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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 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
May 21 – Bell Telephone Laboratories transmits a 441-line video signal, with a bandwidth of 2.7 MHz, by coaxial cable from New York to Philadelphia and back. June – W2XBS in New York ( NBC ) covers the Republican National Convention from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania for 33 hours, during a five-day period.
May 21 – Bell Telephone Laboratories transmits a 441-line video signal, with a bandwidth of 2.7 MHz, by coaxial cable from New York to Philadelphia and back. June – W2XBS in New York ( NBC ) covers the Republican National Convention from Philadelphia , Pennsylvania for 33 hours, during a five-day period.
December 1940 events in North America (2 C, 1 P) C. 1940 events in Canada by month (5 C) M. 1940 events in Mexico by month (1 C) U. 1940 events in the United States ...
1940 events in the United States by month (11 C) / 1940 disestablishments in the United States ... 1940 American novels (54 P) P. 1940 in American politics (4 C, 1 P) S.
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