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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
July 2 – Joshua Bryant, American actor, director, author and speaker (d. 2024) July 3. Fontella Bass, African-American soul singer ("Rescue Me") (d. 2012) Lance Larson, American swimmer, Olympic champion, world record-holder in four events (d. 2024) Chuck Sieminski, American football player (d. 2020) Lamar Alexander, American politician
1960 – U-2 incident, wherein a CIA U-2 spy plane was shot down while flying a reconnaissance mission over Soviet Union airspace 1960 – Greensboro sit-ins, sparked by four African American college students refusing to move from a segregated lunch counter, and the Nashville sit-ins, spur similar actions and increases sentiment in the Civil Rights Movement.
Toggle Events subsection. ... 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; See also: ... List of American films of 1950; Timeline of United States history (1950–1969)
Adams, James Truslow, ed. Dictionary of American History (5 Vols. 1940) Kutler, Stanley I. ed. Dictionary of American History (3rd Edition 10 Volumes, 2003) Martin, Michael. Dictionary of American History (Littlefield, Adams 1989) Morris. Richard, ed. Encyclopedia of American History (7th ed. 1996) Purvis, Thomas L.
During the 1940s, sporting events were disrupted and changed by the events that engaged and shaped the entire world. The 1940 and 1944 Olympic Games were cancelled because of World War II . During World War II in the United States Heavyweight Boxing Champion Joe Louis and numerous stars and performers from American baseball and other sports ...
Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles that featured the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Satire and humor during the 1950s were popular and abundant. MAD, the American humor magazine, was founded by editor Harvey Kurtzman and publisher William Gaines in 1952.
1950 (United States) Congress of Industrial Organizations expelled nine unions for alleged communist influence. [41] 1950 (United States) United Auto Workers and General Motors reached agreement on a contract that provided pensions and wage increases over the duration of the signed contract. [41] 1950 (United States)