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Information about 1940

Centuries: 19th century - 20th century - 21st century
Decades: 1910s  1920s  1930s  - 1940s -  1950s  1960s  1970s
Years:1937 1938 1939 - 1940 - 1941 1942 1943


Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar.
Contents  (full)
1 Events of 1940
: -  Jan. . Feb. . March . April
: -  May . June . July  .  Aug.
: -  Sept. . Oct. . Nov. .  Dec.
: -  Undated . Ongoing
2 Births
3 Deaths
4 Nobel prizes -  Ship events
5 See also -  Notes -  External links


Events of 1940

(Below, many events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.)


January

February

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Feb. 7: Disney film 2: Pinocchio.

March

April

May

June

July

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On July 27 Bugs Bunny was introduced to the public

August

September

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London in flames during heavy German bombing raids.

October

November

December

Undated

Ongoing

Births

1940 in other calendars
Gregorian calendar1940
MCMXL
Ab urbe condita2693
Armenian calendar1389
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Bah' calendar96 – 97
Buddhist calendar2484
Chinese calendar4576/4636-7-20
(己卯年七月二十日)
— to —
4577/4637-6-29
(庚辰年六月廿九日)
Coptic calendar1656 – 1657
Ethiopian calendar1932 – 1933
Hebrew calendar 5700 – 5701
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat1995 – 1996
 - Shaka Samvat1862 – 1863
 - Kali Yuga5041 – 5042
Holocene calendar11940
Iranian calendar1318 – 1319
Islamic calendar1359 – 1360
Japanese calendarShōwa 0
(昭和0年)
 - Imperial YearKōki 2600
(皇紀2600年)
Julian calendar1985
Korean calendar4273
Thai solar calendar2483
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January-February

March-April

May-June

July-August

September-October

November-December

Unknown dates

Deaths

January - June

July - December

Unknown dates

  • (none)

Nobel prizes

Ship events

See also

Notes



External links

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Events and trends


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1930 1931 1932 1933 1934
1935 1936 1937 1938 1939

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1940 1941 1942 1943 1944
1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

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Twenty-first century

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1890s  1900s  1910s  - 1920s -  1930s  1940s  1950s
1926 1927 1928 - 1929 - 1930 1931 1932

Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1900s  1910s  1920s  - 1930s -  1940s  1950s  1960s
1935 1936 1937 - 1938 - 1939 1940 1941

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1900s  1910s  1920s  - 1930s -  1940s  1950s  1960s
1936 1937 1938 - 1939 - 1940 1941 1942

Year 1939 (MCMXXXIX
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s  1920s  1930s  - 1940s -  1950s  1960s  1970s
1938 1939 1940 - 1941 - 1942 1943 1944

Year 1941 (MCMXLI
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1910s  1920s  1930s  - 1940s -  1950s  1960s  1970s
1939 1940 1941 - 1942 - 1943 1944 1945

Year 1942 (MCMXLII
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
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1940 1941 1942 - 1943 - 1944 1945 1946

Year 1943 (MCMXLIII
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Roman numerals is a numeral system originating in ancient Rome, adapted from Etruscan numerals. The system used in classical antiquity was slightly modified in the Middle Ages to produce the system we use today. It is based on certain letters which are given values as numerals.
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This is the calendar for any leap year starting on Monday (dominical letter GF), such as 1996.


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Gregorian calendar is the most widely used calendar in the world. A modification of the Julian calendar, it was first proposed by the Calabrian doctor Aloysius Lilius, and was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII, for whom it was named, on 24 February 1582 via the papal bull
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Allied powers:
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 United States
 United Kingdom
 China
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...et al. Axis powers:
 Germany
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Allied powers:
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...et al. Axis powers:
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January 4 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

  • 46 BC - Titus Labienus defeats Julius Caesar in the Battle of Ruspina.

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...et al. Axis powers:
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Axis Powers, also interpreted as Axis alliance, Axis nations, Axis countries or sometimes just the Axis were those countries opposed to the Allies during World War II.
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Deutsche Luftwaffe or Luftwaffe   (help info ) (German: air force, literally "Air Weapon", pronounced lufft-va-fa, IPA:
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Hermann Wilhelm Göring ( listen   (help info ) ) (also Goering in English) (January 12, 1893 – October 15, 1946) was a German politician and military leader, a leading member of the
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Anthem
"Das Lied der Deutschen" (third stanza)
also called "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit"
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