Naval Shipyard
...
1021565
Maurice McDonald
founded
McDonalds
on
5/15/1940
in
California
...
977856
Richard McDonald
founded
McDonalds
on
5/15/1940
in
California
...
977858
Charles Wintour
married
Eleanor Nonie Trego Baker
in
1940
...
2147488000
Baltimores Union Memorial Hospital
cared for
Al Capone
on
3/20/1940
in
Baltimore
a few weeks Capone receiving inpatient and outpatient care
...
1325398
Anthony Fauci
was born
on
12/24/1940
in
Brooklyn, New York City
...
2147488035
Anthony Fauci
was born
Anthony Stephen Fauci
on
12/24/1940
...
2147488036
Chicago Bears
defeated
Washington Redskins
in
1940
in
NFL Championship
...
2147500748
Chicago Bears
introduced
a logo
in
1940
in
Chicago
depicting a black bear running with a football
...
2147500750
George S Halas
introduced
T-formation
in
1940
in
Chicago Bears
...
2147500749
Richard Lee Shelton
was born
in
1940
...
2147495255
Billboard
unveiled
Billboard Music Popularity Chart
on
7/20/1940
...
2147495028