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1940 Historical Event(s)
February 8, 1940
– New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dragon in Chinese astrology.
May 6, 1940
– John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath.
May 13, 1940
– Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the Nazi invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety.
May 26, 1940
– World War II: Battle of Dunkirk – In France, Allied forces begin a massive evacuation from Dunkirk, France.
June 14, 1940
– The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
June 17, 1940
– World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France.
September 6, 1940
– King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael.
November 18, 1940
– World War II: German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian Foreign Minister Galeazzo Ciano meet to discuss Benito Mussolini’s disastrous invasion of Greece.
November 30, 1940
– Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Who Were Born On 1940?
January 5, 1940
– Yuri Ershov, Russian mathematician
January 27, 1940
– Terry Harper, Canadian ice hockey player
March 1, 1940
– David Broome, Welsh showjumper
March 7, 1940
– Daniel J. Travanti, American actor
April 13, 1940
– Max Mosley, British racing driver, engineer and former president of the FIA
July 23, 1940
– Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, Italian banker and economist (d. 2010)
July 24, 1940
– Stanley Hauerwas, American theologian
September 2, 1940
– Jimmy Clanton, American singer
October 4, 1940
– Silvio Marzolini, Argentine footballer
November 13, 1940
– Saul Kripke, American philosopher and logician