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July 2 – Joshua Bryant, American actor, director, author and speaker (d. 2024) July 3. Fontella Bass, African-American soul singer ("Rescue Me") (d. 2012) Lance Larson, American swimmer, Olympic champion, world record-holder in four events (d. 2024) Chuck Sieminski, American football player (d. 2020) Lamar Alexander, American politician
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
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.
Bing Crosby was the best selling pop artist of the 1940s. Ragtime, a genre that first became popular in the 1890s, was popular through about the 1940s. After its best-known exponent, Scott Joplin, died in 1917, the genre faded. As the 1920s unfolded, jazz rapidly took over as the dominant form of popular music in the United States.
November 1940 events in North America (2 C) December 1940 events in North America (2 C, 1 P) C. 1940 events in Canada by month (5 C) M. 1940 events in Mexico by month ...
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1940 events in North America by month (14 C) / 1940 disestablishments in North America (2 C) 1940 establishments in North America (12 C, 1 P) A.