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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.
1970 – The self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra in southeastern Nigeria surrendered to the federal government less than three years after declaring independence, ending the Nigerian Civil War. 2018 – In the " Minneapolis Miracle ", American football player Stefon Diggs caught a 61-yard (56 m) touchdown pass that secured the Minnesota Vikings ...
In 1996, Cabey obtained a $43 million civil judgment against Goetz after a civil jury ruled Goetz as liable, equivalent to $84 million today. [ 11 ] The incident sparked a nationwide debate on crime in major U.S. cities , the legal limits of self-defense , and the extent to which the citizenry could rely on the police to secure their safety. [ 9 ]
Forty years ago, though, millions of Americans prepared for Turkey Day by watching a frightening glimpse of their possible future. ... In fact, ABC's wariness of The Day After continues today ...
Forty years ago, AIDS was a death sentence. ... It’s not shocking or even surprising that HIV and AIDS are on the rise in today’s world. The dreaded disease of the 1980s and 1990s is now ...
In East Palestine, “a lot of things that have happened seemed eerily similar to what happened in Livingston over 40 years ago,” said Bennett, who as a local judge spent decades overseeing the ...
During the mid-1930s and throughout the years leading up to the 1940s Joe Louis was an enormously popular Heavyweight boxer. In 1936, he lost an important 12 round fight (his first loss) to the German boxer Max Schmeling and he vowed to meet Schmeling once again in the ring. Louis' comeback bout against Schmeling became an international symbol ...
Forty year ago, an HIV or AIDS diagnosis was terrifying, mysterious and deadly. In 2021, it's an entirely different situation. Chicagoans reflect on 40 year anniversary of first cases of AIDS in U ...