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1940 Calendar
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1940 Historical Event(s)
- January 5, 1940 – FM radio is demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission for the first time.
- February 8, 1940 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- February 27, 1940 – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben discover carbon-14
- May 17, 1940 – World War II: Germany occupies Brussels, Belgium.
- 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: the British Army’s 11th Hussars assault and take Fort Capuzzo in Libya, Africa from Italian forces.
- July 23, 1940 – The United States’ Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles issues a declaration on the U.S. non-recognition policy of the Soviet annexation and incorporation of three Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- August 3, 1940 – World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.
- September 11, 1940 – George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of a computer.
Who Were Born On 1940?
- January 10, 1940 – Harry Gant, American racing driver
- May 5, 1940 – Lance Henriksen, American actor and painter
- May 26, 1940 – Monique Gagnon-Tremblay, French Canadian politician
- July 3, 1940 – Jerzy Buzek, Prime Minister of Poland
- July 22, 1940 – Alex Trebek, Canadian game show host
- August 12, 1940 – Eddie Barlow, South African cricketer (d. 2005)
- August 24, 1940 – Francine Lalonde, Quebec politician
- September 30, 1940 – Samuel F. Pickering, Jr., American author and professor
- October 13, 1940 – Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist
- November 13, 1940 – Saul Kripke, American philosopher and logician