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1940 was a leap year ... November 7 – In Tacoma, Washington, the 600-foot (180 m)-long center span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge (known as Galloping Gertie) collapses.
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.
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.
30 April 1940 The Łódź Ghetto, the first Nazi ghetto, is sealed. 10 May 1940 The Battle of France begins, and Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg quickly fall under German control. 15 May 1940 The Netherlands capitulates to the Germans, and Arthur Seyss-Inquart is appointed to lead the Reichskommissariat Niederlande. [43] 28 May 1940
Long nineteenth century (1789–1914) Georgian era (the United Kingdom, 1714–1830) Industrial Revolution (Europe, United States, and elsewhere 18th and 19th centuries, though with its beginnings in Britain)
"Long knives" victim Ernst Röhm with Hitler, August 1933. June 30 Night of the Long Knives in Germany. Potential rivals to Hitler within the Nazi Party, including SA leader Ernst Röhm and prominent anti-Nazi conservatives such as, former Chancellor Kurt von Schleicher, are killed by the SS and the Gestapo. Following this event, the SA ...
1940s baby names are making a comeback — some of them, at least. See the 80 top baby names from the '40s for boys and girls: Classic, cool and unusual.
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war.