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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.
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.
1940 events in South America by month (3 C) * 1940 sports events by month (12 C) 0–9. January 1940 events (3 C, 4 P) February 1940 events (4 C, 2 P) March 1940 ...
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 ...
The new five-year old Dalai Lama was enthroned in Tibet. [8] Born: Judy Cornwell, actress, in Hammersmith, London, England; Billy Name, photographer, filmmaker and lighting designer, in Poughkeepsie, New York (d. 2016); Chet Walker, basketball player, in Benton Harbor, Michigan (d. 2024) Died: Hans von Gronau, 89, Prussian World War I general
The list revealed that Claudette Colbert was the highest-paid star in Hollywood that year with a salary of $301,944, followed by Warner Baxter who made $279,807. [ 27 ] Born: John Hurt , actor, in Chesterfield , England (d. 2017)
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December 30, 1940: St Paul's Survives. The famous photograph St Paul's Survives was taken of St Paul's Cathedral in London during the air raid that was nicknamed the Second Great Fire of London. U.S. Vice Admiral Claude C. Bloch wrote a letter to the Navy Department complaining of inadequate defenses at Pearl Harbor. [31]