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1940 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade.
1940 Henry Guttman Germany [s 2] Saint Paul's During the Blitz: July 1940 John Topham: London, England, United Kingdom 35 mm [s 2] Buckingham Palace: 13 September 1940 Cecil Beaton: London, England, United Kingdom [s 2] Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico: 1 November 1941 Ansel Adams Hernandez, New Mexico, United States Gelatin silver print, large ...
December 30, 1940: St Paul's Survives. The famous photograph St Paul's Survives was taken of St Paul's Cathedral in London during the air raid that was nicknamed the Second Great Fire of London. U.S. Vice Admiral Claude C. Bloch wrote a letter to the Navy Department complaining of inadequate defenses at Pearl Harbor. [31]
The Walt Disney Studios released the animated feature films Pinocchio (1940), Dumbo (1941), Fantasia (1940), and Bambi (1942). Although the 1940s was a decade dominated by World War II, important and noteworthy films about a wide variety of subjects were made during that era. Hollywood was instrumental in producing dozens of classic films ...
Alamy Limited (d/b/a alamy) is a British privately owned stock photography agency launched in September 1999. It is an online supplier of stock images , videos, and other image material. Their content comes from agencies and independent photographers, or are collected from news archives, museums, national collections, and public domain content ...
1911 – Jehan Alain, French organist and composer (d. 1940) 1912 – Jacques Soustelle, French anthropologist and politician (d. 1990) 1914 – Mary Carlisle, American actress, singer, and dancer (d. 2018) 1915 – Johannes Kotkas, Estonian wrestler and hammer thrower (d. 1998) 1917 – Shlomo Goren, Polish-Israeli rabbi and general (d. 1994)
Pages in category "1940 by country" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. 1940 in Afghanistan;