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Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940), decided, allowing a racially restrictive covenant to be lifted. November 13 – Walt Disney's third feature film, Fantasia, is released. It is the first box office failure for Disney, though it recoups its cost years later and becomes one of the most highly regarded of Disney's films.
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 ...
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
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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 ...
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
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.
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.