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September 2 – WWII: An agreement between America and Great Britain is announced to the effect that 50 U.S. destroyers needed for escort work will be transferred to Great Britain. In return, America gains 99-year leases on British bases in the North Atlantic, West Indies and Bermuda.
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
Let the Good Times Roll: Life at Home in America During World War II (1989) Jeffries, John W. Wartime America: The World War II Home Front (1996) online. Kennedy, David M. Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945. (2001) excerpt and text search; a major scholarly survey of the era; Kennett, Lee.
GDP surpassed 1929 levels in 1940. By 1939, isolationist sentiment in America had ebbed, and after the stunning fall of France in 1940 to Nazi Germany, the United States began rearming itself and sent a large stream of money
President Roosevelt signed the 'Two Ocean Navy Expansion Act'. This act was the first step in preparing America for war against Germany, Japan, or both. 1940: The first military draft during peacetime in American history takes place. 1940: Roosevelt is elected as President of the United States for a third term with 54 percent of the popular ...
America has always had a gun problem, but never on this scale. Every day, 327 people are shot in the United States , more than a hundred of them fatally. And the numbers are rising.
A Dispatch from Reuters (1940) – biographical drama film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name [1] [2]; Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940) – biographical historical drama film depicting the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States [3]