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<span>November</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-November-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.12</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Date_unknown" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Date_unknown"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1.13</span> <span>Date unknown</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Date_unknown-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Births" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Births"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Births</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Births-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Births subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Births-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-January_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#January_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.1</span> <span>January</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-January_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-February_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#February_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.2</span> <span>February</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-February_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-March_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#March_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.3</span> <span>March</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-March_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.4</span> <span>April</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-May_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#May_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.5</span> <span>May</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-May_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-June_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#June_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.6</span> <span>June</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-June_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.7</span> <span>July</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-August_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#August_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.8</span> <span>August</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-August_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-September_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#September_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.9</span> <span>September</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-September_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.10</span> <span>October</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-November_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#November_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.11</span> <span>November</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-November_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2.12</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Deaths" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Deaths"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Deaths</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Deaths-sublist" class="cdx-button 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<span>March</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-March_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-April_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#April_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>April</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-April_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-May_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#May_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>May</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-May_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-June_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#June_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>June</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-June_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-July_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#July_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>July</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-July_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-August_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#August_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>August</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-August_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-September_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#September_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span>September</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-September_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-October_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#October_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.10</span> <span>October</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-October_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-November_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#November_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.11</span> <span>November</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-November_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-December_3" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#December_3"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.12</span> <span>December</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-December_3-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Nobel_Prizes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Nobel_Prizes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Nobel Prizes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Nobel_Prizes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> 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Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-am mw-list-item"><a href="https://am.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%E1%8A%A5.%E1%8A%A4.%E1%8A%A0." title="1940 እ.ኤ.አ. – Amharic" lang="am" hreflang="am" data-title="1940 እ.ኤ.አ." data-language-autonym="አማርኛ" data-language-local-name="Amharic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>አማርኛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-smn mw-list-item"><a href="https://smn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Inari Sami" lang="smn" hreflang="smn" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Anarâškielâ" data-language-local-name="Inari Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Anarâškielâ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ab mw-list-item"><a href="https://ab.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Abkhazian" lang="ab" hreflang="ab" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Аԥсшәа" data-language-local-name="Abkhazian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Аԥсшәа</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D5%A9%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6" title="1940 թուական – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="1940 թուական" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-rup mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-rup.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Aromanian" lang="rup" hreflang="rup" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Armãneashti" data-language-local-name="Aromanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Armãneashti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gn mw-list-item"><a href="https://gn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Guarani" lang="gn" hreflang="gn" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Avañe'ẽ" data-language-local-name="Guarani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Avañe'ẽ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-av mw-list-item"><a href="https://av.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Avaric" lang="av" hreflang="av" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Авар" data-language-local-name="Avaric" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Авар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ay mw-list-item"><a href="https://ay.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Aymara" lang="ay" hreflang="ay" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Aymar aru" data-language-local-name="Aymara" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aymar aru</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B4%DB%B0_(%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF%DB%8C)" title="۱۹۴۰ (میلادی) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="۱۹۴۰ (میلادی)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ban mw-list-item"><a href="https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Balinese" lang="ban" hreflang="ban" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Basa Bali" data-language-local-name="Balinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Bali</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A6" title="১৯৪০ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="১৯৪০" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_n%C3%AE" title="1940 nî – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="1940 nî" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-map-bms mw-list-item"><a href="https://map-bms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Banyumasan" lang="jv-x-bms" hreflang="jv-x-bms" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Basa Banyumasan" data-language-local-name="Banyumasan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Basa Banyumasan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D0%B9%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1940 йыл – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="1940 йыл" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bar mw-list-item"><a href="https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Bavarian" lang="bar" hreflang="bar" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Boarisch" data-language-local-name="Bavarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Boarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940." title="1940. – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="1940." data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-se mw-list-item"><a href="https://se.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Northern Sami" lang="se" hreflang="se" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Davvisámegiella" data-language-local-name="Northern Sami" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Davvisámegiella</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://dsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Lower Sorbian" lang="dsb" hreflang="dsb" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Dolnoserbski" data-language-local-name="Lower Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dolnoserbski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eml mw-list-item"><a href="https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Emiliano-Romagnolo" lang="egl" hreflang="egl" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Emiliàn e rumagnòl" data-language-local-name="Emiliano-Romagnolo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Emiliàn e rumagnòl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-myv mw-list-item"><a href="https://myv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D0%B8%D0%B5" title="1940 ие – Erzya" lang="myv" hreflang="myv" data-title="1940 ие" data-language-autonym="Эрзянь" data-language-local-name="Erzya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Эрзянь</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B4%DB%B0" title="۱۹۴۰ – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="۱۹۴۰" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hif mw-list-item"><a href="https://hif.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Fiji Hindi" lang="hif" hreflang="hif" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Fiji Hindi" data-language-local-name="Fiji Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Fiji Hindi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fo mw-list-item"><a href="https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Faroese" lang="fo" hreflang="fo" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Føroyskt" data-language-local-name="Faroese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Føroyskt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fur mw-list-item"><a href="https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Friulian" lang="fur" hreflang="fur" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Furlan" data-language-local-name="Friulian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Furlan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gag mw-list-item"><a href="https://gag.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Gagauz" lang="gag" hreflang="gag" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Gagauz" data-language-local-name="Gagauz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gagauz</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D1%88%D1%83" title="1940 шу – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="1940 шу" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gan mw-list-item"><a href="https://gan.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%E5%B9%B4" title="1940年 – Gan" lang="gan" hreflang="gan" data-title="1940年" data-language-autonym="贛語" data-language-local-name="Gan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>贛語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hak mw-list-item"><a href="https://hak.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940-ngi%C3%A8n" title="1940-ngièn – Hakka Chinese" lang="hak" hreflang="hak" data-title="1940-ngièn" data-language-autonym="客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî" data-language-local-name="Hakka Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%EB%85%84" title="1940년 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="1940년" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%A6" title="१९४० – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="१९४०" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hsb mw-list-item"><a href="https://hsb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Upper Sorbian" lang="hsb" hreflang="hsb" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Hornjoserbsce" data-language-local-name="Upper Sorbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hornjoserbsce</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940." title="1940. – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="1940." data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bpy mw-list-item"><a href="https://bpy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF_%E0%A7%A7%E0%A7%AF%E0%A7%AA%E0%A7%A6" title="মারি ১৯৪০ – Bishnupriya" lang="bpy" hreflang="bpy" data-title="মারি ১৯৪০" data-language-autonym="বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী" data-language-local-name="Bishnupriya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940-%C3%A6%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D0%B7" title="1940-æм аз – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="1940-æм аз" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jv mw-list-item"><a href="https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Javanese" lang="jv" hreflang="jv" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Jawa" data-language-local-name="Javanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Jawa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kbp mw-list-item"><a href="https://kbp.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Kabiye" lang="kbp" hreflang="kbp" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Kabɩyɛ" data-language-local-name="Kabiye" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kabɩyɛ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B3%A7%E0%B3%AF%E0%B3%AA%E0%B3%A6" title="೧೯೪೦ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="೧೯೪೦" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D0%B4%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1940 джыл – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="1940 джыл" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-csb mw-list-item"><a href="https://csb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Kashubian" lang="csb" hreflang="csb" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Kaszëbsczi" data-language-local-name="Kashubian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kaszëbsczi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D0%B6%D1%8B%D0%BB" title="1940 жыл – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="1940 жыл" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940-%D3%A7%D0%B4_%D0%B2%D0%BE" title="1940-ӧд во – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="1940-ӧд во" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-avk mw-list-item"><a href="https://avk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Kotava" lang="avk" hreflang="avk" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Kotava" data-language-local-name="Kotava" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kotava</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ht mw-list-item"><a href="https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_(almanak_gregoryen)" title="1940 (almanak gregoryen) – Haitian Creole" lang="ht" hreflang="ht" data-title="1940 (almanak gregoryen)" data-language-autonym="Kreyòl ayisyen" data-language-local-name="Haitian Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kreyòl ayisyen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gcr mw-list-item"><a href="https://gcr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Guianan Creole" lang="gcr" hreflang="gcr" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Kriyòl gwiyannen" data-language-local-name="Guianan Creole" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kriyòl gwiyannen</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mrj mw-list-item"><a href="https://mrj.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D0%B8" title="1940 и – Western Mari" lang="mrj" hreflang="mrj" data-title="1940 и" data-language-autonym="Кырык мары" data-language-local-name="Western Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кырык мары</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940._gads" title="1940. gads – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="1940. gads" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lez mw-list-item"><a href="https://lez.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D0%B9%D0%B8%D1%81" title="1940 йис – Lezghian" lang="lez" hreflang="lez" data-title="1940 йис" data-language-autonym="Лезги" data-language-local-name="Lezghian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Лезги</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_m." title="1940 m. – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="1940 m." data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lij mw-list-item"><a href="https://lij.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Ligurian" lang="lij" hreflang="lij" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Ligure" data-language-local-name="Ligurian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ligure</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ln mw-list-item"><a href="https://ln.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Lingala" lang="ln" hreflang="ln" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Lingála" data-language-local-name="Lingala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lingála</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-jbo mw-list-item"><a href="https://jbo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940moi" title="1940moi – Lojban" lang="jbo" hreflang="jbo" data-title="1940moi" data-language-autonym="La .lojban." data-language-local-name="Lojban" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>La .lojban.</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%A6" title="१९४० – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="१९४०" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mi mw-list-item"><a href="https://mi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Māori" lang="mi" hreflang="mi" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Māori" data-language-local-name="Māori" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Māori</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%87.%E0%A4%B8._%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%A6" title="इ.स. १९४० – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="इ.स. १९४०" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%B1%DB%B9%DB%B4%DB%B0" title="۱۹۴۰ – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="۱۹۴۰" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cdo mw-list-item"><a href="https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_ni%C3%A8ng" title="1940 nièng – Mindong" lang="cdo" hreflang="cdo" data-title="1940 nièng" data-language-autonym="閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄" data-language-local-name="Mindong" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mdf mw-list-item"><a href="https://mdf.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Moksha" lang="mdf" hreflang="mdf" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Мокшень" data-language-local-name="Moksha" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Мокшень</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D0%BE%D0%BD" title="1940 он – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="1940 он" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%81%81%E1%81%89%E1%81%84%E1%81%80" title="၁၉၄၀ – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="၁၉၄၀" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nah mw-list-item"><a href="https://nah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Nahuatl" lang="nah" hreflang="nah" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Nāhuatl" data-language-local-name="Nahuatl" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nāhuatl</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds-nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Low Saxon" lang="nds-NL" hreflang="nds-NL" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Nedersaksies" data-language-local-name="Low Saxon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nedersaksies</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-new mw-list-item"><a href="https://new.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%88_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82_%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%A6" title="ई सं १९४० – Newari" lang="new" hreflang="new" data-title="ई सं १९४०" data-language-autonym="नेपाल भाषा" data-language-local-name="Newari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाल भाषा</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%E5%B9%B4" title="1940年 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="1940年" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nap mw-list-item"><a href="https://nap.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Neapolitan" lang="nap" hreflang="nap" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Napulitano" data-language-local-name="Neapolitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Napulitano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D1%88%D0%BE" title="1940 шо – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="1940 шо" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nrm mw-list-item"><a href="https://nrm.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Norman" lang="nrf" hreflang="nrf" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Nouormand" data-language-local-name="Norman" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nouormand</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nov mw-list-item"><a href="https://nov.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Novial" lang="nov" hreflang="nov" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Novial" data-language-local-name="Novial" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Novial</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc badge-Q70893996 mw-list-item" title=""><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mhr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mhr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Eastern Mari" lang="mhr" hreflang="mhr" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Олык марий" data-language-local-name="Eastern Mari" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Олык марий</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AD%A7%E0%AD%AF%E0%AD%AA%E0%AD%A6" title="୧୯୪୦ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="୧୯୪୦" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pi mw-list-item"><a href="https://pi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A5%A7%E0%A5%AF%E0%A5%AA%E0%A5%A6" title="१९४० – Pali" lang="pi" hreflang="pi" data-title="१९४०" data-language-autonym="पालि" data-language-local-name="Pali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>पालि</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pap mw-list-item"><a href="https://pap.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Papiamento" lang="pap" hreflang="pap" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Papiamentu" data-language-local-name="Papiamento" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Papiamentu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nds mw-list-item"><a href="https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Low German" lang="nds" hreflang="nds" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Plattdüütsch" data-language-local-name="Low German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Plattdüütsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kaa mw-list-item"><a href="https://kaa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Kara-Kalpak" lang="kaa" hreflang="kaa" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Qaraqalpaqsha" data-language-local-name="Kara-Kalpak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qaraqalpaqsha</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-crh mw-list-item"><a href="https://crh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Crimean Tatar" lang="crh" hreflang="crh" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Qırımtatarca" data-language-local-name="Crimean Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Qırımtatarca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ty mw-list-item"><a href="https://ty.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Tahitian" lang="ty" hreflang="ty" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Reo tahiti" data-language-local-name="Tahitian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Reo tahiti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joohr_1940" title="Joohr 1940 – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Joohr 1940" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-rue mw-list-item"><a href="https://rue.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Rusyn" lang="rue" hreflang="rue" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Русиньскый" data-language-local-name="Rusyn" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русиньскый</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%B4" title="1940 год – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="1940 год" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sah mw-list-item"><a href="https://sah.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Yakut" lang="sah" hreflang="sah" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Саха тыла" data-language-local-name="Yakut" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Саха тыла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-stq mw-list-item"><a href="https://stq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Saterland Frisian" lang="stq" hreflang="stq" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Seeltersk" data-language-local-name="Saterland Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seeltersk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nso mw-list-item"><a href="https://nso.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Northern Sotho" lang="nso" hreflang="nso" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Sesotho sa Leboa" data-language-local-name="Northern Sotho" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sesotho sa Leboa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%D8%B9" title="1940ع – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="1940ع" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szl mw-list-item"><a href="https://szl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Silesian" lang="szl" hreflang="szl" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Ślůnski" data-language-local-name="Silesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ślůnski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%A1%D9%A9%D9%A4%D9%A0" title="١٩٤٠ – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="١٩٤٠" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tl mw-list-item"><a href="https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Tagalog" lang="tl" hreflang="tl" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Tagalog" data-language-local-name="Tagalog" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tagalog</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-roa-tara mw-list-item"><a href="https://roa-tara.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Tarantino" lang="nap-x-tara" hreflang="nap-x-tara" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Tarandíne" data-language-local-name="Tarantino" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tarandíne</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D0%B5%D0%BB" title="1940 ел – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="1940 ел" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-shn mw-list-item"><a href="https://shn.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Shan" lang="shn" hreflang="shn" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး " data-language-local-name="Shan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ၽႃႇသႃႇတႆး </span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-te mw-list-item"><a href="https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Telugu" lang="te" hreflang="te" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="తెలుగు" data-language-local-name="Telugu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>తెలుగు</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tet mw-list-item"><a href="https://tet.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Tetum" lang="tet" hreflang="tet" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Tetun" data-language-local-name="Tetum" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tetun</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%9E.%E0%B8%A8._2483" title="พ.ศ. 2483 – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="พ.ศ. 2483" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8_1940" title="Соли 1940 – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Соли 1940" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tk mw-list-item"><a href="https://tk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Turkmen" lang="tk" hreflang="tk" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Türkmençe" data-language-local-name="Turkmen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkmençe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-udm mw-list-item"><a href="https://udm.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_%D0%B0%D1%80" title="1940 ар – Udmurt" lang="udm" hreflang="udm" data-title="1940 ар" data-language-autonym="Удмурт" data-language-local-name="Udmurt" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Удмурт</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%D8%A1" title="1940ء – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="1940ء" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ug mw-list-item"><a href="https://ug.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_-_%D9%8A%D9%89%D9%84%D9%89" title="1940 - يىلى – Uyghur" lang="ug" hreflang="ug" data-title="1940 - يىلى" data-language-autonym="ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche" data-language-local-name="Uyghur" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-za mw-list-item"><a href="https://za.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_nienz" title="1940 nienz – Zhuang" lang="za" hreflang="za" data-title="1940 nienz" data-language-autonym="Vahcuengh" data-language-local-name="Zhuang" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vahcuengh</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vec mw-list-item"><a href="https://vec.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Venetian" lang="vec" hreflang="vec" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Vèneto" data-language-local-name="Venetian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Vèneto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo mw-list-item"><a href="https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Volapük" lang="vo" hreflang="vo" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Volapük" data-language-local-name="Volapük" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Volapük</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fiu-vro mw-list-item"><a href="https://fiu-vro.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Võro" lang="vro" hreflang="vro" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Võro" data-language-local-name="Võro" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Võro</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-classical mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E4%B9%9D%E5%9B%9B%E3%80%87%E5%B9%B4" title="一九四〇年 – Literary Chinese" lang="lzh" hreflang="lzh" data-title="一九四〇年" data-language-autonym="文言" data-language-local-name="Literary Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>文言</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vls mw-list-item"><a href="https://vls.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – West Flemish" lang="vls" hreflang="vls" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="West-Vlams" data-language-local-name="West Flemish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>West-Vlams</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-war mw-list-item"><a href="https://war.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Waray" lang="war" hreflang="war" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Winaray" data-language-local-name="Waray" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Winaray</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%E5%B9%B4" title="1940年 – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="1940年" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-yi mw-list-item"><a href="https://yi.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Yiddish" lang="yi" hreflang="yi" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="ייִדיש" data-language-local-name="Yiddish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ייִדיש</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%E5%B9%B4" title="1940年 – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="1940年" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-diq mw-list-item"><a href="https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Zazaki" lang="diq" hreflang="diq" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Zazaki" data-language-local-name="Zazaki" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zazaki</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zea mw-list-item"><a href="https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940" title="1940 – Zeelandic" lang="zea" hreflang="zea" data-title="1940" data-language-autonym="Zeêuws" 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meteorology">Meteorology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_music" title="1940 in music">Music</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_country_music" title="1940 in country music">Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_jazz" title="1940 in jazz">Jazz</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_rail_transport" title="1940 in rail transport">Rail transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_radio" title="1940 in radio">Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_science" title="1940 in science">Science</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_sports" title="1940 in sports">Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_association_football" title="1940 in association football">Football</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_television" title="1940 in television">Television</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_American_television" title="1940 in American television">American</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><br /> </p> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_British_television" title="1940 in British television">British</a></li></ul></li></ul> <p><br /> </p><p><br /> </p> <ul><li><ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Italian_television" title="1940 in Italian television">Italian</a></li></ul></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color: #f3f3f3"> By country</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Afghanistan" title="1940 in Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Argentina" title="1940 in Argentina">Argentina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Australia" title="1940 in Australia">Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Belgium" title="1940 in Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Brazil" title="1940 in Brazil">Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="1940 in Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Canada" title="1940 in Canada">Canada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_China" title="1940 in China">China</a></li> <li><a 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href="/wiki/1940_in_Portugal" title="1940 in Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_South_Africa" title="1940 in South Africa">South Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="1940 in the Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Spain" title="1940 in Spain">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Sweden" title="1940 in Sweden">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Switzerland" title="1940 in Switzerland">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_Turkey" title="1940 in Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="1940 in the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_the_United_States" title="1940 in the United States">United States</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color: #f3f3f3"> Lists of leaders</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_in_1940" class="mw-redirect" title="List of sovereign states in 1940">Sovereign states</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_leaders_in_1940" class="mw-redirect" title="List of state leaders in 1940">Sovereign state leaders</a><br /></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_dependent_territories_in_the_20th_century" title="List of governors of dependent territories in the 20th century">Territorial governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_20th-century_religious_leaders" title="List of 20th-century religious leaders">Religious leaders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1940_in_law" title="Category:1940 in law">Law</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th class="sidebar-heading" style="background-color: #f3f3f3"> Birth and death categories</th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1940_births" title="Category:1940 births">Births</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:1940_deaths" title="Category:1940 deaths">Deaths</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><th 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calendar</a></td><td>1940<br /><span style="font-family: serif;"><i>MCMXL</i></span></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Ab_urbe_condita" title="Ab urbe condita">Ab urbe condita</a></td><td>2693</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Armenian_calendar" title="Armenian calendar">Armenian calendar</a></td><td>1389<br />ԹՎ ՌՅՁԹ</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Assyrian_calendar" title="Assyrian calendar">Assyrian calendar</a></td><td>6690</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Bah%C3%A1%CA%BC%C3%AD_calendar" title="Baháʼí calendar">Baháʼí calendar</a></td><td>96–97</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Balinese_saka_calendar" title="Balinese saka calendar">Balinese saka calendar</a></td><td>1861–1862</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Bengali_calendar" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengali calendar">Bengali calendar</a></td><td>1347</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Berber_calendar" title="Berber calendar">Berber calendar</a></td><td>2890</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Regnal_years_of_English_and_British_monarchs" title="Regnal years of English and British monarchs">British Regnal year</a></td><td>4 <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">Geo. 6</a> – 5 <a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">Geo. 6</a></td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Buddhist_calendar" title="Buddhist calendar">Buddhist calendar</a></td><td>2484</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Burmese_calendar" title="Burmese calendar">Burmese calendar</a></td><td>1302</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Byzantine_calendar" title="Byzantine calendar">Byzantine calendar</a></td><td>7448–7449</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Chinese_calendar" title="Chinese calendar">Chinese calendar</a></td><td><a href="/wiki/Sexagenary_cycle" title="Sexagenary cycle">己卯</a>年 (Earth <a href="/wiki/Rabbit_(zodiac)" title="Rabbit (zodiac)">Rabbit</a>)<br />4637 or 4430<br />    <i>— to —</i><br />庚辰年 (Metal <a href="/wiki/Dragon_(zodiac)" title="Dragon (zodiac)">Dragon</a>)<br />4638 or 4431</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Coptic_calendar" title="Coptic calendar">Coptic calendar</a></td><td>1656–1657</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Discordian_calendar" title="Discordian calendar">Discordian calendar</a></td><td>3106</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Ethiopian_calendar" title="Ethiopian calendar">Ethiopian calendar</a></td><td>1932–1933</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hebrew_calendar" title="Hebrew calendar">Hebrew calendar</a></td><td>5700–5701</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Hindu_calendar" title="Hindu calendar">Hindu calendars</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Samvat" title="Vikram Samvat">Vikram Samvat</a></i></td><td>1996–1997</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Indian_national_calendar" title="Indian national calendar">Shaka Samvat</a></i></td><td>1861–1862</td></tr><tr><td> - <i><a href="/wiki/Kali_Yuga" title="Kali Yuga">Kali Yuga</a></i></td><td>5040–5041</td></tr><tr><td><a href="/wiki/Holocene_calendar" title="Holocene calendar">Holocene calendar</a></td><td>11940</td></tr><tr><td><a 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href="/wiki/2nd_millennium" title="2nd millennium">2nd millennium</a>, the 40th year of the <a href="/wiki/20th_century" title="20th century">20th century</a>, and the 1st year of the <a href="/wiki/1940s" title="1940s">1940s</a> decade. </p><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Calendar year</div><p> A calendar from 1940 according to the Gregorian calendar, factoring in the dates of Easter and related holidays, cannot be used again until the year 5280.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 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General <a href="/wiki/Semyon_Timoshenko" title="Semyon Timoshenko">Semyon Timoshenko</a> takes command of all <a href="/wiki/Soviet" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet">Soviet</a> forces.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_7" title="January 7">January 7</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Raate_Road" title="Battle of Raate Road">Battle of Raate Road</a> – Outnumbered Finnish troops decisively defeat Soviet forces.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_8" title="January 8">January 8</a> – WWII: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a>: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Suomussalmi" title="Battle of Suomussalmi">Battle of Suomussalmi</a> – Finnish forces destroy the <a href="/wiki/44th_Rifle_Division_(Soviet_Union)" class="mw-redirect" title="44th Rifle Division (Soviet Union)">Soviet 44th Rifle Division</a>.</li> <li>Food <a href="/wiki/Rationing_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Rationing in the United Kingdom">rationing in the United Kingdom</a> begins; it will remain in force until <a href="/wiki/1954" title="1954">1954</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_9" title="January 9">January 9</a> – WWII: British submarine <a href="/wiki/HMS_Starfish_(19S)" title="HMS Starfish (19S)">HMS <i>Starfish</i></a> is sunk in the <a href="/wiki/Heligoland_Bight" title="Heligoland Bight">Heligoland Bight</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_10" title="January 10">January 10</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Mechelen_incident" title="Mechelen incident">Mechelen incident</a> – A German plane carrying secret plans for the invasion of Western Europe makes a forced landing in Belgium, leading to mobilization of defense forces in the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/The_Three_Stooges" title="The Three Stooges">The Three Stooges</a>' <i><a href="/wiki/You_Nazty_Spy!" title="You Nazty Spy!">You Nazty Spy!</a></i>, the first Hollywood anti-Nazi comedy film, is released.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_27" title="January 27">January 27</a> – WWII: A peace resolution introduced in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_South_Africa" title="Parliament of South Africa">Parliament of South Africa</a> is defeated 81–59.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a> – Three gasoline-powered trains carrying factory workers crash and explode while approaching <a href="/wiki/Ajikawaguchi_Station" title="Ajikawaguchi Station">Ajikawaguchi Station</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yumesaki_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Yumesaki Line">Yumesaki Line</a> (Nishinari Line), <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a>, Japan, killing at least 181 people and injuring at least 92.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/February_1940" title="February 1940">February 1940</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2" title="February 2">February 2</a>–<a href="/wiki/February_11" title="February 11">11</a> – Scheduled dates for the <a href="/wiki/1940_Winter_Olympics" title="1940 Winter Olympics">1940 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Garmisch-Partenkirchen" title="Garmisch-Partenkirchen">Garmisch-Partenkirchen</a>, Germany, cancelled in November 1939 due to WWII (originally allocated to <a href="/wiki/Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo</a>, Japan).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_1" title="February 1">February 1</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a> – Soviet forces launch a major assault on Finnish troops occupying the <a href="/wiki/Karelian_Isthmus" title="Karelian Isthmus">Karelian Isthmus</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2" title="February 2">February 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vsevolod_Meyerhold" title="Vsevolod Meyerhold">Vsevolod Meyerhold</a> is executed in the Soviet Union on charges of treason and espionage. He is cleared of all charges fifteen years later, in the first waves of <a href="/wiki/De-Stalinization" title="De-Stalinization">de-Stalinization</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_16" title="February 16">February 16</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Altmark_incident" title="Altmark incident"><i>Altmark</i> incident</a> – British destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Cossack_(F03)" title="HMS Cossack (F03)">HMS <i>Cossack</i></a> pursues <a href="/wiki/German_tanker_Altmark" title="German tanker Altmark">German tanker <i>Altmark</i></a> into the <a href="/wiki/Country_neutrality_(international_relations)" class="mw-redirect" title="Country neutrality (international relations)">neutral waters</a> of <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B8ssingfjord" title="Jøssingfjord">Jøssingfjord</a> in southwestern <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> and frees the 290 British seamen held aboard.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_22" title="February 22">February 22</a> – In <a href="/wiki/Tibet_(1912%E2%80%931951)" title="Tibet (1912–1951)">Tibet</a>, province of <a href="/wiki/Amdo" title="Amdo">Ando</a>, 4-year-old <a href="/wiki/Tenzin_Gyatso,_14th_Dalai_Lama" class="mw-redirect" title="Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama">Tenzin Gyatso</a> is proclaimed the <i><a href="/wiki/Tulku" title="Tulku">tulku</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/Reincarnation" title="Reincarnation">rebirth</a>) of the 13th <a href="/wiki/Dalai_Lama" title="Dalai Lama">Dalai Lama</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_27" title="February 27">February 27</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Radioactive" class="mw-redirect" title="Radioactive">radioactive</a> <a href="/wiki/Isotope" title="Isotope">isotope</a> <a href="/wiki/Carbon-14" title="Carbon-14">carbon-14</a> is discovered by <a href="/wiki/Martin_Kamen" title="Martin Kamen">Martin Kamen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sam_Ruben" title="Sam Ruben">Sam Ruben</a> at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>February – The last mounted charge by a British cavalry regiment is made when the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Scots_Greys" title="Royal Scots Greys">Royal Scots Greys</a> are called to quell Arab rioters in <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/March_1940" title="March 1940">March 1940</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_5" title="March 5">March 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Katyn_massacre" title="Katyn massacre">Katyn massacre</a>: Members of the Soviet Politburo (<a href="/wiki/Joseph_Stalin" title="Joseph Stalin">Joseph Stalin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Molotov" title="Vyacheslav Molotov">Vyacheslav Molotov</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lazar_Kaganovich" title="Lazar Kaganovich">Lazar Kaganovich</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Kalinin" title="Mikhail Kalinin">Mikhail Kalinin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kliment_Voroshilov" title="Kliment Voroshilov">Kliment Voroshilov</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lavrentiy_Beria" title="Lavrentiy Beria">Lavrentiy Beria</a>) sign an order, prepared by Beria, for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_11" title="March 11">March 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ed_Ricketts" title="Ed Ricketts">Ed Ricketts</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Steinbeck" title="John Steinbeck">John Steinbeck</a> and six others leave <a href="/wiki/Monterey,_California" title="Monterey, California">Monterey, California</a>, United States, for the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_California" title="Gulf of California">Gulf of California</a>, on a marine invertebrate collecting expedition.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_12" title="March 12">March 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Moscow_Peace_Treaty" title="Moscow Peace Treaty">Moscow Peace Treaty</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> and Finland sign a peace treaty in Moscow, ending the <a href="/wiki/Winter_War" title="Winter War">Winter War</a>; Finns, along with the world at large, are shocked by the harsh terms.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_13" title="March 13">March 13</a> – Indian nationalist <a href="/wiki/Udham_Singh" title="Udham Singh">Udham Singh</a> assassinates Sir <a href="/wiki/Michael_O%27Dwyer" title="Michael O'Dwyer">Michael O'Dwyer</a> (in revenge for the <a href="/wiki/1919" title="1919">1919</a> <a href="/wiki/Jallianwala_Bagh_massacre" title="Jallianwala Bagh massacre">Jallianwala Bagh massacre</a>) at <a href="/wiki/Caxton_Hall" title="Caxton Hall">Caxton Hall</a> in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, for which he is hanged on 31 July at <a href="/wiki/HM_Prison_Pentonville" title="HM Prison Pentonville">HM Prison Pentonville</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_18" title="March 18">March 18</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis powers</a> – <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> and <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a> meet at <a href="/wiki/Brenner_Pass" title="Brenner Pass">Brenner Pass</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Alps" title="Alps">Alps</a>. After being informed by Hitler that the Germans are ready to attack in the west, Mussolini agrees to bring Italy into the war in due course.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_21" title="March 21">March 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/%C3%89douard_Daladier" title="Édouard Daladier">Édouard Daladier</a> resigns as Prime Minister of France; <a href="/wiki/Paul_Reynaud" title="Paul Reynaud">Paul Reynaud</a> succeeds him.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Movement" title="Pakistan Movement">Pakistan Movement</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Lahore_Resolution" title="Lahore Resolution">Lahore Resolution</a>, calling for greater autonomy for what will become <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> in <a href="/wiki/British_India" class="mw-redirect" title="British India">British India</a>, is drawn up by the <a href="/wiki/All-India_Muslim_League" title="All-India Muslim League">All-India Muslim League</a> during a three-day general session at <a href="/wiki/Iqbal_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Iqbal Park">Iqbal Park</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_30" title="March 30">March 30</a> – WWII: Former <a href="/wiki/Kuomintang" title="Kuomintang">Kuomintang</a> member and Chinese foreign minister, <a href="/wiki/Wang_Jingwei" title="Wang Jingwei">Wang Jingwei</a>, announces the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Reorganized_National_Government_of_the_Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China">Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nanjing" title="Nanjing">Nanjing</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_31" title="March 31">March 31</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Commerce_raiding" title="Commerce raiding">Commerce raiding</a> <a href="/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Atlantis" title="German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis">German auxiliary cruiser <i>Atlantis</i></a> leaves the <a href="/wiki/Wadden_Sea" title="Wadden Sea">Wadden Sea</a> for what will become the longest warship cruise of the war (622 days without in-port replenishment or repair).<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/April_1940" title="April 1940">April 1940</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_3" title="April 3">April 3</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung" title="Operation Weserübung">Operation Weserübung</a> – German ships set out for the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Campaign#German_invasion" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Campaign">invasion of Norway</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_4" title="April 4">April 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Neville Chamberlain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">UK Prime Minister</a>, in what proves to be a tragic misjudgment, declares in a major public speech that <a href="/wiki/Hitler" class="mw-redirect" title="Hitler">Hitler</a> has "missed the bus".</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_7" title="April 7">April 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Booker_T._Washington" title="Booker T. Washington">Booker T. Washington</a> becomes the first <a href="/wiki/African_American" class="mw-redirect" title="African American">African American</a> to be depicted on a United States <a href="/wiki/Postage_stamp" title="Postage stamp">postage stamp</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_8" title="April 8">April 8</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Wilfred" title="Operation Wilfred">Operation Wilfred</a>: The British fleet lays <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">naval mines</a> off the coast of neutral Norway.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_9" title="April 9">April 9</a> – WWII: Germany invades the <a href="/wiki/Country_neutrality_(international_relations)" class="mw-redirect" title="Country neutrality (international relations)">neutral countries</a> of Denmark and Norway in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Weser%C3%BCbung" title="Operation Weserübung">Operation Weserübung</a>, opening the <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Campaign">Norwegian Campaign</a>. The British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> attempts to attack elements of the German fleet off Norway. <a href="/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling" title="Vidkun Quisling">Vidkun Quisling</a> proclaims a new collaborationist <a href="/wiki/Quisling_regime" title="Quisling regime">regime</a> in Norway. The <a href="/wiki/German_invasion_of_Denmark_(1940)" title="German invasion of Denmark (1940)">German invasion of Denmark</a> lasts for about six hours, before that country capitulates.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_10" title="April 10">April 10</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Narvik#First_naval_Battle_of_Narvik" title="Battles of Narvik">First naval Battle of Narvik</a> – The British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> attacks the German fleet in the <a href="/wiki/Ofotfjord" title="Ofotfjord">Ofotfjord</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At <a href="/wiki/Bergen" title="Bergen">Bergen</a>, <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_K%C3%B6nigsberg" title="German cruiser Königsberg">German cruiser <i>Königsberg</i></a> is sunk by British <a href="/wiki/Fleet_Air_Arm" title="Fleet Air Arm">Fleet Air Arm</a> <a href="/wiki/Blackburn_Skua" title="Blackburn Skua">Blackburn Skua</a> <a href="/wiki/Dive_bomber" title="Dive bomber">dive bombers</a>, flying from <a href="/wiki/RNAS_Hatston" class="mw-redirect" title="RNAS Hatston">RNAS Hatston</a> in <a href="/wiki/Orkney" title="Orkney">Orkney</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_12" title="April 12">April 12</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Faroe_Islands" title="Faroe Islands">Faroe Islands</a> are <a href="/wiki/British_occupation_of_the_Faroe_Islands" title="British occupation of the Faroe Islands">occupied by British troops</a>, following the German invasion of Denmark. This action is taken to avert a possible German occupation of the islands, with serious consequences for the course of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Atlantic" title="Battle of the Atlantic">Battle of the Atlantic</a>.</li> <li>Opening day at <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Race_Course" title="Jamaica Race Course">Jamaica Race Course</a> features the use of <a href="/wiki/Parimutuel_betting" title="Parimutuel betting">parimutuel betting</a> equipment, a departure from <a href="/wiki/Bookmaking" class="mw-redirect" title="Bookmaking">bookmaking</a> heretofore used exclusively throughout New York. Other tracks in the state follow suit later in 1940.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_13" title="April 13">April 13</a> <ul><li>WWII: <a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Narvik#Second_naval_Battle_of_Narvik" title="Battles of Narvik">Second naval Battle of Narvik</a> – The British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> sinks all 8 defending German destroyers in the <a href="/wiki/Ofotfjord" title="Ofotfjord">Ofotfjord</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Rangers" title="New York Rangers">New York Rangers</a> win the <a href="/wiki/1940_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1940 Stanley Cup Finals">1940 Stanley Cup Finals</a> in <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey" title="Ice hockey">ice hockey</a>. It will be another <a href="/wiki/Curse_of_1940" title="Curse of 1940">54 years</a> before their <a href="/wiki/1994_Stanley_Cup_Finals" title="1994 Stanley Cup Finals">next win</a> in <a href="/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_14" title="April 14">April 14</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Norwegian Campaign">Norwegian Campaign</a> – The first British ground forces land in Norway, at <a href="/wiki/Namsos_(town)" title="Namsos (town)">Namsos</a> and <a href="/wiki/Harstad_(town)" title="Harstad (town)">Harstad</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_16" title="April 16">April 16</a> – In American baseball, the <a href="/wiki/Cleveland_Indians" class="mw-redirect" title="Cleveland Indians">Cleveland Indians</a>, behind <a href="/wiki/Bob_Feller" title="Bob Feller">Bob Feller</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Opening_Day" title="Opening Day">Opening Day</a> <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a>, defeat the <a href="/wiki/Chicago_White_Sox" title="Chicago White Sox">Chicago White Sox</a>, 1–0.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_23" title="April 23">April 23</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Rhythm_Club_fire" title="Rhythm Club fire">Rhythm Club fire</a> at a dance hall in <a href="/wiki/Natchez,_Mississippi" title="Natchez, Mississippi">Natchez, Mississippi</a>, United States, kills 198 people.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_27" title="April 27">April 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine_national_football_team" title="Mandatory Palestine national football team">Mandatory Palestine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lebanon_national_football_team" title="Lebanon national football team">Lebanon</a> play an <a href="/wiki/1940_Mandatory_Palestine_v_Lebanon_football_match" title="1940 Mandatory Palestine v Lebanon football match">association football friendly</a>; it is Lebanon's first official match, and Mandatory Palestine's last before they become Israel in 1948.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/May_1940" title="May 1940">May 1940</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_10" title="May 10">May 10</a> – WWII: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a> begins.</li> <li>German forces invade the <a href="/wiki/Low_Countries" title="Low Countries">Low Countries</a>: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Netherlands">Battle of the Netherlands</a> begins.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">Battle of Belgium</a> begins.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_Luxembourg_during_World_War_II" title="German occupation of Luxembourg during World War II">Invasion of Luxembourg</a> begins.</li></ul></li> <li>The British <a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Iceland" title="Invasion of Iceland">invasion of Iceland</a> begins.</li> <li>With the resignation of <a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Neville Chamberlain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_13" title="May 13">May 13</a> – WWII: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>, in his first address as Prime Minister, tells the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a>, "I have nothing to offer you but <a href="/wiki/Blood,_toil,_tears_and_sweat" title="Blood, toil, tears and sweat">blood, toil, tears and sweat</a>."</li> <li>German armies open a 60-mile (97 km) wide breach in the <a href="/wiki/Maginot_Line" title="Maginot Line">Maginot Line</a> at <a href="/wiki/Sedan,_France" class="mw-redirect" title="Sedan, France">Sedan, France</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_13" title="May 13">May 13</a>–<a href="/wiki/May_14" title="May 14">14</a> – Queen <a href="/wiki/Wilhelmina_of_the_Netherlands" title="Wilhelmina of the Netherlands">Wilhelmina of the Netherlands</a> and her government are evacuated to London, using the British destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hereward_(H93)" title="HMS Hereward (H93)">HMS <i>Hereward</i></a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_14" title="May 14">May 14</a> – WWII: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rotterdam" title="Rotterdam">Rotterdam</a> is subjected to savage terror bombing by the <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a>; 980 are killed, and 20,000 buildings destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> General <a href="/wiki/Henri_Winkelman" title="Henri Winkelman">Henri Winkelman</a> announces the surrender of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Army" title="Royal Netherlands Army">Dutch army</a> (outside <a href="/wiki/Zeeland" title="Zeeland">Zeeland</a>) to German forces.</li> <li>Recruitment begins in Britain for a volunteer home defence force: the <a href="/wiki/Local_Defence_Volunteers" class="mw-redirect" title="Local Defence Volunteers">Local Defence Volunteers</a>, later known as the Home Guard.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_15" title="May 15">May 15</a> <ul><li>WWII: The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Netherlands_Army" title="Royal Netherlands Army">Dutch Army</a> formally signs a surrender document.</li> <li>Women's <a href="/wiki/Stocking" title="Stocking">stockings</a> made of <a href="/wiki/Nylon" title="Nylon">nylon</a> are first placed on sale across the United States. Almost five million pairs are bought on this day.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_16" title="May 16">May 16</a> – President of the United States <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>, addressing a joint session of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">U.S. Congress</a>, asks for an extraordinary credit of approximately $900,000,000 to finance construction of at least 50,000 airplanes per year.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_17" title="May 17">May 17</a> – WWII: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a> falls to German forces; the Belgian government flees to <a href="/wiki/Ostend" title="Ostend">Ostend</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zeeland" title="Zeeland">Zeeland</a> is overrun by German forces, ending the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of the Netherlands">Battle of the Netherlands</a> and beginning full <a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="German occupation of the Netherlands">German occupation of the Netherlands</a> (<a href="/wiki/Noord-Beveland" title="Noord-Beveland">Noord-Beveland</a> surrenders on May 18, and the remaining Dutch troops are withdrawn from <a href="/wiki/Zeelandic_Flanders" title="Zeelandic Flanders">Zeelandic Flanders</a> on May 19).</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_18" title="May 18">May 18</a> – Marshal <a href="/wiki/Philippe_P%C3%A9tain" title="Philippe Pétain">Philippe Pétain</a> is named vice-premier of France.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_19" title="May 19">May 19</a> – General <a href="/wiki/Maxime_Weygand" title="Maxime Weygand">Maxime Weygand</a> replaces <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Gamelin" title="Maurice Gamelin">Maurice Gamelin</a> as commander-in-chief of all French forces.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_20" title="May 20">May 20</a> <ul><li>WWII: German forces (<a href="/wiki/2nd_Panzer_Division_(Wehrmacht)" title="2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)">2nd <i>Panzer</i> Division</a>), under General <a href="/wiki/Rudolf_Veiel" title="Rudolf Veiel">Rudolf Veiel</a>, reach <a href="/wiki/Noyelles-sur-Mer" title="Noyelles-sur-Mer">Noyelles</a> on the <a href="/wiki/English_Channel" title="English Channel">English Channel</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a>: The <a href="/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camp" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi concentration camp">Nazi concentration camp</a> and <a href="/wiki/Extermination_camp" title="Extermination camp">extermination camp</a> <a href="/wiki/Auschwitz-Birkenau" class="mw-redirect" title="Auschwitz-Birkenau">Auschwitz-Birkenau</a>, the largest of the German concentration camps, opens in <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939%E2%80%9345)" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of Poland (1939–45)">occupied Poland</a>, near the town of <a href="/wiki/O%C5%9Bwi%C4%99cim" title="Oświęcim">Oświęcim</a>. From now on until January <a href="/wiki/1945" title="1945">1945</a>, around 1.1 million people will be killed here.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a> – WWII: The <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a> passes the <a href="/wiki/Emergency_Powers_(Defence)_Act_1939" title="Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939">Emergency Powers (Defence) Act 1939</a>, giving the government full control over all persons and property.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_24" title="May 24">May 24</a> – WWII: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Anglo-French_Supreme_War_Council" title="Anglo-French Supreme War Council">Anglo-French Supreme War Council</a> decides to withdraw all forces under its control from Norway.</li> <li>Hitler issues <i>Der Halte Befehl</i>, a stop order preventing his <a href="/wiki/Panzer_division" class="mw-redirect" title="Panzer division">Panzer divisions</a> advancing on Dunkirk.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_25" title="May 25">May 25</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Crypt_of_Civilization" title="Crypt of Civilization">Crypt of Civilization</a> time capsule at <a href="/wiki/Oglethorpe_University" title="Oglethorpe University">Oglethorpe University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brookhaven,_Georgia" title="Brookhaven, Georgia">Brookhaven, Georgia</a> in the United States, is sealed shut, with a projected opening date of 8113 <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">CE</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_26" title="May 26">May 26</a> <ul><li>WWII: The <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk evacuation</a> of the <a href="/wiki/British_Expeditionary_Force_(World_War_II)" title="British Expeditionary Force (World War II)">British Expeditionary Force</a> from France begins.</li> <li>The first free flight of <a href="/wiki/Igor_Sikorsky" title="Igor Sikorsky">Igor Sikorsky</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Vought-Sikorsky_VS-300" title="Vought-Sikorsky VS-300">Vought-Sikorsky VS-300</a> helicopter is made in the United States.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_27" title="May 27">May 27</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Le_Paradis_massacre" title="Le Paradis massacre">Le Paradis massacre</a>: 97 retreating British soldiers of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Norfolk_Regiment" title="Royal Norfolk Regiment">Royal Norfolk Regiment</a> are executed by German troops of <a href="/wiki/3rd_SS_Panzer_Division_Totenkopf" title="3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf">3rd SS Panzer Division <i>Totenkopf</i></a> after surrendering in France.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_28" title="May 28">May 28</a> – WWII: <ul><li>King <a href="/wiki/Leopold_III_of_Belgium" title="Leopold III of Belgium">Leopold III of Belgium</a> orders the Belgian forces to cease fighting, ending the 18-day <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Belgium">Battle of Belgium</a>. Leaders of the Belgian government on French territory declare Leopold deposed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battles_of_Narvik#Land_battle" title="Battles of Narvik">Land battle of Narvik</a>: German forces retire, giving the Allies their first victory on land in the war; however, the British have already decided to evacuate <a href="/wiki/Narvik" class="mw-redirect" title="Narvik">Narvik</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> warns the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a> to "prepare itself for hard and heavy tidings."</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Wormhoudt_massacre" title="Wormhoudt massacre">Wormhoudt massacre</a> (or Wormhout massacre) takes place with the mass murder of 80 British and French POWs by Waffen-SS soldiers from the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the Battle of France.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_29" title="May 29">May 29</a> – The Vought XF4U-1, prototype of the <a href="/wiki/F4U_Corsair" class="mw-redirect" title="F4U Corsair">F4U Corsair</a> U.S. fighter later used in WWII, makes its first flight.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/June_1940" title="June 1940">June 1940</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/June_1" title="June 1">June 1</a> – WWII: Rear Admiral Sir <a href="/wiki/Frederic_Wake-Walker" title="Frederic Wake-Walker">W. Frederic Wake-Walker</a>'s flagship, the <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Keith" title="HMS Keith"><i>Keith</i></a>, is sunk by <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_87" title="Junkers Ju 87">Stukas</a> at Dunkirk.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_3" title="June 3">June 3</a> <ul><li>WWII: <a href="/wiki/Paris" title="Paris">Paris</a> is bombed by the <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> for the first time.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Holocaust" title="The Holocaust">The Holocaust</a>: <a href="/wiki/Franz_Rademacher" title="Franz Rademacher">Franz Rademacher</a> proposes the <a href="/wiki/Madagascar_Plan" title="Madagascar Plan">Madagascar Plan</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Weather_Bureau" class="mw-redirect" title="Weather Bureau">Weather Bureau</a> is transferred to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Commerce" title="United States Department of Commerce">United States Department of Commerce</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_4" title="June 4">June 4</a> – WWII: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk_evacuation" title="Dunkirk evacuation">Dunkirk evacuation</a> ends: The British and French navies, together with large numbers of civilian vessels from various nations, complete evacuating 300,000 troops from <a href="/wiki/Dunkirk" title="Dunkirk">Dunkirk</a>, France to England.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> tells the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a>, "We shall not flag or fail. <a href="/wiki/We_shall_fight_on_the_beaches" title="We shall fight on the beaches">We shall fight on the beaches</a>... on the landing grounds... in the fields and the streets.... We shall never surrender."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_7" title="June 7">June 7</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Haakon_VII_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="Haakon VII of Norway">Haakon VII of Norway</a> and his government are evacuated from <a href="/wiki/Troms%C3%B8_(city)" title="Tromsø (city)">Tromsø</a> to London, on <a href="/wiki/HMS_Devonshire_(39)" title="HMS Devonshire (39)">HMS <i>Devonshire</i></a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Borgersrud_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Borgersrud-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_10" title="June 10">June 10</a> – WWII: <ul><li>Italy declares war on France and the United Kingdom.</li> <li>U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> denounces Italy's actions with his "Stab in the Back" speech during the graduation ceremonies of the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Virginia" title="University of Virginia">University of Virginia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Canada declares war on Italy.</li></ul></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Norwegian_Army" title="Norwegian Army">Norwegian Army</a> surrenders to <a href="/wiki/German_forces" class="mw-redirect" title="German forces">German forces</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/French_government" class="mw-redirect" title="French government">French government</a> flees to <a href="/wiki/Tours" title="Tours">Tours</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_11" title="June 11">June 11</a> – WWII: The <a href="/wiki/Western_Desert_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Desert Campaign">Western Desert Campaign</a> opens, with British forces crossing the <a href="/wiki/Frontier_Wire_(Libya)" title="Frontier Wire (Libya)">Frontier Wire</a> into <a href="/wiki/Italian_Libya" title="Italian Libya">Italian Libya</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_12" title="June 12">June 12</a> – WWII: 13,000 British and French troops surrender to <a href="/wiki/Major-General" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-General">Major-General</a> <a href="/wiki/Erwin_Rommel" title="Erwin Rommel">Erwin Rommel</a>'s 7th Panzer Division, at <a href="/wiki/Saint-Valery-en-Caux" title="Saint-Valery-en-Caux">Saint-Valery-en-Caux</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_13" title="June 13">June 13</a> – WWII: Paris is declared an <a href="/wiki/Open_city" title="Open city">open city</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_14" title="June 14">June 14</a> – WWII: <ul><li>The French government flees to <a href="/wiki/Bordeaux" title="Bordeaux">Bordeaux</a>, and Paris falls under German occupation.</li> <li>U.S. President <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> signs the Naval Expansion Act into law, which aims to increase the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>'s tonnage by 11%.</li> <li>A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from <a href="/wiki/Tarn%C3%B3w" title="Tarnów">Tarnów</a> become the first residents of the <a href="/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp" title="Auschwitz concentration camp">Auschwitz concentration camp</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soviet_ultimatum_to_Lithuania" title="Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania">Soviet ultimatum to Lithuania</a>: The Soviet Union demands that its <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a> be allowed to enter Lithuania and form a pro-Soviet puppet "<a href="/wiki/People%27s_Government_of_Lithuania" title="People's Government of Lithuania">People's Government of Lithuania</a>".</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_15" title="June 15">June 15</a> – WWII: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states" title="Occupation of the Baltic states">Occupation of the Baltic states</a>: The Soviet Union occupies <a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verdun" title="Verdun">Verdun</a> falls to German forces.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_16" title="June 16">June 16</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Churchill_war_ministry" title="Churchill war ministry">Churchill war ministry</a> in the United Kingdom offers a <a href="/wiki/Franco-British_Union" title="Franco-British Union">Franco-British Union</a> (inspired by <a href="/wiki/Jean_Monnet" title="Jean Monnet">Jean Monnet</a>) to <a href="/wiki/Paul_Reynaud" title="Paul Reynaud">Paul Reynaud</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_France" title="Prime Minister of France">Prime Minister of France</a>, in the hope of preventing France from agreeing to an <a href="/wiki/Second_Armistice_at_Compi%C3%A8gne" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Armistice at Compiègne">armistice with Germany</a>, but Reynaud resigns when his own cabinet refuses to accept it.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Sturgis_Motorcycle_Rally" title="Sturgis Motorcycle Rally">Sturgis Motorcycle Rally</a> is held for the first time, in <a href="/wiki/Sturgis,_South_Dakota" title="Sturgis, South Dakota">Sturgis, South Dakota</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_17" title="June 17">June 17</a> – WWII: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_P%C3%A9tain" title="Philippe Pétain">Philippe Pétain</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_France" title="Prime Minister of France">Prime Minister of France</a>, and immediately asks Germany for peace terms.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states" title="Occupation of the Baltic states">Occupation of the Baltic states</a>: The Soviet Union occupies <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Aerial" title="Operation Aerial">Operation Aerial</a> begins: <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/RMS_Lancastria" title="RMS Lancastria">RMS <i>Lancastria</i></a>, serving as a <a href="/wiki/Troopship" title="Troopship">troopship</a>, is bombed and sunk by <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> <a href="/wiki/Junkers_Ju_88" title="Junkers Ju 88">Junkers Ju 88</a> aircraft, while evacuating British troops and nationals from <a href="/wiki/Saint-Nazaire" title="Saint-Nazaire">Saint-Nazaire</a> in France, with the loss of at least 4,000 lives, the largest single UK loss in any World War II event, immediate news of which is suppressed in the British press.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Beagle_(H30)" title="HMS Beagle (H30)">HMS <i>Beagle</i> (H30)</a> rescues around 600.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_18" title="June 18">June 18</a> – WWII: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> tells the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a>: "The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a> is over. The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a> is about to begin... if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, <a href="/wiki/This_was_their_finest_hour" title="This was their finest hour">This was their finest hour</a>."</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Appeal_of_18_June" title="Appeal of 18 June">Appeal of 18 June</a>: General <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a>, <i>de facto</i> leader of the <a href="/wiki/Free_French_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Free French Forces">Free French Forces</a>, makes his first broadcast appeal over <a href="/wiki/Radio_Londres" title="Radio Londres">Radio Londres</a> from London, rallying the <a href="/wiki/French_Resistance" title="French Resistance">French Resistance</a>, calling on all French people to continue the fight against <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>: "France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war."</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_20" title="June 20">June 20</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Evacuation_of_civilians_from_the_Channel_Islands_in_1940" title="Evacuation of civilians from the Channel Islands in 1940">Evacuation of civilians from the Channel Islands</a> to England begins.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a> – WWII: The unsuccessful <a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_France" title="Italian invasion of France">Italian invasion of France</a> begins with an offensive in the Alps.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_22" title="June 22">June 22</a> <ul><li>WWII: <a href="/wiki/Second_Armistice_at_Compi%C3%A8gne" class="mw-redirect" title="Second Armistice at Compiègne">Second Armistice at Compiègne</a>: The <a href="/wiki/French_Third_Republic" title="French Third Republic">French Third Republic</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> sign an <a href="/wiki/Armistice" title="Armistice">armistice</a>, ending the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_France" title="Battle of France">Battle of France</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Forest_of_Compi%C3%A8gne" title="Forest of Compiègne">Forest of Compiègne</a>, in the same <a href="/wiki/Compagnie_Internationale_des_Wagons-Lits" title="Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits">Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits</a> railroad car used by Marshal <a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_Foch" title="Ferdinand Foch">Ferdinand Foch</a> to conclude the <a href="/wiki/Armistice_with_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Armistice with Germany">Armistice with Germany</a> in <a href="/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a>. This divides France into a <i><a href="/wiki/Zone_occup%C3%A9e" class="mw-redirect" title="Zone occupée">Zone occupée</a></i> in the north and west, under the <a href="/wiki/Military_Administration_in_France_(Nazi_Germany)" class="mw-redirect" title="Military Administration in France (Nazi Germany)">Military Administration in France (Nazi Germany)</a>, and a southern <i><a href="/wiki/Zone_libre" title="Zone libre">Zone libre</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_Einstein" title="Albert Einstein">Albert Einstein</a> gives a public address in the "I'm An American" series, on becoming an American citizen.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_23" title="June 23">June 23</a> – WWII: German leader <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> surveys newly defeated Paris, in now-occupied France.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_24" title="June 24">June 24</a> <ul><li>WWII: <a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a> signs armistice terms with Italy.</li> <li>WWII: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Fish" title="Operation Fish">Operation Fish</a> – British Royal Navy cruiser <a href="/wiki/HMS_Emerald_(D66)" title="HMS Emerald (D66)">HMS <i>Emerald</i></a> sails from <a href="/wiki/Greenock" title="Greenock">Greenock</a> (Scotland) in convoy for <a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="Halifax, Nova Scotia">Halifax, Nova Scotia</a> (arriving July 1), carrying a large part of the <a href="/wiki/Gold_reserves_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Gold reserves of the United Kingdom">gold reserves of the United Kingdom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Security_(finance)" title="Security (finance)">securities</a> for safe keeping in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Draper_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Draper-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>United States politics: The <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican Party</a> begins its <a href="/wiki/1940_Republican_National_Convention" title="1940 Republican National Convention">national convention</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a>, and nominates <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Willkie" title="Wendell Willkie">Wendell Willkie</a> as its candidate for president.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_25" title="June 25">June 25</a> – WWII: After the defeat of <a href="/wiki/Armistice_with_France_(Second_Compi%C3%A8gne)" class="mw-redirect" title="Armistice with France (Second Compiègne)">France</a>, Hitler plans for an invasion of Switzerland, known as <a href="/wiki/Operation_Tannenbaum" title="Operation Tannenbaum">Operation Tannenbaum</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_26" title="June 26">June 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Soviet_calendar" title="Soviet calendar">Soviet calendar</a>: The Soviet Union reverts to a seven-day week for all purposes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_28" title="June 28">June 28</a> <ul><li>General <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Gaulle" title="Charles de Gaulle">Charles de Gaulle</a> is officially recognized by Britain as the "Leader of all <a href="/wiki/Free_French" class="mw-redirect" title="Free French">Free Frenchmen</a>, wherever they may be."</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Romania" title="Kingdom of Romania">Romania</a> <a href="/wiki/Soviet_occupation_of_Bessarabia_and_northern_Bukovina" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and northern Bukovina">cedes Bessarabia and northern Bukovina</a> to the Soviet Union, after an ultimatum.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_30" title="June 30">June 30</a> <ul><li>WWII: German forces land in <a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a>, marking the start of the 5-year <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Channel_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of the Channel Islands">Occupation of the Channel Islands</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_government_of_the_United_States" title="Federal government of the United States">Federal government of the United States</a> reorganisation: <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/Civil_Aeronautics_Administration_(United_States)" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States)">Civil Aeronautics Administration</a> is placed under the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Commerce" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of Commerce">Department of Commerce</a>.</li> <li>The U.S. <a href="/wiki/Food_and_Drug_Administration" title="Food and Drug Administration">Food and Drug Administration</a> is placed under the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Security_Agency" title="Federal Security Agency">Federal Security Agency</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/United_States_Fish_and_Wildlife_Service" title="United States Fish and Wildlife Service">United States Fish and Wildlife Service</a> is placed under the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_the_Interior" class="mw-redirect" title="Department of the Interior">Department of the Interior</a>.</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/July_1940" title="July 1940">July 1940</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_1" title="July 1">July 1</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)" title="Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)">first Tacoma Narrows Bridge</a> opens for business, built with an 8-foot (2.4 m) girder and 190 feet (58 m) above the water, as the third-longest <a href="/wiki/Suspension_bridge" title="Suspension bridge">suspension bridge</a> in the world.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2" title="July 2">July 2</a> – WWII: British-owned <a href="/wiki/SS_Arandora_Star" title="SS Arandora Star">SS <i>Arandora Star</i></a>, carrying <a href="/wiki/Civilian_Internee" class="mw-redirect" title="Civilian Internee">civilian internees</a> and <a href="/wiki/POW" class="mw-redirect" title="POW">POWs</a> of Italian and German origin from <a href="/wiki/Liverpool" title="Liverpool">Liverpool</a> to Canada, is <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoed</a> and sunk by <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-47_(1938)" title="German submarine U-47 (1938)">German submarine <i>U-47</i></a> off northwest Ireland, with the loss of around 865 lives.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_3" title="July 3">July 3</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir" title="Attack on Mers-el-Kébir">Attack on Mers-el-Kébir</a>: British naval units sink or seize ships of the French fleet anchored in the <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algerian</a> ports of <a href="/wiki/Mers-el-Kebir" class="mw-redirect" title="Mers-el-Kebir">Mers-el-Kebir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oran" title="Oran">Oran</a>, to prevent them from falling into German hands. The following day, <a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a> breaks off diplomatic relations with Britain.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_5" title="July 5">July 5</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Fish" title="Operation Fish">Operation Fish</a> – A British convoy including <a href="/wiki/MS_Batory" title="MS Batory">HMS <i>Batory</i></a> sails from <a href="/wiki/Greenock" title="Greenock">Greenock</a> (Scotland) for <a href="/wiki/Halifax,_Nova_Scotia" title="Halifax, Nova Scotia">Halifax, Nova Scotia</a>, carrying <a href="/wiki/Gold_bar" title="Gold bar">gold bar</a> and other valuables worth $1.7 billion for safe keeping in <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Draper_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Draper-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the largest movement of wealth in history.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_6" title="July 6">July 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Story_Bridge" title="Story Bridge">Story Bridge</a> opens in <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a>.</li> <li>WWII: British submarine <a href="/wiki/HMS_Shark_(54S)" title="HMS Shark (54S)">HMS <i>Shark</i></a> is sunk.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_10" title="July 10">July 10</a> – WWII: The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a> air offensive of the German <i><a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a></i> against the British <a href="/wiki/RAF_Fighter_Command" title="RAF Fighter Command">RAF Fighter Command</a> begins.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_11" title="July 11">July 11</a> – WWII: <ul><li>British destroyer <a href="/wiki/HMS_Escort_(H66)" title="HMS Escort (H66)">HMS <i>Escort</i></a> is torpedoed and sunk by an Italian submarine.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a> begins with a constitutional law which only <a href="/wiki/The_Eighty_(Vichy_France)" title="The Eighty (Vichy France)">eighty members of the parliament</a> vote against. <a href="/wiki/Philippe_P%C3%A9tain" title="Philippe Pétain">Philippe Pétain</a> becomes <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_France" title="Prime Minister of France">Prime Minister of France</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_14" title="July 14">July 14</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>, in a worldwide broadcast, proclaims the intention of Great Britain to fight alone against Germany whatever the outcome: "We shall seek no terms. We shall tolerate no parley. We may show mercy. We shall ask none."</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_15" title="July 15">July 15</a> – U.S. politics: The <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a> begins its national convention in Chicago, and nominates <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> for an unprecedented third term as president.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_19" title="July 19">July 19</a> – WWII: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Spada" title="Battle of Cape Spada">Battle of Cape Spada</a>: <a href="/wiki/HMAS_Sydney_(D48)" title="HMAS Sydney (D48)">HMAS <i>Sydney</i></a> and five destroyers sink the <a href="/wiki/Italian_cruiser_Bartolomeo_Colleoni" title="Italian cruiser Bartolomeo Colleoni">Italian cruiser <i>Bartolomeo Colleoni</i></a>.2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> makes a peace appeal ("appeal to reason") to Britain, in an address to the <a href="/wiki/Reichstag_(Weimar_Republic)" title="Reichstag (Weimar Republic)">Reichstag</a>. BBC German-language broadcaster <a href="/wiki/Sefton_Delmer" title="Sefton Delmer">Sefton Delmer</a> unofficially rejects it at once<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Edward_Wood,_1st_Earl_of_Halifax" title="Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax">Lord Halifax</a>, the British foreign minister, flatly rejects peace terms in a broadcast reply on <a href="/wiki/July_22" title="July 22">July 22</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_20" title="July 20">July 20</a>–<a href="/wiki/August_4" title="August 4">August 4</a> – Scheduled dates for the <a href="/wiki/1940_Summer_Olympics" title="1940 Summer Olympics">1940 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>, Finland, cancelled in November 1939 due to WWII (originally allocated to <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, Japan).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_21" title="July 21">July 21</a> <ul><li>After rigged parliamentary elections in the three occupied countries on <a href="/wiki/July_14" title="July 14">July 14</a>–<a href="/wiki/July_15" title="July 15">15</a>, the parliaments proclaim the <a href="/wiki/Estonian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic">Estonian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latvian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic">Latvian</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic">Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republics</a>.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Mitsubishi_A6M_Zero" title="Mitsubishi A6M Zero">Mitsubishi A6M Zero</a> fighter aircraft enters service, so named as 1940 roughly corresponds to the year 2600 on the Japanese Imperial calendar.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_23" title="July 23">July 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Welles_Declaration" title="Welles Declaration">Welles Declaration</a>: United States <a href="/wiki/Under_Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Under Secretary of State">Under Secretary of State</a> <a href="/wiki/Sumner_Welles" title="Sumner Welles">Sumner Welles</a> announces that the U.S. will not accord <a href="/wiki/Diplomatic_recognition" title="Diplomatic recognition">diplomatic recognition</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_the_Baltic_states" title="Occupation of the Baltic states">occupation of the Baltic states</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_25" title="July 25">July 25</a> – General <a href="/wiki/Henri_Guisan" title="Henri Guisan">Henri Guisan</a> addresses the officer corps of the <a href="/wiki/Swiss_army" class="mw-redirect" title="Swiss army">Swiss army</a> at <a href="/wiki/R%C3%BCtli" title="Rütli">Rütli</a>, resolving to resist any invasion of the country.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_27" title="July 27">July 27</a> <ul><li>Eleven British nationals, including Melville James Cox, are arrested on suspicion of spying for military intelligence by the <a href="/wiki/Secret_police" title="Secret police">secret police</a> in <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>. Cox commits suicide in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> on July 29, according to a report by the Japanese Foreign Ministry.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bugs_Bunny" title="Bugs Bunny">Bugs Bunny</a> makes his debut in the <a href="/wiki/Academy_Awards" title="Academy Awards">Oscar</a>-nominated cartoon short, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Wild_Hare" title="A Wild Hare">A Wild Hare</a></i>. However, it is not until 1941 that his name is adopted.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/August_1940" title="August 1940">August 1940</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_1" title="August 1">August 1</a> – WWII: British submarine <a href="/wiki/HMS_Spearfish" title="HMS Spearfish">HMS <i>Spearfish</i></a> is sunk in the English Channel, by what is much later discovered to be a mine.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_3" title="August 3">August 3</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Lithuanian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Lithuanian SSR">Lithuanian SSR</a> is annexed into the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>, followed by the <a href="/wiki/Latvian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Latvian SSR">Latvian SSR</a> on <a href="/wiki/August_5" title="August 5">August 5</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Estonian_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Estonian SSR">Estonian SSR</a> <a href="/wiki/August_6" title="August 6">August 6</a>, just seven weeks after their occupation. Ethnic Germans will be deported to Germany.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_3" title="August 3">August 3</a>–<a href="/wiki/August_19" title="August 19">19</a> – WWII: The <a href="/wiki/Italian_conquest_of_British_Somaliland" class="mw-redirect" title="Italian conquest of British Somaliland">Italian conquest of British Somaliland</a> is completed.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_4" title="August 4">August 4</a> – U.S. Gen. <a href="/wiki/John_J._Pershing" title="John J. Pershing">John J. Pershing</a>, in a nationwide radio broadcast, urges all-out aid to Britain in order to defend the Americas, while <a href="/wiki/Charles_Lindbergh" title="Charles Lindbergh">Charles Lindbergh</a> speaks to an <a href="/wiki/Isolationist" class="mw-redirect" title="Isolationist">isolationist</a> rally at <a href="/wiki/Soldier_Field" title="Soldier Field">Soldier Field</a> in Chicago.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_8" title="August 8">August 8</a> – WWII: German general <a href="/wiki/Wilhelm_Keitel" title="Wilhelm Keitel">Wilhelm Keitel</a> signs the <i><a href="/wiki/Aufbau_Ost_(1940)" title="Aufbau Ost (1940)">Aufbau Ost</a></i> directive, which eventually leads to the invasion of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_10" title="August 10">August 10</a> – WWII: British armed merchant cruiser <a href="/wiki/RMS_Transylvania_(1925)" title="RMS Transylvania (1925)">HMS <i>Transylvania</i></a> is torpedoed off <a href="/wiki/Malin_Head" title="Malin Head">Malin Head</a>, Ireland, by <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-56_(1938)" title="German submarine U-56 (1938)">German submarine <i>U-56</i></a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_13" title="August 13">August 13</a> – WWII: <i>Luftwaffe</i> <i><a href="/wiki/Adlertag" title="Adlertag">Adlertag</a></i> ("Eagle Day") strike on southern England occurs, starting the rapid escalation of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_15" title="August 15">August 15</a> – Italy, without having declared war on Greece, sinks the Greek boat <i>Elli</i> (Έλλη).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_18" title="August 18">August 18</a> <ul><li>WWII: "<a href="/wiki/The_Hardest_Day" title="The Hardest Day">The Hardest Day</a>" in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Britain" title="Battle of Britain">Battle of Britain</a>: Both sides lose more aircraft combined on this day than at any other point during the campaign, without the <i>Luftwaffe</i> achieving dominance over RAF Fighter Command.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_VIII" title="Edward VIII">The Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor</a>, is installed as <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_the_Bahamas" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of the Bahamas">Governor of the Bahamas</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_20" title="August 20">August 20</a> <ul><li>WWII: <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a> pays tribute in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> fighter pilots: "Never in the field of human conflict was <a href="/wiki/So_much_owed_by_so_many_to_so_few" class="mw-redirect" title="So much owed by so many to so few">so much owed by so many to so few</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leon_Trotsky" title="Leon Trotsky">Leon Trotsky</a> is attacked with an <a href="/wiki/Ice_axe" title="Ice axe">ice axe</a> in his Mexico home by <a href="/wiki/NKVD" title="NKVD">NKVD</a> agent <a href="/wiki/Ram%C3%B3n_Mercader" title="Ramón Mercader">Ramón Mercader</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_24" title="August 24">August 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Howard_Florey" title="Howard Florey">Howard Florey</a> and a team including <a href="/wiki/Ernst_Chain" title="Ernst Chain">Ernst Chain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norman_Heatley" title="Norman Heatley">Norman Heatley</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Sir_William_Dunn_School_of_Pathology" title="Sir William Dunn School of Pathology">Sir William Dunn School of Pathology</a>, <a href="/wiki/University_of_Oxford" title="University of Oxford">University of Oxford</a>, publish their laboratory results showing the <i><a href="/wiki/In_vivo" title="In vivo">in vivo</a></i> bactericidal action of <a href="/wiki/Penicillin" title="Penicillin">penicillin</a>. They have also purified the drug.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_25" title="August 25">August 25</a> – WWII: The first <a href="/wiki/Bombing_of_Berlin_in_World_War_II" title="Bombing of Berlin in World War II">Bombing of Berlin</a> is carried out, by the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">British</a> <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_26" title="August 26">August 26</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Chad" title="Chad">Chad</a> is the first French colony to proclaim its support for the Allies.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_30" title="August 30">August 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Second_Vienna_Award" title="Second Vienna Award">Second Vienna Award</a>: Germany and Italy compel Romania to cede half of <a href="/wiki/Transylvania" title="Transylvania">Transylvania</a> to Hungary.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_31" title="August 31">August 31</a> <ul><li>WWII: <a href="/wiki/Texel_Disaster" title="Texel Disaster">Texel Disaster</a>: Two British Royal Navy <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a> are sunk by running into a <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">minefield</a> off the coast of the occupied Netherlands with the loss of around 400 men, 300 of them dead.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>British film stars <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a> and <a href="/wiki/Vivien_Leigh" title="Vivien Leigh">Vivien Leigh</a> are married at the <a href="/wiki/San_Ysidro_Ranch" title="San Ysidro Ranch">San Ysidro Ranch</a> in <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ww2_database_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ww2_database-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/September_1940" title="September 1940">September 1940</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September" title="September">September</a> – The <a href="/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_States)" title="45th Infantry Division (United States)">U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division</a> (previously a National Guard Division in <a href="/wiki/Arizona" title="Arizona">Arizona</a>, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Mexico" title="New Mexico">New Mexico</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma" title="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</a>), is activated and ordered into federal service for one year, to engage in a training program in <a href="/wiki/Ft._Sill" class="mw-redirect" title="Ft. Sill">Ft. Sill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Louisiana" title="Louisiana">Louisiana</a>, prior to serving in WWII.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_2" title="September 2">September 2</a> – WWII: The <a href="/wiki/Destroyers_for_Bases_Agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Destroyers for Bases Agreement">Destroyers for Bases Agreement</a> between the United States and Great Britain is announced, to the effect that 50 U.S. destroyers needed for escort work will be transferred to Great Britain. In return, the United States gains 99-year leases on British bases in the North Atlantic, <a href="/wiki/West_Indies" title="West Indies">West Indies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bermuda" title="Bermuda">Bermuda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-McKinstry_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKinstry-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_4" title="September 4">September 4</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>'s <i>Winterhilfe</i> speech at the <a href="/wiki/Berlin_Sportpalast" title="Berlin Sportpalast">Berlin Sportpalast</a> declares that <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> will make retaliatory night air raids on British cities and threatens invasion.<sup id="cite_ref-McKinstry_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McKinstry-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_5" title="September 5">September 5</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Commerce_raiding" title="Commerce raiding">Commerce raiding</a> <a href="/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Komet" title="German auxiliary cruiser Komet">German auxiliary cruiser <i>Komet</i></a> enters the Pacific Ocean via the <a href="/wiki/Bering_Strait" title="Bering Strait">Bering Strait</a>, after crossing the Arctic Ocean from the <a href="/wiki/North_Sea" title="North Sea">North Sea</a>, with the help of Soviet icebreakers <i>Lenin</i>, <i>Stalin</i> and <i>Kaganovich</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_6" title="September 6">September 6</a> – King <a href="/wiki/Carol_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Carol II">Carol II</a> of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son <a href="/wiki/Michael_I_of_Romania" title="Michael I of Romania">Michael</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_7" title="September 7">September 7</a> <ul><li>The <a href="/wiki/President_of_Paraguay" title="President of Paraguay">President of Paraguay</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_F%C3%A9lix_Estigarribia" title="José Félix Estigarribia">José Félix Estigarribia</a>, dies in a plane crash.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Craiova" title="Treaty of Craiova">Treaty of Craiova</a>: <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> loses <a href="/wiki/Southern_Dobruja" title="Southern Dobruja">Southern Dobruja</a> to <a href="/wiki/Bulgaria" title="Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a>.</li> <li>WWII: <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">The Blitz</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a> begins to rain bombs on London (the first of 57 consecutive nights of <a href="/wiki/Strategic_bombing" title="Strategic bombing">strategic bombing</a>).</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_9" title="September 9">September 9</a>–<a href="/wiki/September_16" title="September 16">16</a> – WWII: The <a href="/wiki/Italian_invasion_of_Egypt" title="Italian invasion of Egypt">Italian invasion of Egypt</a> commences from Libya, progressing only as far as <a href="/wiki/Sidi_Barrani" title="Sidi Barrani">Sidi Barrani</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_9" title="September 9">September 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Treznea_massacre" title="Treznea massacre">Treznea massacre</a>: The Hungarian Army, supported by <a href="/wiki/Hungarians_in_Romania" title="Hungarians in Romania">local Hungarians</a>, kill 93 <a href="/wiki/Romanians" title="Romanians">Romanian</a> civilians in <a href="/wiki/Treznea,_S%C4%83laj" class="mw-redirect" title="Treznea, Sălaj">Treznea, Sălaj</a>, a village in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Transylvania" title="Northern Transylvania">Northern Transylvania</a>, as part of attempts at <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing" title="Ethnic cleansing">ethnic cleansing</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Stibitz" title="George Stibitz">George Stibitz</a> first demonstrates the remote operation of a computer, in the United States.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_12" title="September 12">September 12</a> <ul><li>In <a href="/wiki/Lascaux" title="Lascaux">Lascaux</a>, France, 17,000-year-old <a href="/wiki/Cave_painting" title="Cave painting">cave paintings</a> are discovered by a group of young Frenchmen hiking through Southern France. The paintings depict animals, and date to the <a href="/wiki/Stone_Age" title="Stone Age">Stone Age</a>.</li> <li>The Hercules Munitions Plant in <a href="/wiki/Succasunna-Kenvil,_New_Jersey" title="Succasunna-Kenvil, New Jersey">Succasunna-Kenvil, New Jersey</a> explodes, killing 55 people.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_14" title="September 14">September 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ip_massacre" title="Ip massacre">Ip massacre</a>: The Hungarian Army, supported by <a href="/wiki/Hungarians_in_Romania" title="Hungarians in Romania">local Hungarians</a>, kill 158 <a href="/wiki/Romanians" title="Romanians">Romanian</a> civilians in <a href="/wiki/Ip,_S%C4%83laj" title="Ip, Sălaj">Ip, Sălaj</a>, a village in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Transylvania" title="Northern Transylvania">Northern Transylvania</a>, as part of attempts at <a href="/wiki/Ethnic_cleansing" title="Ethnic cleansing">ethnic cleansing</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_16" title="September 16">September 16</a> – WWII: The <a href="/wiki/Selective_Training_and_Service_Act_of_1940" title="Selective Training and Service Act of 1940">Selective Training and Service Act of 1940</a> is signed into law by <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>, creating the first peacetime draft in U.S. history.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_17" title="September 17">September 17</a> – WWII: <ul><li>Hitler postpones <a href="/wiki/Operation_Sea_Lion" title="Operation Sea Lion">Operation Sea Lion</a> (<i>Unternehmen Seelöwe</i>), the planned German invasion of Britain, indefinitely.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>British planes from <a href="/wiki/HMS_Illustrious_(87)" title="HMS Illustrious (87)">HMS <i>Illustrious</i></a>, backed by battleship <a href="/wiki/HMS_Valiant_(1914)" title="HMS Valiant (1914)">HMS <i>Valiant</i></a>, attack the port of <a href="/wiki/Benghazi" title="Benghazi">Benghazi</a> in Libya. Four Italian ships are sunk in the harbour.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_17" title="September 17">September 17</a>–<a href="/wiki/September_18" title="September 18">18</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/SS_City_of_Benares" title="SS City of Benares">SS <i>City of Benares</i></a> is <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoed</a> by <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-48_(1939)" title="German submarine U-48 (1939)">German submarine <i>U-48</i></a> in the Atlantic, with the loss of 248 of the 406 on board, including child evacuees bound for Canada. This results in cancellation of the British <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Overseas_Reception_Board" title="Children's Overseas Reception Board">Children's Overseas Reception Board</a>'s plan to relocate children overseas.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a>–<a href="/wiki/September_22" title="September 22">22</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Convoy_HX_72" title="Convoy HX 72">Convoy HX 72</a>, a North Atlantic convoy of 43 ships, is attacked by a German U-boat group (<a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_(naval_tactic)" title="Wolfpack (naval tactic)"><i>wolfpack</i></a>), eleven ships of 73 tons are sunk, seven during the second night of the attack by the <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-100_(1940)" title="German submarine U-100 (1940)"><i>U-100</i></a> under the command of <a href="/wiki/Joachim_Schepke" title="Joachim Schepke">Joachim Schepke</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_21" title="September 21">September 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/1940_Australian_federal_election" title="1940 Australian federal election">1940 Australian federal election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Robert_Menzies" title="Robert Menzies">Robert Menzies</a>' <a href="/wiki/United_Australia_Party" title="United Australia Party">UAP</a>/<a href="/wiki/National_Party_of_Australia" title="National Party of Australia">Country</a> <a href="/wiki/Coalition_(Australia)" title="Coalition (Australia)">Coalition</a> <a href="/wiki/Menzies_Government_(1939-41)" class="mw-redirect" title="Menzies Government (1939-41)">Government</a> is re-elected as a <a href="/wiki/Minority_government" title="Minority government">minority government</a>, narrowly defeating the <a href="/wiki/Australian_Labor_Party" title="Australian Labor Party">Labor Party</a> led by <a href="/wiki/John_Curtin" title="John Curtin">John Curtin</a>. It is the last federal election to result in a minority government until <a href="/wiki/2010_Australian_federal_election" title="2010 Australian federal election">2010</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_22" title="September 22">September 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/French_Indochina_in_World_War_II" title="French Indochina in World War II">French Indochina in World War II</a>: Japan and the colonial Vichy government of <a href="/wiki/French_Indochina" title="French Indochina">French Indochina</a> sign an agreement permitting certain numbers of Japanese troops into the country (with rights for three airfields) to blockade China. There immediately follows a <a href="/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_French_Indochina" title="Japanese invasion of French Indochina">Japanese invasion of French Indochina</a>, in which a group of Japanese officers take <a href="/wiki/%C4%90%E1%BB%93ng_%C4%90%C4%83ng" title="Đồng Đăng">Đồng Đăng</a> and <a href="/wiki/L%E1%BA%A1ng_S%C6%A1n_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Lạng Sơn Province">Lam Sơn</a>, with 40 Franco-Vietnamese troops killed and around 1,000 deserting. Fighting dies down on September 26.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_23" title="September 23">September 23</a>–<a href="/wiki/September_25" title="September 25">25</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Dakar" title="Battle of Dakar">Battle of Dakar</a> – Naval forces of <a href="/wiki/Free_France" title="Free France">Free France</a> and Britain fail to take the port of <a href="/wiki/Dakar" title="Dakar">Dakar</a> in <a href="/wiki/French_West_Africa" title="French West Africa">French West Africa</a> from <a href="/wiki/Vichy_France" title="Vichy France">Vichy France</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_25" title="September 25">September 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Occupation_of_Norway_by_Nazi_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany">Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany</a>: German <i><a href="/wiki/Reichskommissar" title="Reichskommissar">Reichskommissar</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Josef_Terboven" title="Josef Terboven">Josef Terboven</a> appoints a provisional council of state from the pro-Nazi <a href="/wiki/Nasjonal_Samling" title="Nasjonal Samling">Nasjonal Samling</a> party, under <a href="/wiki/Vidkun_Quisling" title="Vidkun Quisling">Vidkun Quisling</a>, as a puppet government for Norway.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_26" title="September 26">September 26</a> – The U.S. government places an <a href="/wiki/Embargo" class="mw-redirect" title="Embargo">embargo</a> on the exportation of scrap iron and steel to any country outside the Western Hemisphere excluding Britain, effective October 16.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_27" title="September 27">September 27</a> – WWII: Germany, Italy and Japan sign the <a href="/wiki/Tripartite_Pact" title="Tripartite Pact">Tripartite Pact</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_30" title="September 30">September 30</a> (night to <a href="/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a>) – <a href="/wiki/Arson" title="Arson">Arsonists</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Hitler_Youth" title="Hitler Youth">Hitler Youth</a> destroy the <a href="/wiki/Synagogue_du_Quai_Kl%C3%A9ber" title="Synagogue du Quai Kléber">Great Synagogue of Strasbourg</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/October_1940" title="October 1940">October 1940</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a> – The first section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the United States' first long-distance <a href="/wiki/Controlled-access_highway" title="Controlled-access highway">controlled-access highway</a>, is opened.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_11" title="October 11">October 11</a> – Portuguese-born performer <a href="/wiki/Carmen_Miranda" title="Carmen Miranda">Carmen Miranda</a> makes her American film debut in <i><a href="/wiki/Down_Argentine_Way" title="Down Argentine Way">Down Argentine Way</a></i>, one of the first films produced to promote the <a href="/wiki/Good_Neighbor_policy" title="Good Neighbor policy">Good Neighbor policy</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a> – WWII: At least 66 people are killed when a <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> bomb penetrates <a href="/wiki/Balham_station" title="Balham station">Balham station</a> on the <a href="/wiki/London_Underground" title="London Underground">London Underground</a> which is in use as an <a href="/wiki/Air-raid_shelter" class="mw-redirect" title="Air-raid shelter">air-raid shelter</a> during <a href="/wiki/The_Blitz" title="The Blitz">The Blitz</a> on England.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_15" title="October 15">October 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin" title="Charlie Chaplin">Charlie Chaplin</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/The_Great_Dictator" title="The Great Dictator">The Great Dictator</a></i>, a satirical anti-fascist comedy film, premieres in New York City. Written, directed, produced by and starring Chaplin as his first true sound film, it is a critical and commercial success and goes on to become Chaplin's most financially successful work. Filming began in September 1939.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a> <ul><li>The draft registration of approximately 16 million men begins in the United States.</li> <li>Nazi Governor-General <a href="/wiki/Hans_Frank" title="Hans Frank">Hans Frank</a> establishes the <a href="/wiki/Warsaw_Ghetto" title="Warsaw Ghetto">Warsaw Ghetto</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_18" title="October 18">October 18</a>–<a href="/wiki/October_19" title="October 19">19</a> – WWII: Thirty-two ships are sunk from <a href="/wiki/Convoy_SC_7" title="Convoy SC 7">Convoy SC 7</a> and <a href="/wiki/Convoy_HX_79" title="Convoy HX 79">Convoy HX 79</a> by the most effective "<a href="/wiki/Wolfpack_(naval_tactic)" title="Wolfpack (naval tactic)">wolfpack</a>" of the war, including <a href="/wiki/Otto_Kretschmer" title="Otto Kretschmer">Otto Kretschmer</a>, <a href="/wiki/G%C3%BCnther_Prien" title="Günther Prien">Günther Prien</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joachim_Schepke" title="Joachim Schepke">Joachim Schepke</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_26" title="October 26">October 26</a>–<a href="/wiki/October_28" title="October 28">28</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/RMS_Empress_of_Britain_(1930)" title="RMS Empress of Britain (1930)">RMS <i>Empress of Britain</i></a>, serving as a <a href="/wiki/Troopship" title="Troopship">troopship</a> under the British flag, is bombed, torpedoed and sunk off the <a href="/wiki/Donegal_(town)" title="Donegal (town)">Donegal</a> coast, with the loss of 45 lives. At 42,348 <a href="/wiki/Gross_register_tonnage" title="Gross register tonnage">GRT</a>, she is the war's largest merchant ship loss.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_28" title="October 28">October 28</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Greco-Italian_War" title="Greco-Italian War">Greco-Italian War</a> begins when Italian troops invade Greece, meeting strong resistance from Greek troops and civilians. This action signals the start of the <a href="/wiki/Balkan_Campaign_(World_War_II)" class="mw-redirect" title="Balkan Campaign (World War II)">Balkan Campaign</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_29" title="October 29">October 29</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Selective_Service_System" title="Selective Service System">Selective Service System</a> lottery is held in Washington, D.C..</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/November_1940" title="November 1940">November 1940</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November" title="November">November</a> – In <a href="/wiki/Cambodia" title="Cambodia">Cambodia</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Khmer_Issarak" title="Khmer Issarak">Khmer Issarak</a> is formed to overthrow the <a href="/wiki/French_Army" title="French Army">French Army</a> within the country.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2" title="November 2">November 2</a>–<a href="/wiki/November_8" title="November 8">8</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Greco-Italian_War" title="Greco-Italian War">Greco-Italian War</a> – <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Elaia%E2%80%93Kalamas" title="Battle of Elaia–Kalamas">Battle of Elaia–Kalamas</a> in <a href="/wiki/Epirus_(region)" title="Epirus (region)">Epirus</a>: Outnumbered <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Greece_(Gl%C3%BCcksburg)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg)">Greek</a> forces repel the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Italian_Army_during_World_War_II" title="Royal Italian Army during World War II">Italian Army</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_2" title="November 2">November 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/German_submarine_U-69_(1940)" title="German submarine U-69 (1940)">German submarine <i>U-69</i></a> is commissioned, the first <a href="/wiki/German_Type_VII_submarine#Type_VIIC" class="mw-redirect" title="German Type VII submarine">Type VIIC</a> <a href="/wiki/U-boat" title="U-boat">U-boat</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Kriegsmarine" title="Kriegsmarine">Kriegsmarine</a></i>, which will become its most numerous class, with 568 commissioned during the War.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_5" title="November 5">November 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_presidential_election" title="1940 United States presidential election">1940 United States presidential election</a>: <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democrat</a> incumbent <a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a> decisively defeats <a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> challenger <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Willkie" title="Wendell Willkie">Wendell Willkie</a>, and becomes the United States' first and only third-term president.</li> <li>WWII: Allied <a href="/wiki/Convoy_HX_84" title="Convoy HX 84">Convoy HX 84</a> is attacked by <a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Scheer" title="German cruiser Admiral Scheer">German cruiser <i>Admiral Scheer</i></a> in the North Atlantic; the sacrifice of escorting British <a href="/wiki/Armed_merchant_cruiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed merchant cruiser">armed merchant cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/HMS_Jervis_Bay" title="HMS Jervis Bay">HMS <i>Jervis Bay</i></a> under Capt. <a href="/wiki/Edward_Fegen" title="Edward Fegen">Edward Fegen</a> and <a href="/wiki/SS_Beaverford" title="SS Beaverford">SS <i>Beaverford</i></a> enables a majority of the ships (including tanker <a href="/wiki/MV_San_Demetrio" title="MV San Demetrio">MV <i>San Demetrio</i></a>) to escape.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_6" title="November 6">November 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Agatha_Christie" title="Agatha Christie">Agatha Christie</a>'s mystery novel <i><a href="/wiki/And_Then_There_Were_None" title="And Then There Were None">And Then There Were None</a></i> is published in book form, in the United States.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_7" title="November 7">November 7</a> – In <a href="/wiki/Tacoma,_Washington" title="Tacoma, Washington">Tacoma, Washington</a>, the 600-foot (180 m)-long center span of the <a href="/wiki/Tacoma_Narrows_Bridge_(1940)" title="Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940)">Tacoma Narrows Bridge</a> (known as Galloping Gertie) collapses.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_8" title="November 8">November 8</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/MS_City_of_Rayville" title="MS City of Rayville">MS <i>City of Rayville</i></a> is sunk by a naval mine off <a href="/wiki/Cape_Otway" title="Cape Otway">Cape Otway</a>, Australia (the first <a href="/wiki/United_States_Merchant_Marine" title="United States Merchant Marine">United States Merchant Marine</a> loss of the war).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_9" title="November 9">November 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn_Rodrigo" title="Joaquín Rodrigo">Joaquín Rodrigo</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Concierto_de_Aranjuez" title="Concierto de Aranjuez">Concierto de Aranjuez</a></i> for classical guitar and orchestra premieres in <a href="/wiki/Barcelona" title="Barcelona">Barcelona</a>, Spain.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_10" title="November 10">November 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/1940_Vrancea_earthquake" title="1940 Vrancea earthquake">1940 Vrancea earthquake</a>: An earthquake in <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> kills 1,000.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_11" title="November 11">November 11</a> <ul><li>WWII: The British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> launches the first <a href="/wiki/Aircraft_carrier" title="Aircraft carrier">aircraft carrier</a> strike in history, on the Italian <a href="/wiki/Battleship" title="Battleship">battleship</a> fleet anchored at <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Taranto" title="Battle of Taranto">Taranto</a> Naval Base.</li> <li>WWII: <a href="/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Atlantis" title="German auxiliary cruiser Atlantis">German auxiliary cruiser <i>Atlantis</i></a> captures <a href="/wiki/Classified_information" title="Classified information">top secret</a> British mail intended for the <a href="/wiki/British_Far_East_Command" title="British Far East Command">British Far East Command</a> from the <a href="/wiki/SS_Automedon" title="SS Automedon">SS <i>Automedon</i></a>, and sends it to Japan.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armistice_Day_Blizzard" class="mw-redirect" title="Armistice Day Blizzard">Armistice Day Blizzard</a>: An unexpected blizzard kills 144 in the <a href="/wiki/Midwestern_United_States" title="Midwestern United States">Midwestern United States</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_13" title="November 13">November 13</a> – The <a href="/wiki/The_Walt_Disney_Company" title="The Walt Disney Company">Walt Disney</a> animated film <i><a href="/wiki/Fantasia_(1940_film)" title="Fantasia (1940 film)">Fantasia</a></i>, the first commercial film shown in <a href="/wiki/Stereophonic_sound" title="Stereophonic sound">stereophonic sound</a>, has its world premiere at the <a href="/wiki/Broadway_Theatre_(53rd_Street)" title="Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)">Broadway Theatre</a> in New York City. 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.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_14" title="November 14">November 14</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Coventry_Blitz" title="Coventry Blitz">Coventry Blitz</a> – The city centre of <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a>, England is destroyed by 500 <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> bombers; 150,000 <a href="/wiki/Incendiary_device" title="Incendiary device">fire bombs</a>, 503 tons of high explosives and 130 parachute mines level 60,000 of the city's 75,000 buildings; 568 people are killed. The city's cathedral is gutted.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_15" title="November 15">November 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Abbott_and_Costello" title="Abbott and Costello">Abbott and Costello</a> make their film debut, in <i><a href="/wiki/One_Night_in_the_Tropics" title="One Night in the Tropics">One Night in the Tropics</a></i>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_16" title="November 16">November 16</a> <ul><li>WWII: In response to Germany levelling <a href="/wiki/Coventry" title="Coventry">Coventry</a> 2 days before, the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">Royal Air Force</a> begins to bomb <a href="/wiki/Hamburg" title="Hamburg">Hamburg</a> (by war's end, 50,000 Hamburg residents will have died from <a href="/wiki/Allies_of_World_War_II" title="Allies of World War II">Allied</a> attacks).</li> <li>An unexploded <a href="/wiki/Pipe_bomb" title="Pipe bomb">pipe bomb</a> is found in the <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Edison" title="Consolidated Edison">Consolidated Edison</a> office building (only in 1957 later is the culprit, former employee <a href="/wiki/George_Metesky" title="George Metesky">George Metesky</a>, apprehended).</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Jamaica_Association_of_Local_Government_Officers" title="Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers">Jamaica Association of Local Government Officers</a> is founded.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_17" title="November 17">November 17</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Tartu_Art_Museum" title="Tartu Art Museum">Tartu Art Museum</a> is established in <a href="/wiki/Tartu" title="Tartu">Tartu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia">Estonia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_18" title="November 18">November 18</a> – WWII: German leader <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a> and Italian Foreign Minister <a href="/wiki/Galeazzo_Ciano" title="Galeazzo Ciano">Galeazzo Ciano</a> meet to discuss <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a>'s disastrous invasion of Greece.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a>–<a href="/wiki/November_24" title="November 24">24</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary_(1920%E2%80%931946)" title="Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)">Hungary</a>, <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a> and <a href="/wiki/Slovak_Republic_(1939%E2%80%931945)" title="Slovak Republic (1939–1945)">Slovakia</a> join the <a href="/wiki/Axis_powers" title="Axis powers">Axis powers</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Patria_disaster" title="Patria disaster"><i>Patria</i> disaster</a>: As British authorities attempt to deport <a href="/wiki/Jewish_refugees" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish refugees">Jewish refugees</a> (originating from <a href="/wiki/German-occupied_Europe" title="German-occupied Europe">German-occupied Europe</a>) from <a href="/wiki/Mandatory_Palestine" title="Mandatory Palestine">Mandatory Palestine</a> to <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a>, aboard the requisitioned emigrant liner <a href="/wiki/SS_Patria_(1913)" title="SS Patria (1913)">SS <i>Patria</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/Haifa" title="Haifa">Haifa</a>, the Jewish paramilitary organization <a href="/wiki/Haganah" title="Haganah">Haganah</a> sinks the ship with a bomb, killing around 250 refugees and crew.</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito" title="De Havilland Mosquito">de Havilland Mosquito</a> and <a href="/wiki/Martin_B-26_Marauder" title="Martin B-26 Marauder">Martin B-26 Marauder</a> military aircraft both make their first flights.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woody_Woodpecker" title="Woody Woodpecker">Woody Woodpecker</a> makes his debut in the animated short, <i><a href="/wiki/Knock_Knock_(1940_film)" title="Knock Knock (1940 film)">Knock Knock</a></i>. It is not until 1941 that his current name is adopted.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_26" title="November 26">November 26</a>–<a href="/wiki/November_27" title="November 27">27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jilava_Massacre" class="mw-redirect" title="Jilava Massacre">Jilava Massacre</a>: In <a href="/wiki/Romania" title="Romania">Romania</a>, coup leader General <a href="/wiki/Ion_Antonescu" title="Ion Antonescu">Ion Antonescu</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Iron_Guard" title="Iron Guard">Iron Guard</a> arrests and executes over 60 of exiled King <a href="/wiki/Carol_II_of_Romania" title="Carol II of Romania">Carol II of Romania</a>'s aides, starting at a penitentiary near <a href="/wiki/Bucharest" title="Bucharest">Bucharest</a>. Among the dead is former minister and acclaimed historian <a href="/wiki/Nicolae_Iorga" title="Nicolae Iorga">Nicolae Iorga</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_27" title="November 27">November 27</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Cape_Spartivento" title="Battle of Cape Spartivento">Battle of Cape Spartivento</a>: The British <a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a> and Italian <span title="Italian-language text"><span lang="it" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Regia_Marina" title="Regia Marina">Regia Marina</a></span></span> battle to a draw.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_30" title="November 30">November 30</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_South_Guangxi" title="Battle of South Guangxi">Battle of South Guangxi</a> (<a href="/wiki/Second_Sino-Japanese_War" title="Second Sino-Japanese War">Second Sino-Japanese War</a>) concludes after a year with the Japanese retiring having attained their strategic objectives; however, the <a href="/wiki/Central_Hubei_Operation" title="Central Hubei Operation">Central Hubei Operation</a> concludes after five days leaving many Japanese dead.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/December_1940" title="December 1940">December 1940</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December" title="December">December</a> – <a href="/wiki/Timely_Comics" title="Timely Comics">Timely Comics</a>' <a href="/wiki/Captain_America" title="Captain America">Captain America Comics</a> #1 (cover dated March 1941), <a href="/wiki/First_appearance" title="First appearance">first appearance</a> of <a href="/wiki/Captain_America" title="Captain America">Captain America</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bucky_Barnes" title="Bucky Barnes">Bucky</a>, hits newsstands in the United States.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_1" title="December 1">December 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Manuel_%C3%81vila_Camacho" title="Manuel Ávila Camacho">Manuel Ávila Camacho</a> takes office as <a href="/wiki/President_of_Mexico" title="President of Mexico">President of Mexico</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_6" title="December 6">December 6</a> – British submarine <a href="/wiki/HMS_Regulus_(N88)" title="HMS Regulus (N88)">HMS <i>Regulus</i></a> is sunk near <a href="/wiki/Taranto" title="Taranto">Taranto</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_8" title="December 8">December 8</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Chicago_Bears" title="Chicago Bears">Chicago Bears</a>, in what will become the most one-sided victory in <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League" title="National Football League">National Football League</a> history, defeat the <a href="/wiki/Washington_Redskins" class="mw-redirect" title="Washington Redskins">Washington Redskins</a> 73–0 in the 1940 NFL Championship Game.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_9" title="December 9">December 9</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Compass" title="Operation Compass">Operation Compass</a> – British forces in North Africa begin their first major offensive, with an attack on Italian forces at <a href="/wiki/Sidi_Barrani" title="Sidi Barrani">Sidi Barrani</a>, <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egypt</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_12" title="December 12">December 12</a> and <a href="/wiki/December_15" title="December 15">December 15</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Sheffield_Blitz" title="Sheffield Blitz">Sheffield Blitz</a> ("Operation Crucible") – The <a href="/wiki/Yorkshire" title="Yorkshire">Yorkshire</a> steelmaking city of <a href="/wiki/Sheffield" title="Sheffield">Sheffield</a> in England is badly damaged by German air-raids.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_14" title="December 14">December 14</a> – WWII: <ul><li>British destroyers <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hereward_(H93)" title="HMS Hereward (H93)">HMS <i>Hereward</i></a> and <a href="/wiki/HMS_Hyperion_(H97)" title="HMS Hyperion (H97)">HMS <i>Hyperion</i></a> sink an Italian submarine off <a href="/wiki/Bardia" title="Bardia">Bardia</a>.</li> <li>Royal Navy <a href="/wiki/Fairey_Swordfish" title="Fairey Swordfish">Fairey Swordfish</a> based on <a href="/wiki/Malta" title="Malta">Malta</a> bomb <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Libya" title="Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plutonium" title="Plutonium">Plutonium</a> is first synthesized in the laboratory, by a team led by <a href="/wiki/Glenn_T._Seaborg" title="Glenn T. Seaborg">Glenn T. Seaborg</a> and <a href="/wiki/Edwin_McMillan" title="Edwin McMillan">Edwin McMillan</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a>.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_16" title="December 16">December 16</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Operation_Abigail_Rachel" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Abigail Rachel">Operation Abigail Rachel</a> – The <a href="/wiki/Royal_Air_Force" title="Royal Air Force">RAF</a> bombs <a href="/wiki/Mannheim" title="Mannheim">Mannheim</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_17" title="December 17">December 17</a> – President Roosevelt, at his regular press conference, first sets forth the outline of his plan to send aid to Great Britain, which will become known as <a href="/wiki/Lend-Lease" title="Lend-Lease">Lend-Lease</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_23" title="December 23">December 23</a> – WWII: <a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>, in a broadcast address to the people of Italy, blames <a href="/wiki/Benito_Mussolini" title="Benito Mussolini">Benito Mussolini</a> for leading his nation to war against the British, contrary to Italy's historic friendship with them: "One man has arrayed the trustees and inheritors of ancient Rome upon the side of the ferocious pagan barbarians."</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_24" title="December 24">December 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mahatma_Gandhi" title="Mahatma Gandhi">Mahatma Gandhi</a>, Indian spiritual non-violence leader, writes his second letter to <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>, addressing him as "My friend", and requesting him to stop the war Germany had begun.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_25" title="December 25">December 25</a> – The German cruiser <i><a href="/wiki/German_cruiser_Admiral_Hipper" title="German cruiser Admiral Hipper">Admiral Hipper</a></i> attacks a British shipping convoy (WS 5A) en route to <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a> 700 miles (1,100 km) west of <a href="/wiki/Cape_Finisterre" title="Cape Finisterre">Cape Finisterre</a> in <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>. <i>Admiral Hipper</i> sinks one ship but has to withdraw with engine trouble.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_27" title="December 27">December 27</a> – WWII: German auxiliary cruiser <i><a href="/wiki/German_auxiliary_cruiser_Komet" title="German auxiliary cruiser Komet">Komet</a></i> shells and heavily damages the phosphate production facilities on the Pacific island of <a href="/wiki/Nauru" title="Nauru">Nauru</a> (under Australian protection at this time) while flying the Japanese flag. The bombardment lasts an hour and causes the loss of 13,000 tons of oil.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_29" title="December 29">December 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt" title="Franklin D. Roosevelt">Franklin D. Roosevelt</a>, in a <a href="/wiki/Fireside_chat" class="mw-redirect" title="Fireside chat">fireside chat</a> to the nation, declares that the United States must become "the great arsenal of democracy."</li> <li>WWII: "<a href="/wiki/Second_Great_Fire_of_London" title="Second Great Fire of London">Second Great Fire of London</a>" – The <a href="/wiki/Luftwaffe" title="Luftwaffe">Luftwaffe</a> carries out a massive incendiary bombing raid, starting 1,500 fires. Many famous buildings, including the <a href="/wiki/Guildhall,_London" title="Guildhall, London">Guildhall</a> and Trinity House, are either damaged or destroyed.</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Date_unknown">Date unknown</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Date unknown"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ansul_Fire_School" title="Ansul Fire School">Ansul Fire School</a> is founded in <a href="/wiki/Marinette,_Wisconsin" title="Marinette, Wisconsin">Marinette, Wisconsin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In Korea, the <i><a href="/wiki/Hunminjeongeum" title="Hunminjeongeum">Hunminjeongeum</a></i> (<a href="/wiki/1446" title="1446">1446</a>) is discovered, explaining the basis of the <a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a> alphabet.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Knott" title="Walter Knott">Walter Knott</a> begins construction of a California <a href="/wiki/Ghost_town" title="Ghost town">ghost town</a> replica, which soon evolves into <a href="/wiki/Knott%27s_Berry_Farm" title="Knott's Berry Farm">Knott's Berry Farm</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Births">Births</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Births"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Births" style="margin: auto; text-align: center; display: inline-block;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Births </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#January_2">January</a> · <a href="#February_2">February</a> · <a href="#March_2">March</a> · <a href="#April_2">April</a> · <a href="#May_2">May</a> · <a href="#June_2">June</a> · <a href="#July_2">July</a> · <a href="#August_2">August</a> · <a href="#September_2">September</a> · <a href="#October_2">October</a> · <a href="#November_2">November</a> · <a href="#December_2">December</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_2">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brian_Josephson,_March_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Brian_Josephson%2C_March_2004.jpg/100px-Brian_Josephson%2C_March_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Brian_Josephson%2C_March_2004.jpg/150px-Brian_Josephson%2C_March_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Brian_Josephson%2C_March_2004.jpg/200px-Brian_Josephson%2C_March_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1284" data-file-height="1696" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Brian_Josephson" title="Brian Josephson">Brian Josephson</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_Nicklaus_2019_Jenkins_Medal_Awards_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Jack_Nicklaus_2019_Jenkins_Medal_Awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Jack_Nicklaus_2019_Jenkins_Medal_Awards_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Jack_Nicklaus_2019_Jenkins_Medal_Awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Jack_Nicklaus_2019_Jenkins_Medal_Awards_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/Jack_Nicklaus_2019_Jenkins_Medal_Awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Jack_Nicklaus_2019_Jenkins_Medal_Awards_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1321" data-file-height="1958" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus" title="Jack Nicklaus">Jack Nicklaus</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Hurt_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/John_Hurt_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg/100px-John_Hurt_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/John_Hurt_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg/150px-John_Hurt_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/John_Hurt_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg/200px-John_Hurt_by_Walterlan_Papetti.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="5760" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Hurt" title="John Hurt">John Hurt</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carlos_Slim_(45680472234)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Carlos_Slim_%2845680472234%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Carlos_Slim_%2845680472234%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Carlos_Slim_%2845680472234%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Carlos_Slim_%2845680472234%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Carlos_Slim_%2845680472234%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Carlos_Slim_%2845680472234%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1456" data-file-height="2040" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Carlos_Slim" title="Carlos Slim">Carlos Slim</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_2" title="January 2">January 2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Bakker" title="Jim Bakker">Jim Bakker</a>, American televangelist, ex-husband of <a href="/wiki/Tammy_Faye" class="mw-redirect" title="Tammy Faye">Tammy Faye</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._R._Srinivasa_Varadhan" title="S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan">S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan</a>, Indian-American mathematician<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_3" title="January 3">January 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thelma_Schoonmaker" title="Thelma Schoonmaker">Thelma Schoonmaker</a>, Algerian-born American film editor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_4" title="January 4">January 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Helmut_Jahn" title="Helmut Jahn">Helmut Jahn</a>, German-American architect (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brian_Josephson" title="Brian Josephson">Brian Josephson</a>, Welsh physicist, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize</a> laureate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gao_Xingjian" title="Gao Xingjian">Gao Xingjian</a>, Chinese-born writer, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize</a> laureate</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_9" title="January 9">January 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Miguel_%C3%81ngel_Rodr%C3%ADguez" title="Miguel Ángel Rodríguez">Miguel Ángel Rodríguez</a>, Costa Rican politician, lawyer, economist and businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_14" title="January 14">January 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Julian_Bond" title="Julian Bond">Julian Bond</a>, African-American civil rights activist (d. <a href="/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_16" title="January 16">January 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Franz_M%C3%BCntefering" title="Franz Müntefering">Franz Müntefering</a>, German politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_17" title="January 17">January 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kipchoge_Keino" title="Kipchoge Keino">Kipchoge Keino</a>, Kenyan athlete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerses_Bedros_XIX_Tarmouni" title="Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni">Nerses Bedros XIX Tarmouni</a>, Armenian Catholic Patriarch of <a href="/wiki/Cilicia" title="Cilicia">Cilicia</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mircea_Snegur" title="Mircea Snegur">Mircea Snegur</a>, 1st <a href="/wiki/President_of_Moldova" title="President of Moldova">President of Moldova</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2023" title="2023">2023</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tabar%C3%A9_V%C3%A1zquez" title="Tabaré Vázquez">Tabaré Vázquez</a>, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Uruguay" title="President of Uruguay">President of Uruguay</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_18" title="January 18">January 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Rodr%C3%ADguez_(racing_driver)" title="Pedro Rodríguez (racing driver)">Pedro Rodríguez</a>, Mexican racing driver (d. <a href="/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_19" title="January 19">January 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paolo_Borsellino" title="Paolo Borsellino">Paolo Borsellino</a>, Italian judge and magistrate (d. <a href="/wiki/1992" title="1992">1992</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carol_Heiss" title="Carol Heiss">Carol Heiss</a>, American figure skater<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishnam_Raju" title="Krishnam Raju">Krishnam Raju</a>, Indian actor and politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tay_Eng_Soon" title="Tay Eng Soon">Tay Eng Soon</a>, Singaporean politician (d. <a href="/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_21" title="January 21">January 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Nicklaus" title="Jack Nicklaus">Jack Nicklaus</a>, American golfer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_22" title="January 22">January 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Hurt" title="John Hurt">John Hurt</a>, English actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_24" title="January 24">January 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joachim_Gauck" title="Joachim Gauck">Joachim Gauck</a>, German politician, 11th <a href="/wiki/President_of_Germany" title="President of Germany">President of Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_27" title="January 27">January 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_O%27Leary" title="Brian O'Leary">Brian O'Leary</a>, American scientist, author and NASA astronaut (d. <a href="/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Cromwell" title="James Cromwell">James Cromwell</a>, American actor<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petru_Lucinschi" title="Petru Lucinschi">Petru Lucinschi</a>, Moldovan politician, 2nd <a href="/wiki/President_of_Moldova" title="President of Moldova">President of Moldova</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_28" title="January 28">January 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carlos_Slim" title="Carlos Slim">Carlos Slim</a>, Mexican businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Katharine_Ross" title="Katharine Ross">Katharine Ross</a>, American actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kunimitsu_Takahashi" title="Kunimitsu Takahashi">Kunimitsu Takahashi</a>, Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver (d. <a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_2">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:HR_Giger_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/HR_Giger_2012.jpg/100px-HR_Giger_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/HR_Giger_2012.jpg/150px-HR_Giger_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/HR_Giger_2012.jpg/200px-HR_Giger_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="444" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/H._R._Giger" title="H. R. Giger">H. R. Giger</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Smokey_Robinson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Smokey_Robinson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/100px-Smokey_Robinson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Smokey_Robinson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/150px-Smokey_Robinson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Smokey_Robinson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/200px-Smokey_Robinson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1928" data-file-height="2817" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Smokey_Robinson" title="Smokey Robinson">Smokey Robinson</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Peter_Fonda_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Peter_Fonda_2009.jpg/100px-Peter_Fonda_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Peter_Fonda_2009.jpg/150px-Peter_Fonda_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Peter_Fonda_2009.jpg/200px-Peter_Fonda_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1395" data-file-height="2092" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Peter_Fonda" title="Peter Fonda">Peter Fonda</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mario_Andretti_Goodwood_Festival_of_Speed_2021_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Mario_Andretti_Goodwood_Festival_of_Speed_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Mario_Andretti_Goodwood_Festival_of_Speed_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Mario_Andretti_Goodwood_Festival_of_Speed_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Mario_Andretti_Goodwood_Festival_of_Speed_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Mario_Andretti_Goodwood_Festival_of_Speed_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Mario_Andretti_Goodwood_Festival_of_Speed_2021_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1497" data-file-height="1998" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February_2" title="February 2">February 2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Odell_Brown" title="Odell Brown">Odell Brown</a>, American jazz organist (d. <a href="/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a>)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/David_Jason" title="David Jason">David Jason</a>, English actor</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_4" title="February 4">February 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_A._Romero" title="George A. Romero">George A. Romero</a>, American film writer, director (d. <a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_5" title="February 5">February 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/H._R._Giger" title="H. R. Giger">H. R. Giger</a>, Swiss artist (d. <a href="/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_6" title="February 6">February 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Brokaw" title="Tom Brokaw">Tom Brokaw</a>, American television journalist and author<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_7" title="February 7">February 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Tan" title="Tony Tan">Tony Tan</a>, 7th President of Singapore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9" title="February 9">February 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._M._Coetzee" title="J. M. Coetzee">J. M. Coetzee</a>, South African writer, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize</a> laureate<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seamus_Deane" title="Seamus Deane">Seamus Deane</a>, Irish poet and novelist (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_12" title="February 12">February 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Saladrigas" title="Robert Saladrigas">Robert Saladrigas</a>, Spanish writer, journalist and literary critic (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_15" title="February 15">February 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hamzah_Haz" title="Hamzah Haz">Hamzah Haz</a>, Indonesian politician, 9th <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Indonesia" title="Vice President of Indonesia">Vice President of Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_17" title="February 17">February 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vicente_Fern%C3%A1ndez" title="Vicente Fernández">Vicente Fernández</a>, Mexican actor and singer (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willi_Holdorf" title="Willi Holdorf">Willi Holdorf</a>, German Olympic decathlete (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_Pitney" title="Gene Pitney">Gene Pitney</a>, American singer (d. <a href="/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_18" title="February 18">February 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fabrizio_De_Andr%C3%A9" title="Fabrizio De André">Fabrizio De André</a>, Italian singer, songwriter (d. <a href="/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_19" title="February 19">February 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Smokey_Robinson" title="Smokey Robinson">Smokey Robinson</a>, African-American musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_20" title="February 20">February 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Greaves" title="Jimmy Greaves">Jimmy Greaves</a>, English footballer (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_21" title="February 21">February 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Lewis" title="John Lewis">John Lewis</a>, African-American politician, civil rights activist (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_23" title="February 23">February 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Fonda" title="Peter Fonda">Peter Fonda</a>, American actor (<i><a href="/wiki/Easy_Rider" title="Easy Rider">Easy Rider</a></i>) (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_24" title="February 24">February 24</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Duel" title="Pete Duel">Pete Duel</a>, American actor (<i><a href="/wiki/Alias_Smith_and_Jones" title="Alias Smith and Jones">Alias Smith and Jones</a></i>) (d. <a href="/wiki/1971" title="1971">1971</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Ellis_(boxer)" title="Jimmy Ellis (boxer)">Jimmy Ellis</a>, African-American professional boxer (d. <a href="/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denis_Law" title="Denis Law">Denis Law</a>, Scottish footballer</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_25" title="February 25">February 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_L%C3%B3pez_Cobos" title="Jesús López Cobos">Jesús López Cobos</a>, Spanish-born conductor (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_27" title="February 27">February 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bill_Hunter_(actor)" title="Bill Hunter (actor)">Bill Hunter</a>, Australian actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_28" title="February 28">February 28</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Andretti" title="Mario Andretti">Mario Andretti</a>, Italian-born American racing driver<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_South" title="Joe South">Joe South</a>, American singer-songwriter (d. <a href="/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_2">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Chuck_Norris_May_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Chuck_Norris_May_2015.jpg/100px-Chuck_Norris_May_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Chuck_Norris_May_2015.jpg/150px-Chuck_Norris_May_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Chuck_Norris_May_2015.jpg/200px-Chuck_Norris_May_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="457" data-file-height="624" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Norris" title="Chuck Norris">Chuck Norris</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:James_Caan_(1976).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/James_Caan_%281976%29.jpg/100px-James_Caan_%281976%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/James_Caan_%281976%29.jpg/150px-James_Caan_%281976%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/James_Caan_%281976%29.jpg/200px-James_Caan_%281976%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2147" data-file-height="2863" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/James_Caan" title="James Caan">James Caan</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_photo_of_Speaker_Nancy_Pelosi_in_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Official_photo_of_Speaker_Nancy_Pelosi_in_2019.jpg/100px-Official_photo_of_Speaker_Nancy_Pelosi_in_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Official_photo_of_Speaker_Nancy_Pelosi_in_2019.jpg/150px-Official_photo_of_Speaker_Nancy_Pelosi_in_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/Official_photo_of_Speaker_Nancy_Pelosi_in_2019.jpg/200px-Official_photo_of_Speaker_Nancy_Pelosi_in_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="3750" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_1" title="March 1">March 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Broome" title="David Broome">David Broome</a>, Welsh show jumping champion</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuala_O%27Faolain" title="Nuala O'Faolain">Nuala O'Faolain</a>, Irish journalist, author (d. <a href="/wiki/2008" title="2008">2008</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_2" title="March 2">March 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Billy_McNeill" title="Billy McNeill">Billy McNeill</a>, Scottish football player and manager (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_3" title="March 3">March 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Castro_Caycedo" title="Germán Castro Caycedo">Germán Castro Caycedo</a>, Colombian writer, journalist</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_4" title="March 4">March 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Ivanovich_Morozov_(born_1940)" title="Vladimir Ivanovich Morozov (born 1940)">Vladimir Morosov</a>, Soviet athlete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_5" title="March 5">March 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anton_Fliegerbauer" class="mw-redirect" title="Anton Fliegerbauer">Anton Fliegerbauer</a>, West German police officer (d. <a href="/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_7" title="March 7">March 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rudi_Dutschke" title="Rudi Dutschke">Rudi Dutschke</a>, German radical student leader (d. <a href="/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viktor_Savinykh" title="Viktor Savinykh">Viktor Savinykh</a>, Soviet cosmonaut</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_9" title="March 9">March 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Raul_Julia" title="Raul Julia">Raul Julia</a>, Puerto Rican actor (d. <a href="/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_10" title="March 10">March 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Norris" title="Chuck Norris">Chuck Norris</a>, American actor, martial artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_12" title="March 12">March 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Al_Jarreau" title="Al Jarreau">Al Jarreau</a>, African-American singer (d. <a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_13" title="March 13">March 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Candi_Staton" title="Candi Staton">Candi Staton</a>, American singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_16" title="March 16">March 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Pronk" title="Jan Pronk">Jan Pronk</a>, Dutch politician, diplomat</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wong_Jim" title="James Wong Jim">James Wong Jim</a>, Hong Kong composer (d. <a href="/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_19" title="March 19">March 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Beasley" title="Billy Beasley">Billy Beasley</a>, American politician who has served in the <a href="/wiki/Alabama_Legislature" title="Alabama Legislature">Alabama Legislature</a> since 1998</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_20" title="March 20">March 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Neville_(politician)" title="Paul Neville (politician)">Paul Neville</a>, Australian politician (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_21" title="March 21">March 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Burke" title="Solomon Burke">Solomon Burke</a>, African-American singer, songwriter (d. <a href="/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_22" title="March 22">March 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Haing_S._Ngor" title="Haing S. Ngor">Haing S. Ngor</a>, Cambodian actor (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Killing_Fields_(film)" title="The Killing Fields (film)">The Killing Fields</a></i>) (d. <a href="/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_25" title="March 25">March 25</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anita_Bryant" title="Anita Bryant">Anita Bryant</a>, American entertainer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mina_(Italian_singer)" title="Mina (Italian singer)">Mina</a>, Italian-Swiss singer</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_26" title="March 26">March 26</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Caan" title="James Caan">James Caan</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Pelosi" title="Nancy Pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a>, American politician; Speaker and Minority Leader (alternately) of the United States House of Representatives</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_27" title="March 27">March 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie_Jepsen" title="Marie Jepsen">Marie Jepsen</a>, Danish politician (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_29" title="March 29">March 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Davis_(musician)" title="Ray Davis (musician)">Ray Davis</a>, African-American musician (<a href="/wiki/P-Funk" class="mw-redirect" title="P-Funk">P-Funk</a>) (d. <a href="/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Astrud_Gilberto" title="Astrud Gilberto">Astrud Gilberto</a>, Brazilian-born singer (d. <a href="/wiki/2023" title="2023">2023</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_30" title="March 30">March 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lucas" title="Jerry Lucas">Jerry Lucas</a>, American professional basketball player<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_31" title="March 31">March 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Leahy" title="Patrick Leahy">Patrick Leahy</a>, American politician</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_2">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wangari_Maathai_in_2001.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Wangari_Maathai_in_2001.jpg/100px-Wangari_Maathai_in_2001.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Wangari_Maathai_in_2001.jpg/150px-Wangari_Maathai_in_2001.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Wangari_Maathai_in_2001.jpg/200px-Wangari_Maathai_in_2001.jpg 2x" data-file-width="466" data-file-height="751" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wangari_Maathai" class="mw-redirect" title="Wangari Maathai">Wangari Maathai</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Julie_Christie_-_1965.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Julie_Christie_-_1965.jpg/100px-Julie_Christie_-_1965.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Julie_Christie_-_1965.jpg/150px-Julie_Christie_-_1965.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Julie_Christie_-_1965.jpg/200px-Julie_Christie_-_1965.jpg 2x" data-file-width="655" data-file-height="859" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Julie_Christie" title="Julie Christie">Julie Christie</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Drottning_Margrethe_av_Danmark.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Drottning_Margrethe_av_Danmark.jpg/100px-Drottning_Margrethe_av_Danmark.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Drottning_Margrethe_av_Danmark.jpg/150px-Drottning_Margrethe_av_Danmark.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Drottning_Margrethe_av_Danmark.jpg/200px-Drottning_Margrethe_av_Danmark.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2832" data-file-height="4256" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Margrethe_II_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Margrethe II of Denmark">Margrethe II of Denmark</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Al_Pacino_2016_(30401544240).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Al_Pacino_2016_%2830401544240%29.jpg/100px-Al_Pacino_2016_%2830401544240%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Al_Pacino_2016_%2830401544240%29.jpg/150px-Al_Pacino_2016_%2830401544240%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Al_Pacino_2016_%2830401544240%29.jpg/200px-Al_Pacino_2016_%2830401544240%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="853" data-file-height="1175" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Al_Pacino" title="Al Pacino">Al Pacino</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_1" title="April 1">April 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wangari_Maathai" class="mw-redirect" title="Wangari Maathai">Wangari Maathai</a>, Kenyan environmentalist, recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_2" title="April 2">April 2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Hailwood" title="Mike Hailwood">Mike Hailwood</a>, English motorcycle racer (d. <a href="/wiki/1981" title="1981">1981</a>)</li> <li>Dame <a href="/wiki/Penelope_Keith" title="Penelope Keith">Penelope Keith</a>, English actress</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_4" title="April 4">April 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robby_M%C3%BCller" title="Robby Müller">Robby Müller</a>, Dutch cinematographer (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_6" title="April 6">April 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pedro_Armend%C3%A1riz_Jr." title="Pedro Armendáriz Jr.">Pedro Armendáriz Jr.</a>, Mexican actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_8" title="April 8">April 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Havlicek" title="John Havlicek">John Havlicek</a>, American basketball player (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_12" title="April 12">April 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Herbie_Hancock" title="Herbie Hancock">Herbie Hancock</a>, African-American pianist, keyboardist, bandleader, composer and actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_13" title="April 13">April 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._M._G._Le_Cl%C3%A9zio" title="J. M. G. Le Clézio">J. M. G. Le Clézio</a>, French writer and professor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Mosley" title="Max Mosley">Max Mosley</a>, British motorsport boss (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_N%C3%A1poles" title="José Nápoles">José Nápoles</a>, Cuban-born Mexican boxer (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_14" title="April 14">April 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Christie" title="Julie Christie">Julie Christie</a>, English actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Countess_Marie_Kinsky_of_Wchinitz_and_Tettau" class="mw-redirect" title="Countess Marie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau">Countess Marie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_15" title="April 15">April 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Faimalaga_Luka" title="Faimalaga Luka">Faimalaga Luka</a>, 6th Prime Minister of Tuvalu (d. <a href="/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Walker_(actor,_born_1940)" title="Robert Walker (actor, born 1940)">Robert Walker</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yossef_Romano" title="Yossef Romano">Yossef Romano</a>, Israeli weightlifter (d. <a href="/wiki/1972" title="1972">1972</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_16" title="April 16">April 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Holford" title="David Holford">David Holford</a>, Barbadian cricketer (d. <a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Queen <a href="/wiki/Margrethe_II_of_Denmark" class="mw-redirect" title="Margrethe II of Denmark">Margrethe II of Denmark</a><sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_17" title="April 17">April 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_McCririck" title="John McCririck">John McCririck</a>, English horse racing pundit (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_18" title="April 18">April 18</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ira_von_Furstenberg" class="mw-redirect" title="Ira von Furstenberg">Ira von Furstenberg</a>, European socialite and actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_L._Goldstein" title="Joseph L. Goldstein">Joseph L. Goldstein</a>, American scientist, recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Shellito" title="Ken Shellito">Ken Shellito</a>, English footballer, manager (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_19" title="April 19">April 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Reinhard_Bonnke" title="Reinhard Bonnke">Reinhard Bonnke</a>, German Pentecostal evangelist (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_20" title="April 20">April 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pilar_Mir%C3%B3" title="Pilar Miró">Pilar Miró</a>, Spanish screenwriter and film director (d. <a href="/wiki/1997" title="1997">1997</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_22" title="April 22">April 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marie-Jos%C3%A9_Nat" title="Marie-José Nat">Marie-José Nat</a>, French actress (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_23" title="April 23">April 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Danilo_Astori" title="Danilo Astori">Danilo Astori</a>, Uruguayan politician, 15th <a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_Uruguay" title="Vice President of Uruguay">Vice President of Uruguay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_24" title="April 24">April 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sue_Grafton" title="Sue Grafton">Sue Grafton</a>, American detective novelist (d. <a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_25" title="April 25">April 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Al_Pacino" title="Al Pacino">Al Pacino</a>, American actor, film director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_26" title="April 26">April 26</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tan_Cheng_Bock" title="Tan Cheng Bock">Tan Cheng Bock</a>, Singaporean politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Moroder" title="Giorgio Moroder">Giorgio Moroder</a>, Italian film composer</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_30" title="April 30">April 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ermindo_Onega" title="Ermindo Onega">Ermindo Onega</a>, Argentine footballer (d. <a href="/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_2">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg/100px-Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg/150px-Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg/200px-Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.jpg 2x" data-file-width="740" data-file-height="920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson">Ricky Nelson</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Toni_Tenille_1996.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Toni_Tenille_1996.jpg/100px-Toni_Tenille_1996.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Toni_Tenille_1996.jpg/150px-Toni_Tenille_1996.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Toni_Tenille_1996.jpg/200px-Toni_Tenille_1996.jpg 2x" data-file-width="696" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Toni_Tennille" title="Toni Tennille">Toni Tennille</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Don_Nelson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Don_Nelson.jpg/100px-Don_Nelson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Don_Nelson.jpg/150px-Don_Nelson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Don_Nelson.jpg/200px-Don_Nelson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Don Nelson</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Elsa_Peretti" title="Elsa Peretti">Elsa Peretti</a>, Italian jewelry designer (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_2" title="May 2">May 2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Esquivel" title="Manuel Esquivel">Manuel Esquivel</a>, Belizean politician, 2nd <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belize" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Belize">Prime Minister of Belize</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hariton_Pushwagner" title="Hariton Pushwagner">Hariton Pushwagner</a>, Norwegian artist (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_3" title="May 3">May 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Koch" title="David Koch">David Koch</a>, American businessman (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oemarsono" title="Oemarsono">Oemarsono</a>, Indonesian civil servant and politician (d. <a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_5" title="May 5">May 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Lance_Henriksen" title="Lance Henriksen">Lance Henriksen</a>, American actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_7" title="May 7">May 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Angela_Carter" title="Angela Carter">Angela Carter</a>, English author, editor (d. <a href="/wiki/1992" title="1992">1992</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_8" title="May 8">May 8</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Benchley" title="Peter Benchley">Peter Benchley</a>, American author (<i><a href="/wiki/Jaws_(novel)" title="Jaws (novel)">Jaws</a></i>) (d. <a href="/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emilio_Delgado" title="Emilio Delgado">Emilio Delgado</a>, American actor (<i><a href="/wiki/Sesame_Street" title="Sesame Street">Sesame Street</a></i>), singer and activist (d. <a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Nelson" title="Ricky Nelson">Ricky Nelson</a>, American singer (d. <a href="/wiki/1985" title="1985">1985</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Tennille" title="Toni Tennille">Toni Tennille</a>, American pop singer</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_9" title="May 9">May 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/James_L._Brooks" title="James L. Brooks">James L. Brooks</a>, American film producer, writer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_11" title="May 11">May 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Juan_Downey" title="Juan Downey">Juan Downey</a>, Chilean-born American video artist (d. <a href="/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_13" title="May 13">May 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Chatwin" title="Bruce Chatwin">Bruce Chatwin</a>, British author (d. <a href="/wiki/1989" title="1989">1989</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oliver_Lozano" title="Oliver Lozano">Oliver Lozano</a>, Filipino lawyer, politician (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_15" title="May 15">May 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lainie_Kazan" title="Lainie Kazan">Lainie Kazan</a>, American actress, singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Nelson" title="Don Nelson">Don Nelson</a>, American basketball player and coach</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_16" title="May 16">May 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ole_Ernst" title="Ole Ernst">Ole Ernst</a>, Danish actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2013" title="2013">2013</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_17" title="May 17">May 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adel_Emam" title="Adel Emam">Adel Emam</a>, Egyptian actor and comedian</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Kay" title="Alan Kay">Alan Kay</a>, American computer scientist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reynato_Puno" title="Reynato Puno">Reynato Puno</a>, Filipino <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_the_Philippines" title="Supreme Court of the Philippines">Supreme Court</a> Chief Justice</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_19" title="May 19">May 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jan_Janssen" title="Jan Janssen">Jan Janssen</a>, Dutch cyclist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_20" title="May 20">May 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shorty_Long" title="Shorty Long">Shorty Long</a>, African-American <a href="/wiki/Soul_music" title="Soul music">soul music</a> singer, songwriter, musician and record producer (<i><a href="/wiki/Here_Comes_the_Judge_(Shorty_Long_song)" title="Here Comes the Judge (Shorty Long song)">Here Comes The Judge</a></i>) (d. <a href="/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stan_Mikita" title="Stan Mikita">Stan Mikita</a>, Slovakian-born Canadian hockey player (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a>, Japanese baseball player</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_22" title="May 22">May 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Shaw_(journalist)" title="Bernard Shaw (journalist)">Bernard Shaw</a>, African-American journalist and television news reporter (d. <a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_24" title="May 24">May 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brodsky" title="Joseph Brodsky">Joseph Brodsky</a>, Russian-born poet, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (d. <a href="/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_26" title="May 26">May 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Levon_Helm" title="Levon Helm">Levon Helm</a>, American musician and actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_27" title="May 27">May 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sotsha_Dlamini" title="Sotsha Dlamini">Sotsha Dlamini</a>, 5th Prime Minister of Swaziland (d. <a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_29" title="May 29">May 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Farooq_Leghari" title="Farooq Leghari">Farooq Leghari</a>, 8th <a href="/wiki/President_of_Pakistan" title="President of Pakistan">President of Pakistan</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2010" title="2010">2010</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_2">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Rene_Auberjonois,_by_Kyle_Cassidy_(Cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Rene_Auberjonois%2C_by_Kyle_Cassidy_%28Cropped%29.jpg/100px-Rene_Auberjonois%2C_by_Kyle_Cassidy_%28Cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="125" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Rene_Auberjonois%2C_by_Kyle_Cassidy_%28Cropped%29.jpg/150px-Rene_Auberjonois%2C_by_Kyle_Cassidy_%28Cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Rene_Auberjonois%2C_by_Kyle_Cassidy_%28Cropped%29.jpg/200px-Rene_Auberjonois%2C_by_Kyle_Cassidy_%28Cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1473" data-file-height="1836" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Auberjonois" title="René Auberjonois">René Auberjonois</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kip_Thorne_by_Christopher_Michel_copy_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Kip_Thorne_by_Christopher_Michel_copy_2022.jpg/100px-Kip_Thorne_by_Christopher_Michel_copy_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Kip_Thorne_by_Christopher_Michel_copy_2022.jpg/150px-Kip_Thorne_by_Christopher_Michel_copy_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Kip_Thorne_by_Christopher_Michel_copy_2022.jpg/200px-Kip_Thorne_by_Christopher_Michel_copy_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6480" data-file-height="9720" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kip_Thorne" title="Kip Thorne">Kip Thorne</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:King_Constantine.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/King_Constantine.jpg/100px-King_Constantine.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/King_Constantine.jpg/150px-King_Constantine.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/King_Constantine.jpg/200px-King_Constantine.jpg 2x" data-file-width="866" data-file-height="1188" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Constantine_II_of_Greece" title="Constantine II of Greece">Constantine II of Greece</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sir_Tom_Jones_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_(cropped-2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sir_Tom_Jones_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped-2%29.jpg/100px-Sir_Tom_Jones_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped-2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sir_Tom_Jones_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped-2%29.jpg/150px-Sir_Tom_Jones_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped-2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Sir_Tom_Jones_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped-2%29.jpg/200px-Sir_Tom_Jones_at_The_Queen%27s_Birthday_Party_%28cropped-2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="330" data-file-height="485" /></a><figcaption>Sir <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)" title="Tom Jones (singer)">Tom Jones</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nancy_Sinatra.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Nancy_Sinatra.JPG/100px-Nancy_Sinatra.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="126" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Nancy_Sinatra.JPG/150px-Nancy_Sinatra.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Nancy_Sinatra.JPG/200px-Nancy_Sinatra.JPG 2x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="383" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nancy_Sinatra" title="Nancy Sinatra">Nancy Sinatra</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wilma_Rudolph_1960.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Wilma_Rudolph_1960.jpg/100px-Wilma_Rudolph_1960.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Wilma_Rudolph_1960.jpg/150px-Wilma_Rudolph_1960.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/Wilma_Rudolph_1960.jpg/200px-Wilma_Rudolph_1960.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1364" data-file-height="1980" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Wilma_Rudolph" title="Wilma Rudolph">Wilma Rudolph</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/June_1" title="June 1">June 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Auberjonois" title="René Auberjonois">René Auberjonois</a>, American screen actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kip_Thorne" title="Kip Thorne">Kip Thorne</a>, American gravitational physicist, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize</a> laureate</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_2" title="June 2">June 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Constantine_II_of_Greece" title="Constantine II of Greece">Constantine II of Greece</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2023" title="2023">2023</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_4" title="June 4">June 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ludwig_Schwarz" title="Ludwig Schwarz">Ludwig Schwarz</a>, Austrian prelate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_7" title="June 7">June 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Little" title="Samuel Little">Samuel Little</a>, American serial killer (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Tom_Jones_(singer)" title="Tom Jones (singer)">Tom Jones</a>, Welsh singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Pickup" title="Ronald Pickup">Ronald Pickup</a>, English actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_8" title="June 8">June 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nancy_Sinatra" title="Nancy Sinatra">Nancy Sinatra</a>, American singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_9" title="June 9">June 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Barry_McDonald_(rugby_union)" title="Barry McDonald (rugby union)">Barry McDonald</a>, Papua New Guinea-Australian rugby union player (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_13" title="June 13">June 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Freeman" title="Bobby Freeman">Bobby Freeman</a>, American singer, songwriter (d. <a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_14" title="June 14">June 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Bannon_(American_actor)" title="Jack Bannon (American actor)">Jack Bannon</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_16" title="June 16">June 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Neil_Goldschmidt" title="Neil Goldschmidt">Neil Goldschmidt</a>, American politician, Governor of Oregon (d. <a href="/wiki/2024" title="2024">2024</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Gun-Jin_Wang" class="mw-redirect" title="Taylor Gun-Jin Wang">Taylor Gun-Jin Wang</a>, Chinese-American astronaut</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thea_White" title="Thea White">Thea White</a>, American voice actress (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_17" title="June 17">June 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Akerlof" title="George Akerlof">George Akerlof</a>, American economist, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Economics" class="mw-redirect" title="Nobel Prize in Economics">Nobel Prize</a> laureate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Saibou" title="Ali Saibou">Ali Saibou</a>, 3rd President of Niger (d. <a href="/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_18" title="June 18">June 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Phillip_E._Johnson" title="Phillip E. Johnson">Phillip E. Johnson</a>, American lawyer and author (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_20" title="June 20">June 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eugen_Drewermann" title="Eugen Drewermann">Eugen Drewermann</a>, German theologian, activist and priest</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Mahoney" title="John Mahoney">John Mahoney</a>, English-born American actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Ruse" title="Michael Ruse">Michael Ruse</a>, British-Canadian philosopher</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_22" title="June 22">June 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Egon_Henninger" title="Egon Henninger">Egon Henninger</a>, German swimmer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abbas_Kiarostami" title="Abbas Kiarostami">Abbas Kiarostami</a>, Iranian film director, screenwriter and producer (d. <a href="/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a>)</li> <li>Dame <a href="/wiki/Esther_Rantzen" title="Esther Rantzen">Esther Rantzen</a>, British broadcaster</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_23" title="June 23">June 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Willie_Wallace" title="Willie Wallace">Willie Wallace</a>, Scottish football player, coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wilma_Rudolph" title="Wilma Rudolph">Wilma Rudolph</a>, American Olympic athlete (d. <a href="/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_24" title="June 24">June 24</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hope_Cooke" title="Hope Cooke">Hope Cooke</a>, American socialite, Queen Consort of Sikkim</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murali_Mohan" title="Murali Mohan">Murali Mohan</a>, Indian film actor, producer, politician and business executive</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Ofonagoro" title="Walter Ofonagoro">Walter Ofonagoro</a>, Nigerian scholar, politician and businessman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Ross_(newsreader)" title="Ian Ross (newsreader)">Ian Ross</a>, Australian newsreader (d. <a href="/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vittorio_Storaro" title="Vittorio Storaro">Vittorio Storaro</a>, Italian cinematographer</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_25" title="June 25">June 25</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_K%C3%B6hler" title="Thomas Köhler">Thomas Köhler</a>, East German luger</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Beth_Peil" title="Mary Beth Peil">Mary Beth Peil</a>, American actress and singer</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_26" title="June 26">June 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jerry_Fujio" title="Jerry Fujio">Jerry Fujio</a>, Japanese singer, actor and tarento</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_27" title="June 27">June 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anil_Karanjai" title="Anil Karanjai">Anil Karanjai</a>, Indian painter of the <a href="/wiki/Hungry_generation" title="Hungry generation">Hungry generation</a> movement (d. <a href="/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_28" title="June 28">June 28</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karpal_Singh" title="Karpal Singh">Karpal Singh</a>, Malaysian politician, lawyer (d. <a href="/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muhammad_Yunus" title="Muhammad Yunus">Muhammad Yunus</a>, Bangladeshi founder of <a href="/wiki/Grameen_Bank" title="Grameen Bank">Grameen Bank</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Prize</a> laureate</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_29" title="June 29">June 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Vyacheslav_Artyomov" title="Vyacheslav Artyomov">Vyacheslav Artyomov</a>, Russian composer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_30" title="June 30">June 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Neelo" title="Neelo">Neelo</a>, Indian actress</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_2">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jerzy_Buzek,_2010.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Jerzy_Buzek%2C_2010.JPG/100px-Jerzy_Buzek%2C_2010.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Jerzy_Buzek%2C_2010.JPG/150px-Jerzy_Buzek%2C_2010.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Jerzy_Buzek%2C_2010.JPG/200px-Jerzy_Buzek%2C_2010.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1716" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Buzek" title="Jerzy Buzek">Jerzy Buzek</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nursultan_Nazarbayev_at_the_Enthronement_of_Naruhito_(2)).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Nursultan_Nazarbayev_at_the_Enthronement_of_Naruhito_%282%29%29.jpg/100px-Nursultan_Nazarbayev_at_the_Enthronement_of_Naruhito_%282%29%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Nursultan_Nazarbayev_at_the_Enthronement_of_Naruhito_%282%29%29.jpg/150px-Nursultan_Nazarbayev_at_the_Enthronement_of_Naruhito_%282%29%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Nursultan_Nazarbayev_at_the_Enthronement_of_Naruhito_%282%29%29.jpg/200px-Nursultan_Nazarbayev_at_the_Enthronement_of_Naruhito_%282%29%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="560" data-file-height="773" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nursultan_Nazarbayev" title="Nursultan Nazarbayev">Nursultan Nazarbayev</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ringo_Starr.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ringo_Starr.png/100px-Ringo_Starr.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ringo_Starr.png/150px-Ringo_Starr.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Ringo_Starr.png/200px-Ringo_Starr.png 2x" data-file-width="635" data-file-height="780" /></a><figcaption>Sir <a href="/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title="Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Patrick_Stewart_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Patrick_Stewart_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/100px-Patrick_Stewart_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Patrick_Stewart_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/150px-Patrick_Stewart_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Patrick_Stewart_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/200px-Patrick_Stewart_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1297" data-file-height="1686" /></a><figcaption>Sir <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Stewart" title="Patrick Stewart">Patrick Stewart</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fontella_Bass.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Fontella_Bass.png/100px-Fontella_Bass.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="159" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Fontella_Bass.png/150px-Fontella_Bass.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Fontella_Bass.png/200px-Fontella_Bass.png 2x" data-file-width="448" data-file-height="713" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Fontella_Bass" title="Fontella Bass">Fontella Bass</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Princess_Hitachi_2012-1-2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Princess_Hitachi_2012-1-2.jpg/100px-Princess_Hitachi_2012-1-2.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Princess_Hitachi_2012-1-2.jpg/150px-Princess_Hitachi_2012-1-2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Princess_Hitachi_2012-1-2.jpg/200px-Princess_Hitachi_2012-1-2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hanako,_Princess_Hitachi" title="Hanako, Princess Hitachi">Hanako, Princess Hitachi</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_1" title="July 1">July 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fukunohana_Koichi" title="Fukunohana Koichi">Fukunohana Koichi</a>, Japanese sumo wrestler</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Craig_Brown_(footballer,_born_1940)" title="Craig Brown (footballer, born 1940)">Craig Brown</a>, Scottish footballer, manager</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Razzak_Ahmed" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdul Razzak Ahmed">Abdul Razzak Ahmed</a>, Iraqi football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wathiq_Naji" title="Wathiq Naji">Wathiq Naji</a>, Iraqi football manager</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_2" title="July 2">July 2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Bryant" title="Joshua Bryant">Joshua Bryant</a>, American actor, director, author and speaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruriko_Asaoka" title="Ruriko Asaoka">Ruriko Asaoka</a>, Japanese actress</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_3" title="July 3">July 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lamar_Alexander" title="Lamar Alexander">Lamar Alexander</a>, American politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fontella_Bass" title="Fontella Bass">Fontella Bass</a>, African-American soul singer ("<a href="/wiki/Rescue_Me_(Fontella_Bass_song)" title="Rescue Me (Fontella Bass song)">Rescue Me</a>") (d. <a href="/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerzy_Buzek" title="Jerzy Buzek">Jerzy Buzek</a>, Polish politician, 8th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Poland" title="Prime Minister of Poland">Prime Minister of Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jose_Alberto_Laboy" class="mw-redirect" title="Jose Alberto Laboy">Jose Alberto Laboy</a>, Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lance_Larson" title="Lance Larson">Lance Larson</a>, American competition swimmer, Olympic champion and world record-holder in four events</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Sieminski" title="Chuck Sieminski">Chuck Sieminski</a>, American football player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Tovar" title="César Tovar">César Tovar</a>, Venezuelan baseball player (d. <a href="/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mario_Zanin_(cyclist)" title="Mario Zanin (cyclist)">Mario Zanin</a>, Italian cyclist</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_4" title="July 4">July 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Deidre_Catt" title="Deidre Catt">Deidre Catt</a>, English tennis player</li> <li>Nasser Madani, Iranian fencer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gene_McDowell" title="Gene McDowell">Gene McDowell</a>, American college football coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Stapleton_(ice_hockey)" title="Pat Stapleton (ice hockey)">Pat Stapleton</a>, Canadian ice hockey player</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_5" title="July 5">July 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Reiko_Kusamura" title="Reiko Kusamura">Reiko Kusamura</a>, Japanese actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_6" title="July 6">July 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nursultan_Nazarbayev" title="Nursultan Nazarbayev">Nursultan Nazarbayev</a>, 1st <a href="/wiki/President_of_Kazakhstan" title="President of Kazakhstan">President of Kazakhstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siti_Norma_Yaakob" title="Siti Norma Yaakob">Siti Norma Yaakob</a>, Malaysian lawyer and judge</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_7" title="July 7">July 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Keun-hak" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee Keun-hak">Lee Keun-hak</a>, North Korean football player</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Ringo_Starr" title="Ringo Starr">Ringo Starr</a>, English musician, singer, songwriter and actor (<a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ir%C3%A8ne_Sweyd" title="Irène Sweyd">Irène Sweyd</a>, Belgian swimmer</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_9" title="July 9">July 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Herminia_Roman" title="Herminia Roman">Herminia Roman</a>, Filipino politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_10" title="July 10">July 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Julie_Payne_(actress,_born_1940)" title="Julie Payne (actress, born 1940)">Julie Payne</a>, American actress (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tommy_Troelsen" title="Tommy Troelsen">Tommy Troelsen</a>, Danish footballer, manager and television presenter (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_13" title="July 13">July 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Prudhomme" title="Paul Prudhomme">Paul Prudhomme</a>, American celebrity chef, cookbook author (d. <a href="/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a>)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Stewart" title="Patrick Stewart">Patrick Stewart</a>, English actor (<i><a href="/wiki/Star_Trek:_The_Next_Generation" title="Star Trek: The Next Generation">Star Trek: The Next Generation</a></i>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_15" title="July 15">July 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Seay" title="Johnny Seay">Johnny Seay</a>, American country music singer (d. <a href="/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_17" title="July 17">July 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Francisco_Toledo" title="Francisco Toledo">Francisco Toledo</a>, Mexican painter, sculptor and graphic artist (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_18" title="July 18">July 18</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Brolin" title="James Brolin">James Brolin</a>, American actor, director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Mutharika" title="Peter Mutharika">Peter Mutharika</a>, 5th <a href="/wiki/President_of_Malawi" title="President of Malawi">President of Malawi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_19" title="July 19">July 19</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hanako,_Princess_Hitachi" title="Hanako, Princess Hitachi">Hanako, Princess Hitachi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikki_Carr" title="Vikki Carr">Vikki Carr</a>, American singer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anzor_Kavazashvili" title="Anzor Kavazashvili">Anzor Kavazashvili</a>, Soviet football goalkeeper</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_22" title="July 22">July 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Sixtus_Henry_of_Bourbon-Parma" title="Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma">Prince Sixtus Henry of Bourbon-Parma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Trebek" title="Alex Trebek">Alex Trebek</a>, Canadian game show host (<i><a href="/wiki/Jeopardy!" title="Jeopardy!">Jeopardy!</a></i>) (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_26" title="July 26">July 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Jo_Kopechne" title="Mary Jo Kopechne">Mary Jo Kopechne</a>, American aide to <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kennedy" title="Ted Kennedy">Ted Kennedy</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1969" title="1969">1969</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_27" title="July 27">July 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pina_Bausch" title="Pina Bausch">Pina Bausch</a>, German choreographer (d. <a href="/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bharati_Mukherjee" title="Bharati Mukherjee">Bharati Mukherjee</a>, Indian-born novelist (d. <a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_30" title="July 30">July 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Clive_Sinclair" title="Clive Sinclair">Clive Sinclair</a>, English inventor (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_2">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheen,_Martin_(2008).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Sheen%2C_Martin_%282008%29.jpg/100px-Sheen%2C_Martin_%282008%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Sheen%2C_Martin_%282008%29.jpg/150px-Sheen%2C_Martin_%282008%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Sheen%2C_Martin_%282008%29.jpg/200px-Sheen%2C_Martin_%282008%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1020" data-file-height="1437" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Martin_Sheen" title="Martin Sheen">Martin Sheen</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jean-Luc_Dehaene_675_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jean-Luc_Dehaene_675_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Jean-Luc_Dehaene_675_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jean-Luc_Dehaene_675_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Jean-Luc_Dehaene_675_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Jean-Luc_Dehaene_675_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Jean-Luc_Dehaene_675_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1324" data-file-height="1624" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Dehaene" title="Jean-Luc Dehaene">Jean-Luc Dehaene</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jack_Thompson_speaks_at_the_media_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Jack_Thompson_speaks_at_the_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Jack_Thompson_speaks_at_the_media_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="113" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Jack_Thompson_speaks_at_the_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Jack_Thompson_speaks_at_the_media_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Jack_Thompson_speaks_at_the_media_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Jack_Thompson_speaks_at_the_media_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1005" data-file-height="1132" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(actor)" title="Jack Thompson (actor)">Jack Thompson</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_1" title="August 1">August 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ram_Loevy" title="Ram Loevy">Ram Loevy</a>, Israeli screenwriter, director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_3" title="August 3">August 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Martin_Sheen" title="Martin Sheen">Martin Sheen</a>, American actor, father of <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Sheen" title="Charlie Sheen">Charlie Sheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_7" title="August 7">August 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Dehaene" title="Jean-Luc Dehaene">Jean-Luc Dehaene</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">Prime Minister of Belgium</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Barlow_(Kentucky_politician)" title="Thomas Barlow (Kentucky politician)">Thomas Barlow</a>, American politician (d. <a href="/wiki/2017" title="2017">2017</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_8" title="August 8">August 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dilip_Sardesai" title="Dilip Sardesai">Dilip Sardesai</a>, Indian cricketer (d. <a href="/wiki/2007" title="2007">2007</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_10" title="August 10">August 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Hatfield" title="Bobby Hatfield">Bobby Hatfield</a>, American singer (<i><a href="/wiki/The_Righteous_Brothers" title="The Righteous Brothers">The Righteous Brothers</a></i>) (d. <a href="/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_12" title="August 12">August 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tony_Allen_(musician)" title="Tony Allen (musician)">Tony Allen</a>, Nigerian Afrobeat drummer (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_13" title="August 13">August 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dirk_Sager" title="Dirk Sager">Dirk Sager</a>, German journalist (d. <a href="/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tony_Cloninger" title="Tony Cloninger">Tony Cloninger</a>, American baseball player (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_14" title="August 14">August 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Galen_Hall" title="Galen Hall">Galen Hall</a>, American football coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Max_Schautzer" title="Max Schautzer">Max Schautzer</a>, Austrian-born German radio, television presenter</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_17" title="August 17">August 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Pairin_Kitingan" title="Joseph Pairin Kitingan">Joseph Pairin Kitingan</a>, Malaysian politician, Chief Minister Of <a href="/wiki/Sabah" title="Sabah">Sabah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_19" title="August 19">August 19</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Nash" title="Johnny Nash">Johnny Nash</a>, American singer-songwriter (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jill_St._John" title="Jill St. John">Jill St. John</a>, American actress</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_20" title="August 20">August 20</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Musa_Geshaev" title="Musa Geshaev">Musa Geshaev</a>, Chechen poet, historian (d. <a href="/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_K._Pachauri" title="Rajendra K. Pachauri">Rajendra K. Pachauri</a>, Indian scientist (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Waller_(fight_director)" title="John Waller (fight director)">John Waller</a>, English <a href="/wiki/Historical_European_martial_arts" title="Historical European martial arts">historical European martial arts</a> (HEMA) revival pioneer and <a href="/wiki/Fight_director" class="mw-redirect" title="Fight director">fight director</a> (d. 2018)<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_23" title="August 23">August 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Baker_(American_actor)" title="Tom Baker (American actor)">Tom Baker</a>, American actor (d. <a href="/wiki/1982" title="1982">1982</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Teresa_Fontela_Goulart" class="mw-redirect" title="Maria Teresa Fontela Goulart">Maria Teresa Fontela Goulart</a>, <a href="/wiki/First_Lady_of_Brazil" title="First Lady of Brazil">First Lady of Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Steitz" title="Thomas A. Steitz">Thomas A. Steitz</a>, American biochemist (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_25" title="August 25">August 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_van_Dam" title="José van Dam">José van Dam</a>, Belgian bass-baritone</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_26" title="August 26">August 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michel_Micombero" title="Michel Micombero">Michel Micombero</a>, 1st President of Burundi (d. <a href="/wiki/1983" title="1983">1983</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_27" title="August 27">August 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sonny_Sharrock" title="Sonny Sharrock">Sonny Sharrock</a>, American jazz musician (d. <a href="/wiki/1994" title="1994">1994</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_28" title="August 28">August 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Shabalala" title="Joseph Shabalala">Joseph Shabalala</a>, South African choral director (<i><a href="/wiki/Ladysmith_Black_Mambazo" title="Ladysmith Black Mambazo">Ladysmith Black Mambazo</a></i>) (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_29" title="August 29">August 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wim_Ruska" title="Wim Ruska">Wim Ruska</a>, Dutch wrestler, martial artist (d. <a href="/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_31" title="August 31">August 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(actor)" title="Jack Thompson (actor)">Jack Thompson</a>, Australian actor</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_2">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Raquel_Welch_in_The_Biggest_Bundle_of_Them_All.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Raquel_Welch_in_The_Biggest_Bundle_of_Them_All.jpg/100px-Raquel_Welch_in_The_Biggest_Bundle_of_Them_All.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Raquel_Welch_in_The_Biggest_Bundle_of_Them_All.jpg/150px-Raquel_Welch_in_The_Biggest_Bundle_of_Them_All.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Raquel_Welch_in_The_Biggest_Bundle_of_Them_All.jpg/200px-Raquel_Welch_in_The_Biggest_Bundle_of_Them_All.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="2160" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Raquel_Welch" title="Raquel Welch">Raquel Welch</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Brian_De_Palma_Deauville_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Brian_De_Palma_Deauville_2011.jpg/100px-Brian_De_Palma_Deauville_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Brian_De_Palma_Deauville_2011.jpg/150px-Brian_De_Palma_Deauville_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Brian_De_Palma_Deauville_2011.jpg/200px-Brian_De_Palma_Deauville_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="509" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Brian_De_Palma" title="Brian De Palma">Brian De Palma</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Linda_Gray.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Linda_Gray.jpg/100px-Linda_Gray.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Linda_Gray.jpg/150px-Linda_Gray.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Linda_Gray.jpg/200px-Linda_Gray.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1142" data-file-height="1586" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Linda_Gray" title="Linda Gray">Linda Gray</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C3%93scar_Arias_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/%C3%93scar_Arias_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-%C3%93scar_Arias_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/%C3%93scar_Arias_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-%C3%93scar_Arias_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/%C3%93scar_Arias_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-%C3%93scar_Arias_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1457" data-file-height="2010" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/%C3%93scar_Arias" title="Óscar Arias">Óscar Arias</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Frankie_Avalon_-_publicity.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Frankie_Avalon_-_publicity.JPG/100px-Frankie_Avalon_-_publicity.JPG" decoding="async" width="100" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Frankie_Avalon_-_publicity.JPG/150px-Frankie_Avalon_-_publicity.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Frankie_Avalon_-_publicity.JPG/200px-Frankie_Avalon_-_publicity.JPG 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="617" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Frankie_Avalon" title="Frankie Avalon">Frankie Avalon</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michel_Temer_(foto_oficial).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Michel_Temer_%28foto_oficial%29.jpg/100px-Michel_Temer_%28foto_oficial%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Michel_Temer_%28foto_oficial%29.jpg/150px-Michel_Temer_%28foto_oficial%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Michel_Temer_%28foto_oficial%29.jpg/200px-Michel_Temer_%28foto_oficial%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3543" data-file-height="5315" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Michel_Temer" title="Michel Temer">Michel Temer</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September_1" title="September 1">September 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ya%C5%9Far_B%C3%BCy%C3%BCkan%C4%B1t" title="Yaşar Büyükanıt">Yaşar Büyükanıt</a>, Turkish military officer (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Annie_Ernaux" title="Annie Ernaux">Annie Ernaux</a>, French author, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize</a> laureate<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_3" title="September 3">September 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Galeano" title="Eduardo Galeano">Eduardo Galeano</a>, Uruguayan writer (d. <a href="/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Warioba" title="Joseph Warioba">Joseph Warioba</a>, 5th Prime Minister of Tanzania</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_5" title="September 5">September 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Raquel_Welch" title="Raquel Welch">Raquel Welch</a>, American actress (d. <a href="/wiki/2023" title="2023">2023</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_6" title="September 6">September 6</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elwyn_Berlekamp" title="Elwyn Berlekamp">Elwyn Berlekamp</a>, American mathematician (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackie_Trent" title="Jackie Trent">Jackie Trent</a>, English singer-songwriter, actress (d. <a href="/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_7" title="September 7">September 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dario_Argento" title="Dario Argento">Dario Argento</a>, Italian filmmaker</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdurrahman_Wahid" title="Abdurrahman Wahid">Abdurrahman Wahid</a>, 4th President of Indonesia (d. <a href="/wiki/2009" title="2009">2009</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Roy_Ayers" title="Roy Ayers">Roy Ayers</a>, African-American musician, songwriter</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mann_(artist)" title="David Mann (artist)">David Mann</a>, American artist (d. <a href="/wiki/2004" title="2004">2004</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kim_En_Jong" title="Kim En Jong">Kim En Jong</a>, Korean dominican monk and painter</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_11" title="September 11">September 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Brian_De_Palma" title="Brian De Palma">Brian De Palma</a>, American film director</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ajit_Singh_(economist)" title="Ajit Singh (economist)">Ajit Singh</a>, Indian-born economist (d. <a href="/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_12" title="September 12">September 12</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joachim_Frank" title="Joachim Frank">Joachim Frank</a>, German-born biophysicist, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize</a> laureate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Gray" title="Linda Gray">Linda Gray</a>, American model, actress (<i><a href="/wiki/Dallas_(1978_TV_series)" title="Dallas (1978 TV series)">Dallas</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skip_Hinnant" title="Skip Hinnant">Skip Hinnant</a>, American actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mickey_Lolich" title="Mickey Lolich">Mickey Lolich</a>, American baseball player</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_13" title="September 13">September 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/%C3%93scar_Arias" title="Óscar Arias">Óscar Arias</a>, Costa Rican politician, twice <a href="/wiki/President_of_Costa_Rica" title="President of Costa Rica">President of Costa Rica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Nobel Peace Prize</a> laureate</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_14" title="September 14">September 14</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Larry_Brown_(basketball)" title="Larry Brown (basketball)">Larry Brown</a>, American basketball player, coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Greenwood" title="Barbara Greenwood">Barbara Greenwood</a>, Canadian educator and children's author</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_18" title="September 18">September 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frankie_Avalon" title="Frankie Avalon">Frankie Avalon</a>, American singer and actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_19" title="September 19">September 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Williams_(songwriter)" title="Paul Williams (songwriter)">Paul Williams</a>, American songwriter, singer and actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tar%C5%8D_As%C5%8D" title="Tarō Asō">Tarō Asō</a>, 59th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Japan" title="Prime Minister of Japan">Prime Minister of Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_22" title="September 22">September 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anna_Karina" title="Anna Karina">Anna Karina</a>, Danish-French actress (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_23" title="September 23">September 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mohammad-Reza_Shajarian" title="Mohammad-Reza Shajarian">Mohammad-Reza Shajarian</a>, Iranian traditional singer (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michel_Temer" title="Michel Temer">Michel Temer</a>, Brazilian politician, <a href="/wiki/President_of_Brazil" title="President of Brazil">President of Brazil</a> between 2016 and 2018.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_24" title="September 24">September 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michiko_Suganuma" title="Michiko Suganuma">Michiko Suganuma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Urushi" class="mw-redirect" title="Urushi">Urushi</a> <a href="/wiki/Japanese_lacquer" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese lacquer">Japanese lacquer</a> artist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_27" title="September 27">September 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mishal_Al-Ahmad_Al-Jaber_Al-Sabah" title="Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah">Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah</a>, emir of Kuwait</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_2">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Lennon,_1974_(restored_cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/John_Lennon%2C_1974_%28restored_cropped%29.jpg/100px-John_Lennon%2C_1974_%28restored_cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="133" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/John_Lennon%2C_1974_%28restored_cropped%29.jpg/150px-John_Lennon%2C_1974_%28restored_cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/John_Lennon%2C_1974_%28restored_cropped%29.jpg/200px-John_Lennon%2C_1974_%28restored_cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2233" data-file-height="2980" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg/100px-Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg/150px-Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg/200px-Michael_Gambon_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1430" data-file-height="1504" /></a><figcaption>Sir <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pele_con_brasil_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Pele_con_brasil_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Pele_con_brasil_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Pele_con_brasil_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Pele_con_brasil_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Pele_con_brasil_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Pele_con_brasil_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="388" data-file-height="526" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Pel%C3%A9" title="Pelé">Pelé</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_1" title="October 1">October 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Pattikawa" title="Chris Pattikawa">Chris Pattikawa</a>, Indonesian film director and producer (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jean-Luc_Bideau" title="Jean-Luc Bideau">Jean-Luc Bideau</a>, Swiss actor</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_3" title="October 3">October 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mike_Troy" title="Mike Troy">Mike Troy</a>, American swimmer (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_4" title="October 4">October 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ian_Kiernan" title="Ian Kiernan">Ian Kiernan</a>, Australian yachtsman (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_5" title="October 5">October 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Milena_Dravi%C4%87" title="Milena Dravić">Milena Dravić</a>, Serbian actress (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_6" title="October 6">October 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Warnock" title="John Warnock">John Warnock</a>, American computer scientist, co-founded <a href="/wiki/Adobe_Inc." title="Adobe Inc.">Adobe Inc.</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2023" title="2023">2023</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_9" title="October 9">October 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Lennon" title="John Lennon">John Lennon</a>, English musician, singer-songwriter (<a href="/wiki/The_Beatles" title="The Beatles">The Beatles</a>) (d. <a href="/wiki/1980" title="1980">1980</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_13" title="October 13">October 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pharoah_Sanders" title="Pharoah Sanders">Pharoah Sanders</a>, American saxophonist (d. <a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_14" title="October 14">October 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Richard" title="Cliff Richard">Cliff Richard</a>, British pop musician, actor and philanthropist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_15" title="October 15">October 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Doherty_(immunologist)" title="Peter Doherty (immunologist)">Peter Doherty</a>, Australian immunologist, recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_16" title="October 16">October 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barry_Corbin" title="Barry Corbin">Barry Corbin</a>, American actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_DeBusschere" title="Dave DeBusschere">Dave DeBusschere</a>, American basketball player and coach, baseball player (d. <a href="/wiki/2003" title="2003">2003</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_17" title="October 17">October 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Stringfellow" title="Peter Stringfellow">Peter Stringfellow</a>, English businessman, nightclub owner (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_18" title="October 18">October 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gy%C5%91z%C5%91_Kulcs%C3%A1r" title="Győző Kulcsár">Győző Kulcsár</a>, Hungarian fencer (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_19" title="October 19">October 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Sir Michael Gambon</a>, British-Irish actor (d. <a href="/wiki/2023" title="2023">2023</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_20" title="October 20">October 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Pinsky" title="Robert Pinsky">Robert Pinsky</a>, American poet, essayist, literary critic and translator, <a href="/wiki/United_States_Poet_Laureate" title="United States Poet Laureate">United States Poet Laureate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_21" title="October 21">October 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Boycott" title="Geoffrey Boycott">Geoffrey Boycott</a>, English cricketer</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manfred_Mann_(musician)" title="Manfred Mann (musician)">Manfred Mann</a>, South African rock musician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marita_Petersen" title="Marita Petersen">Marita Petersen</a>, 8th Prime Minister of Faroe Islands (d. <a href="/wiki/2001" title="2001">2001</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_23" title="October 23">October 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pel%C3%A9" title="Pelé">Pelé</a>, Brazilian footballer (d. <a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_24" title="October 24">October 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Yossi_Sarid" title="Yossi Sarid">Yossi Sarid</a>, Israeli politician (d. <a href="/wiki/2015" title="2015">2015</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_25" title="October 25">October 25</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Knight" title="Bob Knight">Bob Knight</a>, American basketball player and coach (d. <a href="/wiki/2023" title="2023">2023</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Apolo_Nsibambi" title="Apolo Nsibambi">Apolo Nsibambi</a>, Ugandan politician, 8th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Uganda" title="Prime Minister of Uganda">Prime Minister of Uganda</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_27" title="October 27">October 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/John_Gotti" title="John Gotti">John Gotti</a>, American gangster (d. <a href="/wiki/2002" title="2002">2002</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_28" title="October 28">October 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jack_Shepherd_(actor)" title="Jack Shepherd (actor)">Jack Shepherd</a>, English actor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_29" title="October 29">October 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Frida_Boccara" title="Frida Boccara">Frida Boccara</a>, French singer (d. <a href="/wiki/1996" title="1996">1996</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Lalla_Nuzha_of_Morocco" title="Princess Lalla Nuzha of Morocco">Princess Lalla Nuzha</a>, princess of Morocco (d. <a href="/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_30" title="October 30">October 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Hidetoshi_Nagasawa" title="Hidetoshi Nagasawa">Hidetoshi Nagasawa</a>, Japanese sculptor, architect (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_2">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:QaboosBinSaidAlSaid_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/QaboosBinSaidAlSaid_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-QaboosBinSaidAlSaid_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="114" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/QaboosBinSaidAlSaid_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-QaboosBinSaidAlSaid_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/QaboosBinSaidAlSaid_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-QaboosBinSaidAlSaid_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="855" data-file-height="974" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Qaboos_bin_Said" title="Qaboos bin Said">Qaboos bin Said</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bruce_Lee_1973.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Bruce_Lee_1973.jpg/100px-Bruce_Lee_1973.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Bruce_Lee_1973.jpg/150px-Bruce_Lee_1973.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Bruce_Lee_1973.jpg/200px-Bruce_Lee_1973.jpg 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="689" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bruce_Lee" title="Bruce Lee">Bruce Lee</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_5" title="November 5">November 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jaime_Rold%C3%B3s_Aguilera" title="Jaime Roldós Aguilera">Jaime Roldós Aguilera</a>, 33rd <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ecuador" title="President of Ecuador">President of Ecuador</a> (1979-1981) (d. <a href="/wiki/1981" title="1981">1981</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_12" title="November 12">November 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Donald_Wuerl" title="Donald Wuerl">Donald Wuerl</a>, American archbishop</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_15" title="November 15">November 15</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wolf_Biermann" title="Wolf Biermann">Wolf Biermann</a>, German singer, songwriter and East German dissident</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roberto_Cavalli" title="Roberto Cavalli">Roberto Cavalli</a>, Italian designer (d. <a href="/wiki/2024" title="2024">2024</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Waterston" title="Sam Waterston">Sam Waterston</a>, American actor</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_17" title="November 17">November 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Luke_Kelly" title="Luke Kelly">Luke Kelly</a>, Irish ballad singer (d. <a href="/wiki/1984" title="1984">1984</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_18" title="November 18">November 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Qaboos_bin_Said" title="Qaboos bin Said">Qaboos bin Said</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sultan_of_Oman" class="mw-redirect" title="Sultan of Oman">Sultan of Oman</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_20" title="November 20">November 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Helma_Sanders-Brahms" title="Helma Sanders-Brahms">Helma Sanders-Brahms</a>, German film director (d. <a href="/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_21" title="November 21">November 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Richard_Marcinko" title="Richard Marcinko">Richard Marcinko</a>, U.S. Navy SEAL team member, author (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_22" title="November 22">November 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alberto_Fouilloux" class="mw-redirect" title="Alberto Fouilloux">Alberto Fouilloux</a>, Chilean footballer (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Gilliam" title="Terry Gilliam">Terry Gilliam</a>, American-born British screenwriter, director and animator (<i><a href="/wiki/Monty_Python%27s_Flying_Circus" title="Monty Python's Flying Circus">Monty Python's Flying Circus</a></i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Andrzej_%C5%BBu%C5%82awski" title="Andrzej Żuławski">Andrzej Żuławski</a>, Polish film director, writer (d. <a href="/wiki/2016" title="2016">2016</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_25" title="November 25">November 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joe_Gibbs" title="Joe Gibbs">Joe Gibbs</a>, American football coach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_27" title="November 27">November 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Lee" title="Bruce Lee">Bruce Lee</a>, Chinese-American martial artist, actor (d. <a href="/wiki/1973" title="1973">1973</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_29" title="November 29">November 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chuck_Mangione" title="Chuck Mangione">Chuck Mangione</a>, American flugelhorn player</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_2">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Richard_Pryor,_1976.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Richard_Pryor%2C_1976.jpg/100px-Richard_Pryor%2C_1976.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Richard_Pryor%2C_1976.jpg/150px-Richard_Pryor%2C_1976.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Richard_Pryor%2C_1976.jpg/200px-Richard_Pryor%2C_1976.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2617" data-file-height="3862" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dionne_Warwick_2021.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Dionne_Warwick_2021.jpg/100px-Dionne_Warwick_2021.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Dionne_Warwick_2021.jpg/150px-Dionne_Warwick_2021.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Dionne_Warwick_2021.jpg/200px-Dionne_Warwick_2021.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2720" data-file-height="3199" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Dionne_Warwick" title="Dionne Warwick">Dionne Warwick</a></figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Zappa_16011977_01_300.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Zappa_16011977_01_300.jpg/100px-Zappa_16011977_01_300.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Zappa_16011977_01_300.jpg/150px-Zappa_16011977_01_300.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Zappa_16011977_01_300.jpg/200px-Zappa_16011977_01_300.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December_1" title="December 1">December 1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Pryor" title="Richard Pryor">Richard Pryor</a>, American stand-up comedian, actor and writer (d. <a href="/wiki/2005" title="2005">2005</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/M%C3%A1rio_da_Gra%C3%A7a_Machungo" title="Mário da Graça Machungo">Mário da Graça Machungo</a>, <a href="/wiki/List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_Mozambique" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Prime Ministers of Mozambique">1st Prime Minister of Mozambique</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2020" title="2020">2020</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_2" title="December 2">December 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Connie_Booth" title="Connie Booth">Connie Booth</a>, British actress</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_4" title="December 4">December 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gary_Gilmore" title="Gary Gilmore">Gary Gilmore</a>, American murderer (d. <a href="/wiki/1977" title="1977">1977</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_11" title="December 11">December 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/David_Gates" title="David Gates">David Gates</a>, American singer-songwriter (<a href="/wiki/Bread_(band)" title="Bread (band)">Bread</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_Mills" title="Donna Mills">Donna Mills</a>, American actress</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_12" title="December 12">December 12</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sharad_Pawar" title="Sharad Pawar">Sharad Pawar</a>, Indian politician</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dionne_Warwick" title="Dionne Warwick">Dionne Warwick</a>, African-American singer and actress</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_19" title="December 19">December 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Phil_Ochs" title="Phil Ochs">Phil Ochs</a>, American <a href="/wiki/Protest_singer" class="mw-redirect" title="Protest singer">protest singer</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/1976" title="1976">1976</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_21" title="December 21">December 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frank_Zappa" title="Frank Zappa">Frank Zappa</a>, American musician, composer and satirist (d. <a href="/wiki/1993" title="1993">1993</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_23" title="December 23">December 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mamnoon_Hussain" title="Mamnoon Hussain">Mamnoon Hussain</a>, 12th President of Pakistan (d. <a href="/wiki/2021" title="2021">2021</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jorma_Kaukonen" title="Jorma Kaukonen">Jorma Kaukonen</a>, American musician (<a href="/wiki/Jefferson_Airplane" title="Jefferson Airplane">Jefferson Airplane</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_24" title="December 24">December 24</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Janet_Carroll" title="Janet Carroll">Janet Carroll</a>, American actress, singer (d. <a href="/wiki/2012" title="2012">2012</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_S._Fauci" class="mw-redirect" title="Anthony S. Fauci">Anthony S. Fauci</a>, American immunologist</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Str%C3%A1sk%C3%BD" title="Jan Stráský">Jan Stráský</a>, 20th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Czechoslovakia" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia">Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia</a> (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_25" title="December 25">December 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alija_Behmen" title="Alija Behmen">Alija Behmen</a>, Bosnian politician (d. <a href="/wiki/2018" title="2018">2018</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_26" title="December 26">December 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edward_C._Prescott" title="Edward C. Prescott">Edward C. Prescott</a>, American economist, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Memorial_Prize_in_Economic_Sciences" title="Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (d. <a href="/wiki/2022" title="2022">2022</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_28" title="December 28">December 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Don_Francisco_(television_host)" title="Don Francisco (television host)">Don Francisco</a>, Chilean-American television host</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_29" title="December 29">December 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Hansen" title="Fred Hansen">Fred Hansen</a>, American Olympic athlete</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brigitte_Kronauer" title="Brigitte Kronauer">Brigitte Kronauer</a>, German novelist (d. <a href="/wiki/2019" title="2019">2019</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_30" title="December 30">December 30</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Burrows" title="James Burrows">James Burrows</a>, American television director<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philippe_Cousteau" title="Philippe Cousteau">Philippe Cousteau</a>, French diver and cinematographer (d. <a href="/wiki/1979" title="1979">1979</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deaths">Deaths</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Deaths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <table id="toc" class="toc" summary="Deaths" style="margin: auto; text-align: center; display: inline-block;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Deaths </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="#January_3">January</a> · <a href="#February_3">February</a> · <a href="#March_3">March</a> · <a href="#April_3">April</a> · <a href="#May_3">May</a> · <a href="#June_3">June</a> · <a href="#July_3">July</a> · <a href="#August_3">August</a> · <a href="#September_3">September</a> · <a href="#October_3">October</a> · <a href="#November_3">November</a> · <a href="#December_3">December</a> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="January_3">January</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: January"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/January_1" title="January 1">January 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Fusajiro_Yamauchi" title="Fusajiro Yamauchi">Fusajiro Yamauchi</a>, Japanese business executive (b. <a href="/wiki/1868" title="1868">1868</a>)<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_4" title="January 4">January 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Flora_Finch" title="Flora Finch">Flora Finch</a>, English-born actress, comedian (b. <a href="/wiki/1867" title="1867">1867</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_9" title="January 9">January 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alex_Bennett_(footballer)" title="Alex Bennett (footballer)">Alex Bennett</a>, Scottish footballer (b. <a href="/wiki/1881" title="1881">1881</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_15" title="January 15">January 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kallirhoe_Parren" class="mw-redirect" title="Kallirhoe Parren">Kallirhoe Parren</a>, founder of the Greek women's movement (b. <a href="/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_18" title="January 18">January 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Kazimierz_Przerwa-Tetmajer" title="Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer">Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer</a>, Polish poet, writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_20" title="January 20">January 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Omar_Bundy" title="Omar Bundy">Omar Bundy</a>, U.S. Army general (b. <a href="/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_22" title="January 22">January 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Carewe" title="Edwin Carewe">Edwin Carewe</a>, Native American director (b. <a href="/wiki/1883" title="1883">1883</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_27" title="January 27">January 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Isaac_Babel" title="Isaac Babel">Isaac Babel</a>, Ukrainian writer (executed) (b. <a href="/wiki/1894" title="1894">1894</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/January_29" title="January 29">January 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nedo_Nadi" title="Nedo Nadi">Nedo Nadi</a>, Italian fencer (b. <a href="/wiki/1894" title="1894">1894</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="February_3">February</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: February"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Gunnar_H%C3%B6ckert_1936.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Gunnar_H%C3%B6ckert_1936.jpg/100px-Gunnar_H%C3%B6ckert_1936.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Gunnar_H%C3%B6ckert_1936.jpg/150px-Gunnar_H%C3%B6ckert_1936.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Gunnar_H%C3%B6ckert_1936.jpg/200px-Gunnar_H%C3%B6ckert_1936.jpg 2x" data-file-width="762" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gunnar_H%C3%B6ckert" title="Gunnar Höckert">Gunnar Höckert</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Hainisch_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Michael_Hainisch_%28cropped%29.jpg/100px-Michael_Hainisch_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Michael_Hainisch_%28cropped%29.jpg/150px-Michael_Hainisch_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Michael_Hainisch_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Michael_Hainisch_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="542" data-file-height="696" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Michael_Hainisch" title="Michael Hainisch">Michael Hainisch</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/February" title="February">February</a> – <a href="/wiki/Zheng_Pingru" title="Zheng Pingru">Zheng Pingru</a>, Chinese spy (executed) (b. <a href="/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_2" title="February 2">February 2</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Koltsov" title="Mikhail Koltsov">Mikhail Koltsov</a>, Soviet journalist (executed) (b. <a href="/wiki/1898" title="1898">1898</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vsevolod_Meyerhold" title="Vsevolod Meyerhold">Vsevolod Meyerhold</a>, Russian theatre practitioner (b. <a href="/wiki/1874" title="1874">1874</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_4" title="February 4">February 4</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_M._Vauclain" title="Samuel M. Vauclain">Samuel M. Vauclain</a>, American engineer (b. <a href="/wiki/1856" title="1856">1856</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Yezhov" title="Nikolai Yezhov">Nikolai Yezhov</a>, Soviet politician and police chief, Great Purge Perpetrator (b. <a href="/wiki/1895" title="1895">1895</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_9" title="February 9">February 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Dodd_(ambassador)" title="William Dodd (ambassador)">William Dodd</a>, American historian, diplomat (b. <a href="/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_11" title="February 11">February 11</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Buchan" title="John Buchan">John Buchan</a>, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish-born novelist, <a href="/wiki/Governor_General_of_Canada" title="Governor General of Canada">Governor General of Canada</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1875" title="1875">1875</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunnar_H%C3%B6ckert" title="Gunnar Höckert">Gunnar Höckert</a>, Finnish Olympic athlete (b. <a href="/wiki/1910" title="1910">1910</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_15" title="February 15">February 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/R._E._B._Crompton" title="R. E. B. Crompton">R. E. B. Crompton</a>, British electrical engineer, industrialist and inventor (b. <a href="/wiki/1845" title="1845">1845</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_16" title="February 16">February 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_Dartige_du_Fournet" title="Louis Dartige du Fournet">Louis Dartige du Fournet</a>, French admiral (b. <a href="/wiki/1856" title="1856">1856</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_26" title="February 26">February 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michael_Hainisch" title="Michael Hainisch">Michael Hainisch</a>, 2nd <a href="/wiki/President_of_Austria" title="President of Austria">President of Austria</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1858" title="1858">1858</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_27" title="February 27">February 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Peter_Behrens" title="Peter Behrens">Peter Behrens</a>, German architect, designer (b. <a href="/wiki/1868" title="1868">1868</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/February_29" title="February 29">February 29</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/E._F._Benson" title="E. F. Benson">E. F. Benson</a>, English writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1867" title="1867">1867</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josef_Swickard" title="Josef Swickard">Josef Swickard</a>, German actor (b. <a href="/wiki/1866" title="1866">1866</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="March_3">March</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: March"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f.jpg/100px-Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f.jpg/150px-Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f.jpg/200px-Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f" title="Selma Lagerlöf">Selma Lagerlöf</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Spyridon_Louis_1896.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Spyridon_Louis_1896.jpg/100px-Spyridon_Louis_1896.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Spyridon_Louis_1896.jpg/150px-Spyridon_Louis_1896.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Spyridon_Louis_1896.jpg/200px-Spyridon_Louis_1896.jpg 2x" data-file-width="699" data-file-height="999" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Spyridon_Louis" title="Spyridon Louis">Spyridon Louis</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/March_1" title="March 1">March 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/A._H._Tammsaare" title="A. H. Tammsaare">A. H. Tammsaare</a>, Estonian writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1878" title="1878">1878</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_5" title="March 5">March 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Maxine_Elliott" title="Maxine Elliott">Maxine Elliott</a>, American actress (b. <a href="/wiki/1868" title="1868">1868</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cai_Yuanpei" title="Cai Yuanpei">Cai Yuanpei</a>, Chinese educator, philosopher, politician and Esperantist and the president of Peking University (b. <a href="/wiki/1868" title="1868">1868</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_10" title="March 10">March 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Bulgakov" title="Mikhail Bulgakov">Mikhail Bulgakov</a>, Russian writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1891" title="1891">1891</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_16" title="March 16">March 16</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Selma_Lagerl%C3%B6f" title="Selma Lagerlöf">Selma Lagerlöf</a>, Swedish writer, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (b. <a href="/wiki/1858" title="1858">1858</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Untermyer" title="Samuel Untermyer">Samuel Untermyer</a>, American lawyer (b. <a href="/wiki/1858" title="1858">1858</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_18" title="March 18">March 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Aylmer_Hunter-Weston" title="Aylmer Hunter-Weston">Sir Aylmer Hunter-Weston</a>, British army general (b. <a href="/wiki/1864" title="1864">1864</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_20" title="March 20">March 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alfred_Ploetz" title="Alfred Ploetz">Alfred Ploetz</a>, German physician, biologist and eugenicist (b. <a href="/wiki/1860" title="1860">1860</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_23" title="March 23">March 23</a> – <a href="/wiki/Dimitar_Stanchov" title="Dimitar Stanchov">Dimitar Stanchov</a>, 15th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Bulgaria" title="Prime Minister of Bulgaria">Prime Minister of Bulgaria</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1863" title="1863">1863</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_24" title="March 24">March 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Adams_(architect)" title="Thomas Adams (architect)">Thomas Adams</a>, British urban planner (b. <a href="/wiki/1871" title="1871">1871</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_26" title="March 26">March 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Spyridon_Louis" title="Spyridon Louis">Spyridon Louis</a>, Greek Olympic athlete (b. <a href="/wiki/1873" title="1873">1873</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_27" title="March 27">March 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Madeleine_Astor" title="Madeleine Astor">Madeleine Astor</a>, American survivor of the <a href="/wiki/Sinking_of_the_RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinking of the RMS Titanic">sinking of the RMS <i>Titanic</i></a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1893" title="1893">1893</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Joseph_Savage" title="Michael Joseph Savage">Michael Joseph Savage</a>, 23rd <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_New_Zealand" title="Prime Minister of New Zealand">Prime Minister of New Zealand</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1872" title="1872">1872</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_30" title="March 30">March 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Egerton_(Royal_Navy_officer)" title="George Egerton (Royal Navy officer)">Sir George Egerton</a>, British admiral (b. <a href="/wiki/1852" title="1852">1852</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_31" title="March 31">March 31</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tinsley_Lindley" title="Tinsley Lindley">Tinsley Lindley</a>, English footballer (b. <a href="/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="April_3">April</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: April"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Carl_Bosch.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Carl_Bosch.jpg/100px-Carl_Bosch.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Carl_Bosch.jpg/150px-Carl_Bosch.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Carl_Bosch.jpg/200px-Carl_Bosch.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Carl_Bosch" title="Carl Bosch">Carl Bosch</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/April_1" title="April 1">April 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/J._A._Hobson" title="J. A. Hobson">J. A. Hobson</a>, English economist (b. <a href="/wiki/1858" title="1858">1858</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_5" title="April 5">April 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Maillart" title="Robert Maillart">Robert Maillart</a>, Swiss civil engineer (b. <a href="/wiki/1872" title="1872">1872</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Song_Zheyuan" title="Song Zheyuan">Song Zheyuan</a>, Chinese general of the <a href="/wiki/Guominjun" title="Guominjun">Northwestern Army</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1885" title="1885">1885</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_7" title="April 7">April 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Faversham" title="William Faversham">William Faversham</a>, English actor (b. <a href="/wiki/1868" title="1868">1868</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_8" title="April 8">April 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joaquin_Mir_Trinxet" title="Joaquin Mir Trinxet">Joaquin Mir Trinxet</a>, Spanish artist (b. <a href="/wiki/1873" title="1873">1873</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_9" title="April 9">April 9</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Patrick_Campbell" class="mw-redirect" title="Mrs. Patrick Campbell">Mrs. Patrick Campbell</a>, English theatre actress, producer (b. <a href="/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henryk_Minkiewicz" title="Henryk Minkiewicz">Henryk Minkiewicz</a>, Polish general and politician (executed) (b. <a href="/wiki/1880" title="1880">1880</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_10" title="April 10">April 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Warburton-Lee" title="Bernard Warburton-Lee">Bernard Warburton-Lee</a>, British naval officer, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Cross" title="Victoria Cross">Victoria Cross</a> recipient (killed in action) (b. <a href="/wiki/1895" title="1895">1895</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_18" title="April 18">April 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Florrie_Forde" title="Florrie Forde">Florrie Forde</a>, Australian-born music hall singer (b. <a href="/wiki/1875" title="1875">1875</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_21" title="April 21">April 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Barnes_(British_politician)" title="George Barnes (British politician)">George Barnes</a>, British Labour politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1859" title="1859">1859</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_26" title="April 26">April 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Carl_Bosch" title="Carl Bosch">Carl Bosch</a>, German chemist, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (b. <a href="/wiki/1874" title="1874">1874</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_28" title="April 28">April 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Luisa_Tetrazzini" title="Luisa Tetrazzini">Luisa Tetrazzini</a>, Italian opera singer (b. <a href="/wiki/1871" title="1871">1871</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/April_30" title="April 30">April 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henryk_Dobrza%C5%84ski" title="Henryk Dobrzański">Henryk Dobrzański</a>, Polish soldier, sportsman and resistance fighter (b. <a href="/wiki/1897" title="1897">1897</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="May_3">May</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: May"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Prinz_Wilhelm_und_Prinz_Lous_Ferdinand_von_Preussen.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Prinz_Wilhelm_und_Prinz_Lous_Ferdinand_von_Preussen.jpg/100px-Prinz_Wilhelm_und_Prinz_Lous_Ferdinand_von_Preussen.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="160" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Prinz_Wilhelm_und_Prinz_Lous_Ferdinand_von_Preussen.jpg/150px-Prinz_Wilhelm_und_Prinz_Lous_Ferdinand_von_Preussen.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Prinz_Wilhelm_und_Prinz_Lous_Ferdinand_von_Preussen.jpg/200px-Prinz_Wilhelm_und_Prinz_Lous_Ferdinand_von_Preussen.jpg 2x" data-file-width="501" data-file-height="802" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Prince_Wilhelm_of_Prussia_(1906%E2%80%931940)" title="Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)">Prince Wilhelm of Prussia</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hessenin_prnssi_Friedrich_Karl_-_Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Hessenin_prnssi_Friedrich_Karl_-_Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse.jpg/100px-Hessenin_prnssi_Friedrich_Karl_-_Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Hessenin_prnssi_Friedrich_Karl_-_Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse.jpg/150px-Hessenin_prnssi_Friedrich_Karl_-_Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Hessenin_prnssi_Friedrich_Karl_-_Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse.jpg/200px-Hessenin_prnssi_Friedrich_Karl_-_Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="2711" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse" title="Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse">Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/May_2" title="May 2">May 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Joyce" title="Ernest Joyce">Ernest Joyce</a>, English explorer (b. 1875)<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_7" title="May 7">May 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Lansbury" title="George Lansbury">George Lansbury</a>, British Labour politician (b. 1859)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_11" title="May 11">May 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Chujiro_Hayashi" title="Chujiro Hayashi">Chujiro Hayashi</a>, Japanese Reiki Master (b. 1880)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_14" title="May 14">May 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Emma_Goldman" title="Emma Goldman">Emma Goldman</a>, Lithuanian-born anarchist (b. <a href="/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_15" title="May 15">May 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Menno_ter_Braak" title="Menno ter Braak">Menno ter Braak</a>, Dutch writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1902" title="1902">1902</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_16" title="May 16">May 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Zhang_Zizhong" title="Zhang Zizhong">Zhang Zizhong</a>, general of the Chinese <a href="/wiki/National_Revolutionary_Army" title="National Revolutionary Army">National Revolutionary Army</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1891" title="1891">1891</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_20" title="May 20">May 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Verner_von_Heidenstam" title="Verner von Heidenstam">Verner von Heidenstam</a>, Swedish writer, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (b. <a href="/wiki/1859" title="1859">1859</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_24" title="May 24">May 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Louis_Fles" title="Louis Fles">Louis Fles</a>, Dutch businessman, activist and author (b. <a href="/wiki/1872" title="1872">1872</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_25" title="May 25">May 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joe_De_Grasse" class="mw-redirect" title="Joe De Grasse">Joe De Grasse</a>, Canadian film director (b. <a href="/wiki/1873" title="1873">1873</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_26" title="May 26">May 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Prince_Wilhelm_of_Prussia_(1906%E2%80%931940)" title="Prince Wilhelm of Prussia (1906–1940)">Prince Wilhelm of Prussia</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1906" title="1906">1906</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_27" title="May 27">May 27</a> – <a href="/wiki/Boles%C5%82aw_Roja" title="Bolesław Roja">Bolesław Roja</a>, Polish general (executed) (b. <a href="/wiki/1876" title="1876">1876</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_28" title="May 28">May 28</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Frederick_Charles_of_Hesse" title="Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse">Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1868" title="1868">1868</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Connolly" title="Walter Connolly">Walter Connolly</a>, American actor (b. <a href="/wiki/1887" title="1887">1887</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_29" title="May 29">May 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Mary_Anderson_(actress,_born_1859)" title="Mary Anderson (actress, born 1859)">Mary Anderson</a>, American stage actress (b. <a href="/wiki/1859" title="1859">1859</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="June_3">June</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: June"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ArthurHarden.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/ArthurHarden.jpg/100px-ArthurHarden.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/ArthurHarden.jpg/150px-ArthurHarden.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/ArthurHarden.jpg/200px-ArthurHarden.jpg 2x" data-file-width="280" data-file-height="396" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Harden" title="Arthur Harden">Arthur Harden</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Janusz_Kusoci%C5%84ski.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Janusz_Kusoci%C5%84ski.jpg/100px-Janusz_Kusoci%C5%84ski.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="136" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Janusz_Kusoci%C5%84ski.jpg/150px-Janusz_Kusoci%C5%84ski.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Janusz_Kusoci%C5%84ski.jpg/200px-Janusz_Kusoci%C5%84ski.jpg 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="534" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Janusz_Kusocinski" class="mw-redirect" title="Janusz Kusocinski">Janusz Kusocinski</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul_Klee_1911.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Paul_Klee_1911.jpg/100px-Paul_Klee_1911.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="138" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Paul_Klee_1911.jpg/150px-Paul_Klee_1911.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Paul_Klee_1911.jpg/200px-Paul_Klee_1911.jpg 2x" data-file-width="764" data-file-height="1056" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paul_Klee" title="Paul Klee">Paul Klee</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/June_7" title="June 7">June 7</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Hall_(actor)" title="James Hall (actor)">James Hall</a>, American actor (b. <a href="/wiki/1900" title="1900">1900</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hugh_Rodman" title="Hugh Rodman">Hugh Rodman</a>, American admiral (b. <a href="/wiki/1859" title="1859">1859</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_10" title="June 10">June 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marcus_Garvey" title="Marcus Garvey">Marcus Garvey</a>, Jamaican-born publisher, entrepreneur and black nationalist (b. <a href="/wiki/1887" title="1887">1887</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Hudson_Beare" title="Thomas Hudson Beare">Sir Thomas Hudson Beare</a>, British engineer (b. <a href="/wiki/1859" title="1859">1859</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_11" title="June 11">June 11</a> – <a href="/wiki/Alfred_S._Alschuler" title="Alfred S. Alschuler">Alfred S. Alschuler</a>, American <a href="/wiki/Architect" title="Architect">architect</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1876" title="1876">1876</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_13" title="June 13">June 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Fitzmaurice" title="George Fitzmaurice">George Fitzmaurice</a>, American director (b. <a href="/wiki/1885" title="1885">1885</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_12" title="June 12">June 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Lashly" title="William Lashly">William Lashly</a>, English sailor (b. <a href="/wiki/1867" title="1867">1867</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_14" title="June 14">June 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henry_W._Antheil_Jr." title="Henry W. Antheil Jr.">Henry W. Antheil Jr.</a>, American diplomat (b. <a href="/wiki/1912" title="1912">1912</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_17" title="June 17">June 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/Arthur_Harden" title="Arthur Harden">Sir Arthur Harden</a>, English chemist, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (b. <a href="/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_19" title="June 19">June 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Maurice_Jaubert" title="Maurice Jaubert">Maurice Jaubert</a>, French composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1900" title="1900">1900</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_20" title="June 20">June 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charley_Chase" title="Charley Chase">Charley Chase</a>, American comedian (b. <a href="/wiki/1893" title="1893">1893</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_21" title="June 21">June 21</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Smedley_Butler" title="Smedley Butler">Smedley Butler</a>, U.S. general (b. <a href="/wiki/1881" title="1881">1881</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janusz_Kusoci%C5%84ski" title="Janusz Kusociński">Janusz Kusociński</a>, Polish athlete (killed in action) (b. <a href="/wiki/1907" title="1907">1907</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_T._Thompson" title="John T. Thompson">John T. Thompson</a>, United States Army officer, inventor of the <a href="/wiki/Thompson_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="Thompson gun">Thompson gun</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1860" title="1860">1860</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C3%89douard_Vuillard" title="Édouard Vuillard">Édouard Vuillard</a>, French painter (b. <a href="/wiki/1868" title="1868">1868</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_22" title="June 22">June 22</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Hasenclever" title="Walter Hasenclever">Walter Hasenclever</a>, German poet and playwright (b. <a href="/wiki/1890" title="1890">1890</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wladimir_K%C3%B6ppen" title="Wladimir Köppen">Wladimir Köppen</a>, Russian-born German geographer and climatologist (b. <a href="/wiki/1846" title="1846">1846</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_15" title="June 15">June 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/J._B._Johnson_(Florida_politician)" title="J. B. Johnson (Florida politician)">J. B. Johnson</a>, American attorney and politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1868" title="1868">1868</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_28" title="June 28">June 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/Italo_Balbo" title="Italo Balbo">Italo Balbo</a>, Italian Fascist leader (b. <a href="/wiki/1896" title="1896">1896</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/June_29" title="June 29">June 29</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Klee" title="Paul Klee">Paul Klee</a>, Swiss artist (b. <a href="/wiki/1879" title="1879">1879</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="July_3">July</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: July"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/July_1" title="July 1">July 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ben_Turpin" title="Ben Turpin">Ben Turpin</a>, American actor, comedian (b. <a href="/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_9" title="July 9">July 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Biniszkiewicz" title="Józef Biniszkiewicz">Józef Biniszkiewicz</a>, Silesian politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1875" title="1875">1875</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_10" title="July 10">July 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Pietro_Frugoni" title="Pietro Frugoni">Pietro Frugoni</a>, Italian general (b. <a href="/wiki/1851" title="1851">1851</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_15" title="July 15">July 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Robert_Wadlow" title="Robert Wadlow">Robert Wadlow</a>, American citizen, tallest man ever (infection) (b. <a href="/wiki/1918" title="1918">1918</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_28" title="July 28">July 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/David_W._Taylor" title="David W. Taylor">David W. Taylor</a>, American naval architect (b. <a href="/wiki/1864" title="1864">1864</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_30" title="July 30">July 30</a> – <a href="/wiki/Spencer_S._Wood" title="Spencer S. Wood">Spencer S. Wood</a>, United States Navy Rear Admiral (b. <a href="/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="August_3">August</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: August"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trotsky_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Trotsky_Portrait.jpg/100px-Trotsky_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Trotsky_Portrait.jpg/150px-Trotsky_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Trotsky_Portrait.jpg/200px-Trotsky_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="442" data-file-height="607" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leon_Trotsky" title="Leon Trotsky">Leon Trotsky</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paul-nipkow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Paul-nipkow.jpg/100px-Paul-nipkow.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Paul-nipkow.jpg/150px-Paul-nipkow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Paul-nipkow.jpg/200px-Paul-nipkow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Paul_Nipkow" class="mw-redirect" title="Paul Nipkow">Paul Nipkow</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:J.J_Thomson.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/J.J_Thomson.jpg/100px-J.J_Thomson.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/J.J_Thomson.jpg/150px-J.J_Thomson.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/J.J_Thomson.jpg/200px-J.J_Thomson.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1563" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/J._J._Thomson" title="J. J. Thomson">J. J. Thomson</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/August_1" title="August 1">August 1</a> – <a href="/wiki/Temulji_Bhicaji_Nariman" title="Temulji Bhicaji Nariman">Temulji Bhicaji Nariman</a>, Indian physician and <a href="/wiki/Obstetrics" title="Obstetrics">obstetrician</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1848" title="1848">1848</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_3" title="August 3">August 3</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ze%27ev_Jabotinsky" title="Ze'ev Jabotinsky">Ze'ev Jabotinsky</a>, Russian Zionist philosopher and intellectual (b. <a href="/wiki/1880" title="1880">1880</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Raja_Wadiyar_IV" title="Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV">Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV</a>, Indian royal, Maharajah of Mysore (b. <a href="/wiki/1884" title="1884">1884</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_4" title="August 4">August 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/Joaquina_Maria_Mercedes_Barcelo_Pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Joaquina Maria Mercedes Barcelo Pages">Joaquina Maria Mercedes Barcelo Pages</a>, Filipino <a href="/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> nun and venerable (b. <a href="/wiki/1857" title="1857">1857</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_5" title="August 5">August 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Cook" title="Frederick Cook">Frederick Cook</a>, American explorer (b. <a href="/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_8" title="August 8">August 8</a> – <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Dodds" title="Johnny Dodds">Johnny Dodds</a>, American jazz clarinetist (b. <a href="/wiki/1892" title="1892">1892</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_13" title="August 13">August 13</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Fairbairn" title="James Fairbairn">James Fairbairn</a>, Australian pastoralist, aviator and politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1897" title="1897">1897</a>)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Henry_Gullett" title="Henry Gullett">Henry Gullett</a>, Australian politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1878" title="1878">1878</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Geoffrey_Street" title="Geoffrey Street">Geoffrey Street</a>, Australian politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1894" title="1894">1894</a>)</li> <li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Brudenell_White" title="Brudenell White">Brudenell White</a>, Australian general (b. <a href="/wiki/1876" title="1876">1876</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_16" title="August 16">August 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Henri_Desgrange" title="Henri Desgrange">Henri Desgrange</a>, French racing cyclist and founder of the <a href="/wiki/Tour_de_France" title="Tour de France">Tour de France</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_18" title="August 18">August 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Walter_Chrysler" title="Walter Chrysler">Walter Chrysler</a>, American automobile pioneer (b. <a href="/wiki/1875" title="1875">1875</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_21" title="August 21">August 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/Leon_Trotsky" title="Leon Trotsky">Leon Trotsky</a>, Russian communist revolutionary (assassinated) (b. <a href="/wiki/1879" title="1879">1879</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_22" title="August 22">August 22</a> <ul><li>Sir <a href="/wiki/Oliver_Lodge" title="Oliver Lodge">Oliver Lodge</a>, British physicist (b. <a href="/wiki/1851" title="1851">1851</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Strickland,_1st_Baron_Strickland" title="Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland">Gerald Strickland, 1st Baron Strickland</a>, Maltese politician, 4th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Malta" title="Prime Minister of Malta">Prime Minister of Malta</a>, 23rd Governor of New South Wales, 15th Governor of Western Australia and 9th Governor of Tasmania (b. <a href="/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Vaux_Walcott" title="Mary Vaux Walcott">Mary Vaux Walcott</a>, American artist, naturalist (b. <a href="/wiki/1860" title="1860">1860</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_24" title="August 24">August 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Paul_Gottlieb_Nipkow" title="Paul Gottlieb Nipkow">Paul Gottlieb Nipkow</a>, German technician and inventor (b. <a href="/wiki/1860" title="1860">1860</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_28" title="August 28">August 28</a> – <a href="/wiki/William_Bowie_(engineer)" title="William Bowie (engineer)">William Bowie</a>, American geodetic engineer (b. <a href="/wiki/1872" title="1872">1872</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_30" title="August 30">August 30</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Snow_(British_Army_officer)" title="Thomas Snow (British Army officer)">Sir Thomas Snow</a>, British army general (b. <a href="/wiki/1858" title="1858">1858</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._J._Thomson" title="J. J. Thomson">J. J. Thomson</a>, British physicist, <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Nobel Prize</a> laureate (b. <a href="/wiki/1856" title="1856">1856</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/August_31" title="August 31">August 31</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_Lundeen" title="Ernest Lundeen">Ernest Lundeen</a>, American lawyer, politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1878" title="1878">1878</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/DeLancey_W._Gill" title="DeLancey W. Gill">DeLancey W. Gill</a>, American landscape painter, photographer (b. <a href="/wiki/1859" title="1859">1859</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="September_3">September</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: September"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:M_37_4_Charles_de_Brocqueville.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/M_37_4_Charles_de_Brocqueville.jpg/100px-M_37_4_Charles_de_Brocqueville.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/M_37_4_Charles_de_Brocqueville.jpg/150px-M_37_4_Charles_de_Brocqueville.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/M_37_4_Charles_de_Brocqueville.jpg/200px-M_37_4_Charles_de_Brocqueville.jpg 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="554" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Broqueville" title="Charles de Broqueville">Charles de Broqueville</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/September_4" title="September 4">September 4</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_William_de_Carteret" title="George William de Carteret">George William de Carteret</a>, Jerseiaise author (b. <a href="/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_5" title="September 5">September 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_de_Broqueville" title="Charles de Broqueville">Charles de Broqueville</a>, 20th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">Prime Minister of Belgium</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1860" title="1860">1860</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_7" title="September 7">September 7</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_F%C3%A9lix_Estigarribia" title="José Félix Estigarribia">José Félix Estigarribia</a>, 34th <a href="/wiki/President_of_Paraguay" title="President of Paraguay">President of Paraguay</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1888" title="1888">1888</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_9" title="September 9">September 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Percy_Abbott_(Australian_politician)" title="Percy Abbott (Australian politician)">Percy Abbott</a>, Australian politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_10" title="September 10">September 10</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Ivanov" title="Nikola Ivanov">Nikola Ivanov</a>, Bulgarian general (b. <a href="/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yamaya_Tanin" title="Yamaya Tanin">Yamaya Tanin</a>, Japanese admiral (b. <a href="/wiki/1866" title="1866">1866</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_20" title="September 20">September 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/E._Rosa_Sawtell" title="E. Rosa Sawtell">E. Rosa Sawtell</a>, New Zealand artist (b. <a href="/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_23" title="September 23">September 23</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Hichens_(sailor)" title="Robert Hichens (sailor)">Robert Hichens</a>, RMS <i>Titanic</i> quartermaster, man at the wheel when <i>Titanic</i> hit the iceberg (b. <a href="/wiki/1882" title="1882">1882</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hale_Holden" title="Hale Holden">Hale Holden</a>, American president of <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad" title="Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad">Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad</a> (1914–1918, 1920–1929) (b. <a href="/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_25" title="September 25">September 25</a> – <a href="/wiki/Marguerite_Clark" title="Marguerite Clark">Marguerite Clark</a>, American stage and silent film actress (b. <a href="/wiki/1883" title="1883">1883</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_26" title="September 26">September 26</a> – <a href="/wiki/Walter_Benjamin" title="Walter Benjamin">Walter Benjamin</a>, German philosopher and cultural critic, suicide (b. <a href="/wiki/1892" title="1892">1892</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/September_27" title="September 27">September 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Juli%C3%A1n_Besteiro" title="Julián Besteiro">Julián Besteiro</a>, Spanish socialist politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1870" title="1870">1870</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julius_Wagner-Jauregg" title="Julius Wagner-Jauregg">Julius Wagner-Jauregg</a>, Austrian neuroscientist, recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1857" title="1857">1857</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="October_3">October</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: October"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/October_5" title="October 5">October 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballington_Booth" title="Ballington Booth">Ballington Booth</a>, American co-founder of Volunteers of America (b. <a href="/wiki/1857" title="1857">1857</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lincoln_Loy_McCandless" class="mw-redirect" title="Lincoln Loy McCandless">Lincoln Loy McCandless</a>, Hawaiian politician, cattle rancher (b. <a href="/wiki/1859" title="1859">1859</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvestre_Revueltas" title="Silvestre Revueltas">Silvestre Revueltas</a>, Mexican composer (b. <a href="/wiki/1899" title="1899">1899</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_6" title="October 6">October 6</a> – <a href="/wiki/Michitar%C5%8D_Komatsubara" title="Michitarō Komatsubara">Michitarō Komatsubara</a>, Japanese general (b. <a href="/wiki/1885" title="1885">1885</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_8" title="October 8">October 8</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Emden" title="Robert Emden">Robert Emden</a>, Swiss astrophysicist and meteorologist (b. <a href="/wiki/1862" title="1862">1862</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Head" title="Henry Head">Sir Henry Head</a>, English neurologist (b. <a href="/wiki/1861" title="1861">1861</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_9" title="October 9">October 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Grenfell" title="Wilfred Grenfell">Sir Wilfred Grenfell</a>, English medical missionary to Newfoundland and Labrador (b. <a href="/wiki/1865" title="1865">1865</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_10" title="October 10">October 10</a> – <a href="/wiki/Berton_Churchill" title="Berton Churchill">Berton Churchill</a>, Canadian actor (b. <a href="/wiki/1876" title="1876">1876</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_12" title="October 12">October 12</a> – <a href="/wiki/Tom_Mix" title="Tom Mix">Tom Mix</a>, American actor (b. <a href="/wiki/1880" title="1880">1880</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_15" title="October 15">October 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Llu%C3%ADs_Companys" title="Lluís Companys">Lluís Companys</a>, President of the <a href="/wiki/Generalitat_of_Catalonia" class="mw-redirect" title="Generalitat of Catalonia">Generalitat of Catalonia</a> (executed) (b. <a href="/wiki/1882" title="1882">1882</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_17" title="October 17">October 17</a> – <a href="/wiki/George_Davis_(baseball)" title="George Davis (baseball)">George Davis</a>, American baseball player, <a href="/wiki/MLB_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Hall of Fame">MLB Hall of Famer</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1870" title="1870">1870</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_20" title="October 20">October 20</a> – <a href="/wiki/Gunnar_Asplund" title="Gunnar Asplund">Gunnar Asplund</a>, Swedish architect (b. <a href="/wiki/1885" title="1885">1885</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/October_22" title="October 22">October 22</a> – <a href="/wiki/Charles_Harington_(British_Army_officer,_born_1872)" title="Charles Harington (British Army officer, born 1872)">Sir Charles Harington</a>, British general (b. <a href="/wiki/1872" title="1872">1872</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="November_3">November</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: November"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Iorga_at_his_desk_Luceaferul_2,_1914.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Iorga_at_his_desk_Luceaferul_2%2C_1914.jpg/110px-Iorga_at_his_desk_Luceaferul_2%2C_1914.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="122" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Iorga_at_his_desk_Luceaferul_2%2C_1914.jpg/165px-Iorga_at_his_desk_Luceaferul_2%2C_1914.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Iorga_at_his_desk_Luceaferul_2%2C_1914.jpg/220px-Iorga_at_his_desk_Luceaferul_2%2C_1914.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="627" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Nicolae_Iorga" title="Nicolae Iorga">Nicolae Iorga</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/November_3" title="November 3">November 3</a> – <a href="/wiki/Manuel_Aza%C3%B1a" title="Manuel Azaña">Manuel Azaña</a>, 55th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Spain" title="Prime Minister of Spain">Prime Minister of Spain</a>, 2nd <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_Republic_(Spain)" title="President of the Republic (Spain)">President of Spain</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1880" title="1880">1880</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_9" title="November 9">November 9</a> – <a href="/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain" title="Neville Chamberlain">Neville Chamberlain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prime Minister of the United Kingdom">Prime Minister of the United Kingdom</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1869" title="1869">1869</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_17" title="November 17">November 17</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Gill" title="Eric Gill">Eric Gill</a>, English sculptor, lettering designer and writer (b. <a href="/wiki/1882" title="1882">1882</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Pearl" title="Raymond Pearl">Raymond Pearl</a>, American biologist (b. <a href="/wiki/1879" title="1879">1879</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_18" title="November 18">November 18</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ion_Incule%C8%9B" title="Ion Inculeț">Ion Inculeț</a>, Moldavian politician, 1st <a href="/wiki/President_of_Moldova" title="President of Moldova">President of Moldova</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1884" title="1884">1884</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_24" title="November 24">November 24</a> – <a href="/wiki/Saionji_Kinmochi" title="Saionji Kinmochi">Saionji Kinmochi</a>, Japanese prince and prime minister (b. <a href="/wiki/1849" title="1849">1849</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_26" title="November 26">November 26</a> – assassinations <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gheorghe_Arge%C8%99anu" title="Gheorghe Argeșanu">Gheorghe Argeșanu</a>, Romanian general and politician, 40th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Romania" title="Prime Minister of Romania">Prime Minister of Romania</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1883" title="1883">1883</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ioan_Bengliu" title="Ioan Bengliu">Ioan Bengliu</a>, Romanian general (b. <a href="/wiki/1881" title="1881">1881</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Iamandi" title="Victor Iamandi">Victor Iamandi</a>, Romanian politician (b. <a href="/wiki/1891" title="1891">1891</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihail_Moruzov" title="Mihail Moruzov">Mihail Moruzov</a>, Romanian intelligence chief (b. <a href="/wiki/1887" title="1887">1887</a>)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/November_27" title="November 27">November 27</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Henri_Guillaumet" title="Henri Guillaumet">Henri Guillaumet</a>, French aviator (b. <a href="/wiki/1902" title="1902">1902</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicolae_Iorga" title="Nicolae Iorga">Nicolae Iorga</a>, Romanian historian and politician, 34th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Romania" title="Prime Minister of Romania">Prime Minister of Romania</a> (assassinated) (b. <a href="/wiki/1871" title="1871">1871</a>)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="December_3">December</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: December"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ky%C3%B6sti_Kallio.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ky%C3%B6sti_Kallio.png/110px-Ky%C3%B6sti_Kallio.png" decoding="async" width="110" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ky%C3%B6sti_Kallio.png/165px-Ky%C3%B6sti_Kallio.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Ky%C3%B6sti_Kallio.png/220px-Ky%C3%B6sti_Kallio.png 2x" data-file-width="1765" data-file-height="2425" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kyosti_Kallio" class="mw-redirect" title="Kyosti Kallio">Kyosti Kallio</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:F._Scott_Fitzgerald_Publicity_Photograph_circa_1920.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/F._Scott_Fitzgerald_Publicity_Photograph_circa_1920.jpg/110px-F._Scott_Fitzgerald_Publicity_Photograph_circa_1920.jpg" decoding="async" width="110" height="141" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/F._Scott_Fitzgerald_Publicity_Photograph_circa_1920.jpg/165px-F._Scott_Fitzgerald_Publicity_Photograph_circa_1920.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/F._Scott_Fitzgerald_Publicity_Photograph_circa_1920.jpg/220px-F._Scott_Fitzgerald_Publicity_Photograph_circa_1920.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="3855" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald" title="F. Scott Fitzgerald">F. Scott Fitzgerald</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/December_2" title="December 2">December 2</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nikolai_Koltsov" title="Nikolai Koltsov">Nikolai Koltsov</a>, Russian biologist, genetist (b. <a href="/wiki/1872" title="1872">1872</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_5" title="December 5">December 5</a> – <a href="/wiki/Jan_Kubel%C3%ADk" title="Jan Kubelík">Jan Kubelík</a>, Czech violinist (b. <a href="/wiki/1880" title="1880">1880</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_13" title="December 13">December 13</a> – <a href="/wiki/Wilfred_Lucas" title="Wilfred Lucas">Wilfred Lucas</a>, Canadian-born American actor (b. <a href="/wiki/1871" title="1871">1871</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_14" title="December 14">December 14</a> – <a href="/wiki/Anton_Koro%C5%A1ec" title="Anton Korošec">Anton Korošec</a>, Slovenian political leader (b. <a href="/wiki/1872" title="1872">1872</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_15" title="December 15">December 15</a> – <a href="/wiki/Billy_Hamilton_(baseball,_born_1866)" title="Billy Hamilton (baseball, born 1866)">Billy Hamilton</a>, American baseball player, <a href="/wiki/MLB_Hall_of_Fame" class="mw-redirect" title="MLB Hall of Fame">MLB Hall of Famer</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1866" title="1866">1866</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_16" title="December 16">December 16</a> – <a href="/wiki/Eug%C3%A8ne_Dubois" title="Eugène Dubois">Eugène Dubois</a>, Dutch paleoanthropologist, geologist (b. <a href="/wiki/1858" title="1858">1858</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_19" title="December 19">December 19</a> – <a href="/wiki/Ky%C3%B6sti_Kallio" title="Kyösti Kallio">Kyösti Kallio</a>, Finnish farmerman, banker, 8th <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Finland" title="Prime Minister of Finland">Prime Minister of Finland</a> and 4th <a href="/wiki/President_of_Finland" title="President of Finland">President of Finland</a> (b. <a href="/wiki/1873" title="1873">1873</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/December_21" title="December 21">December 21</a> – <a href="/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald" title="F. Scott Fitzgerald">F. 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mw-heading2"><h2 id="Nobel_Prizes">Nobel Prizes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Nobel Prizes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nobel_medal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Nobel_medal.png/100px-Nobel_medal.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Nobel_medal.png/150px-Nobel_medal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/6a/Nobel_medal.png/200px-Nobel_medal.png 2x" data-file-width="1013" data-file-height="1013" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physics" title="Nobel Prize in Physics">Physics</a> – not awarded</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry" title="Nobel Prize in Chemistry">Chemistry</a> – not awarded</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Physiology_or_Medicine" title="Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine">Physiology or Medicine</a> – not awarded</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Literature" title="Nobel Prize in Literature">Literature</a> – not awarded</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize" title="Nobel Peace Prize">Peace</a> – not awarded</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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