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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 Lower Paleolithic period lasted over 3 million years, during which there many human-like species evolved including toward the end of this period, Homo sapiens.The original divergence between humans and chimpanzees occurred 13 (), however interbreeding continued until as recently as 4 Ma, with the first species clearly belonging to the human (and not chimpanzee) lineage being ...
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
Kyvig, David E. Daily Life in the United States, 1920–1940: How Americans Lived During the Roaring Twenties and the Great Depression online (2004) Leuchtenburg, William E. The Perils of Prosperity, 1914–1932 online (1993) 332pp. Leuchtenburg, William E. Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal 1932 – 1940 (1963) online; Malin, James C.
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.
It is the first of six package films they would release throughout the remainder of the 1940s. February 7 – WWII: It is announced that shoe rationing will go into effect in the US in two days. February 8 – WWII: Battle of Guadalcanal – United States forces defeat Japanese troops.
2021) June 14 – John Edgar Wideman, African-American novelist, author and professor; June 15. Neal Adams, American comic book artist (d. 2022) Harry Nilsson, American musician (d. 1994) June 16 – Lamont Dozier, American songwriter (d. 2022) June 21. Mitty Collier, American church pastor, gospel singer and former rhythm and blues singer