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In the Winter War, the Battle of Raate Road began.; Great Britain increased the age of conscription to 27. [1]In U.S. college football, the Texas A&M Aggies, ranked number #1 in the final Associated Press poll of sportswriters edged the #5 ranked Tulane Green Wave 14–13 in the 1940 Sugar Bowl.
January 1940 sports events (1 C, 10 P) M. Maritime incidents in January 1940 (19 P) Pages in category "January 1940 events" The following 4 pages are in this category ...
Maritime incidents in January 1940 (19 P) Pages in category "January 1940" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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.
Finnish ski troops in Northern Finland January 12, 1940. 1 February: The Japanese Diet announces a record high budget with over half its expenditures being military.; 5 February: Britain and France decide to intervene in Norway to cut off the iron ore trade in anticipation of an expected German occupation and ostensibly to open a route to assist Finland.
Pages in category "January 1940 events in the United States" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The 1940 State of the Union Address was given by the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt, on Wednesday, January 3, 1940, to both houses of 76th United States Congress. It was given after World War II had begun, but before the fall of France, and about a year before the United States entered the war.. He said, "You are ...
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.