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Year 1940

Year 1940 started Eigthy-One years ago. This leap year started on Monday and ended on Tuesday containing 366 days. Knowing the year starting date and the number of days, we found Five same calendars between 1900 and 2050. These are: 1912 | 1940 | 1968 | 1996 | 2024 | . The analyzed 1940. year had 2 days landing on Friday the 13th. On bottom of this page, you can find calendar for 1940. year.

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Some random events that occurred in year 1940

We found 814 events for year 1940., but here only few are listed. Select month, and there you can see the list without filtering.
• 1940. December 26 (Category: Births), Edward C. Prescott, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
• 1940. March 13 (Category: Events), The Russo-Finnish Winter War ends.
• 1940. May 29 (Category: Events), The first flight of the F4U Corsair.
• 1940. August 3 (Category: Births), Martin Sheen, American actor
• 1940. April 8 (Category: Births), John Havlicek, American basketball player
• 1940. June 17 (Category: Events), World War II: sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France.
• 1940. August 6 (Category: Births), Mukhu Aliyev, Russian politician
• 1940. August 27 (Category: Births), Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist (Last Exit) (d. 1994)
• 1940. May 31 (Category: Births), Gilbert Shelton, American illustrator
• 1940. May 20 (Category: Deaths), Verner von Heidenstam, Swedish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1859)
• 1940. December 5 (Category: Deaths), Jan Kubelík, Czech violinist and composer (b. 1880)
• 1940. October 23 (Category: Births), Pelé, Brazilian footballer
• 1940. December 5 (Category: Births), Frank Wilson, American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2012)
• 1940. February 27 (Category: Births), Howard Hesseman, American actor
• 1940. June 19 (Category: Births), Shirley Muldowney, American race car driver

Calendar for 1940

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