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1940 Calendar
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1940 Historical Event(s)
- February 7, 1940 – The second full length animated Walt Disney film, Pinocchio, premieres.
- 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
- April 15, 1940 – The Allies begin their attack on the Norwegian town of Narvik which is occupied by Nazi Germany.
- May 14, 1940 – World War II: The Battle of the Netherlands ends with the Netherlands surrendering to Germany.
- May 20, 1940 – Holocaust: The first prisoners arrive at a new concentration camp at Auschwitz.
- June 14, 1940 – The Soviet Union presents an ultimatum to Lithuania resulting in Lithuanian loss of independence.
- October 28, 1940 – World War II: Greece rejects Italy’s ultimatum. Italy invades Greece through Albania, marking Greece’s entry into World War II.
- November 16, 1940 – World War II: in response to the leveling of Coventry, England by Nazi Germany’s Luftwaffe two days before, the Royal Air Force bombs Hamburg.
- November 30, 1940 – Lucille Ball marries Desi Arnaz in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Who Were Born On 1940?
- January 17, 1940 – Tabaré Vázquez, President of Uruguay
- April 18, 1940 – Mike Vickers, British guitarist and saxophonist (Manfred Mann)
- June 4, 1940 – Ludwig Schwarz, Austrian bishop
- June 22, 1940 – Esther Rantzen, British TV presenter
- August 19, 1940 – Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter
- August 20, 1940 – Rubén Hinojosa, American politician
- September 3, 1940 – Eduardo Galeano, Uruguayan journalist
- October 13, 1940 – Pharoah Sanders, American saxophonist
- December 4, 1940 – Gerd Achterberg, German football manager
- December 28, 1940 – A. K. Antony, Defence Minister of Government of India