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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
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.
Bing Crosby was the best selling pop artist of the 1940s. Ragtime, a genre that first became popular in the 1890s, was popular through about the 1940s. After its best-known exponent, Scott Joplin, died in 1917, the genre faded. As the 1920s unfolded, jazz rapidly took over as the dominant form of popular music in the United States.
Billboard Hot 100 & Best Sellers in Stores number-one singles by decade Before August 1958 1940–1949 1950–1958 After August 1958 1958–1969 1970–1979 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–2029 US Singles Chart Billboard magazine Billboard number-one singles chart (which preceded the Billboard Hot 100 chart), which was updated weekly by the Billboard magazine, was the ...
None of the top 10 girls' names from 2023 even made the top 40 list in the 1940s. Here are the 40 most popular baby boy and 40 most popular baby girl names of the 1940s, according to the Social ...
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.
In the 1940s, it was consistently in the top 20 names for boys born in the U.S. It's only become more popular since: It was the number one name between 1961 and 1998.