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Year 1940

Year 1940 started Seventy-Nine 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. January 27 (Category: Births), Petru Lucinschi, 2nd President of Moldova
• 1940. December 9 (Category: Events), World War II: Operation Compass – British and Indian troops under the command of Major-General Richard O'Connor attack Italian forces near Sidi Barrani in Egypt.
• 1940. December 12 (Category: Births), Sharad Pawar, Indian politician, 6th Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• 1940. January 23 (Category: Births), Joe Dowell, American singer
• 1940. April 15 (Category: Events), The Allies begin their attack on the Norwegian town of Narvik which is occupied by Nazi Germany.
• 1940. June 3 (Category: Births), Connie Saylor, American race car driver (d. 1993)
• 1940. September 19 (Category: Births), Caroline John, English actress (d. 2012)
• 1940. November 30 (Category: Births), Dan Tieman, American basketball player and coach (d. 2012)
• 1940. April 19 (Category: Births), Genya Ravan, American singer(Goldie & the Gingerbreads and Ten Wheel Drive)
• 1940. August 30 (Category: Deaths), J. J. Thomson, English physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
• 1940. March 3 (Category: Events), Five people are killed in an arson attack on the offices of the communist newspaper Norrskensflamman in Luleå, Sweden.
• 1940. November 22 (Category: Births), Roy Thomas, American author
• 1940. July 27 (Category: Births), Pina Bausch, German dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
• 1940. May 5 (Category: Births), Lasse Åberg, Swedish actor, musician, and director
• 1940. November 27 (Category: Events), World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.

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