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January 19 – William Borah, U.S. Senator from Idaho from 1907 to 1940 (born 1865) January 20 – Omar Bundy, U.S. Army General (born 1861) January – Matilda McCrear, last survivor of the transatlantic slave trade in the U.S. (born c. 1857 in Yorubaland) February 1 – Philip Francis Nowlan, science fiction writer, creator of Buck Rogers ...
The 1940s (pronounced "nineteen-forties" and commonly abbreviated as "the '40s" or "the Forties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1940, and ended on December 31, 1949. Most of World War II took place in the first half of the decade, which had a profound effect on most countries and people in Europe , Asia , and elsewhere.
1940 – Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry and Woody Woodpecker make their cartoon debuts 1940 – Billboard magazine publishes its first music popularity chart, the predecessor to today's Hot 100 1940 – U.S. presidential election, 1940 : Franklin D. Roosevelt is reelected president to a record third term, Henry A. Wallace is elected vice president
2021) October 18 – Lee Harvey Oswald, American assassin of John F. Kennedy (d. 1963) October 23 – Charles R. Morris, American lawyer, banker and author (d. 2021) [27] October 24 – F. Murray Abraham, American actor; October 27 – Suzy Covey, American scholar of popular culture (d. 2007) October 28 – Jane Alexander, American actress ...
War in Afghanistan, October 7, 2001 – August 30, 2021. The United States and allies invade Afghanistan on October 7, 2001. The War in Afghanistan ended with the remaining troops leaving the country on August 30, 2021. President George W. Bush declares Iran, Iraq, and North Korea to be the "Axis of Evil" on January 29, 2002.
March 11, 2021 – American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 is passed. March 16, 2021 – A spa shooting in Atlanta leaves 8 dead; 6 of the victims were of Asian descent. [27] March 22, 2021 – Ten people are killed in a mass shooting at a King Soopers location in Boulder, Colorado. This is the second mass shooting with at least 8 dead in a week.
January 3 – Adrian Garrett, American baseball player (died 2021) January 4 – Doris Kearns Goodwin, American writer [4] January 8. Jimmy Elledge, American country musician (d. 2012) Charles Murray, American political scientist and author; January 9 – Scott Walker, singer and composer (d. 2019 in the United Kingdom) [5] January 10
Timeline of the Battle of France (1939–1940) Timeline of the Battle of the Atlantic (1939–1945) Timeline of the Winter War (1939–1940) Timeline of the Norwegian campaign (1940) Timeline of the North African campaign (1940–1943) Timeline of the Eastern Front of World War II (1941–1945)