1910s 1920s 1930s - 1940s - 1950s 1960s 1970s 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1940s - Events and trends. The 1940s were seen as a transition period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s, which also leads the period to be divided in two halves: The first half of the decade was dominated by World War II, the widest and most destructive armed conflict in history. So consequential was this event and its brutal aftermath that it laid the foundation ...

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1940 - Date unknown. December - Raymond Pearl, American biologist (b. 1879) ...

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Boxing in the 1940s in many ways reflected worldwide situations that affected other endeavors as well. World War II raged early in the decade, and just like baseballers, many popular boxers went overseas to fight for their countries, Joe Louis, Billy Conn, Beau Jack, and Bob Montgomery among them. Louis was used to entice Americans to join the war against Germany, a couple of propaganda movies starring Louis and many propaganda posters being produced. The posters in particular are collectors' items today.. Louis' great rival, M ...

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The first animals intentionally sent into space were fruit flies which were sent along with corn seeds aboard a U.S.-launched V2 rocket in mid July, 1946. The purpose of the experiment was to explore the effects of radiation exposure at high altitudes. Some further V2 missions carried biological samples including moss. Albert II in a U.S. launched V2 became the first monkey in space on June 14, 1949 (after the failure of the original Albert's mission). Albert II died on impact after a parachute failure. Numerous monkeys of several spe ...

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Superhero Chronology - Newspaper comics. The Spirit (Will Eisner) Invisible Scarlet O'Neil (Russell Stamm) Superhero Chronology - Comic book. Superhero Chronology - Radio shows. Superman (1940s) ...

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1941 Devil Commands, The King of the Zombies Mummy's Hand, The The Wolf Man 1942 Cat People The Ghost of Frankenstein Mummy's Tomb, The Night Monster Undying Monster, The 1943 Dead Men Walk Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man I Walked with a Zombie Mad Ghoul, The Revenge of the Zombies The Seventh Victim Son of Dra ...

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UFO conspiracy theory - Roswell Incident. In 1947, the United States Air Force issued a press release stating that a "flying saucer" had crashed near Roswell, New Mexico. This press release was quickly withdrawn, and officials stated that a weather balloon had been misidentified. The Roswell case quickly faded even from the attention of ufologists until the 1970s; there has been continued speculation that an alien spacecraft did indeed crash near Roswell despite the official denial. (see, Roswell UFO Incident) U ...

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Arizona's last fleet problem was XXI. At its conclusion, the United States Fleet was retained in Hawaiian waters, based at Pearl Harbor. She operated in the Hawaiian Operating Area until late that summer, when she returned to Long Beach, California, on September 30, 1940. She was then overhauled at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, into the following year. Her last flag change-of-command occurred on January 23, 1941, when Rear Admiral Willson was relieved as Commander, Battleshi ...

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1940 Dr. Cyclops The Invisible Man Returns The Invisible Woman 1941 The Monster and the Girl 1942 Invisible Agent ...

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The 1940s were seen as a transition period between the radical 1930s and the conservative 1950s, which also leads the period to be divided in two halves: The first half of the decade was dominated by World War II, the widest and most destructive armed conflict in history. So consequential was this event and its brutal aftermath that it laid the foundation for other major world events and trends for decades to follow. The second half period marked the beginning of the East-West conflict and the Cold War, together with maj ...

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Brigham Young (also known as Brigham Young - Frontiersman) is a movie released in 1940 based upon a story by Lois Bromfield and screenplay by Lamar Trotti. It depicts Brigham Young's succession to the Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormon) after the asassination of the Church's founder, Joseph Smith, Jr. The movie begins on the American frontier in Nauvoo, Illinois in 1844 and narrates the difficulties encountered as Young lead thousands of Latter-day Saint (LDS) pione ...

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See also Category:1940 births 1940 - January-February. January 4 - Brian David Josephson, Welsh physicist, Nobel Prize laureate January 4 - Gao Xingjian, Chinese-born writer, Nobel Prize laureate January 6 - Penny Lernoux, American journalist and author (d. 1989) January 14 - Julian Bond, American civil rights activist January 20 - Carol Heiss, American figure skater January 22 - John Hurt, English actor February 2 - David Jason, English actorSee also:

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1940 in aviation - March. March 16 - The United Kingdom suffers its first civilian air-raid casualties of the war after a raid by KG 26 on Scapa Flow March 25 - the US government grants permission to the country's aircraft manufacturers to sell advanced combat aircraft to nations fighting the Axis powers. 1940 in aviation - April. April 9 - Germany invades Denmark and Norway, making extensive use of paratroops April 13 - the Royal Air Force ...

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The first and only two-game total point series in Grey Cup history was played between the Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto Balmy Beach. The Canadian Rugby Union arranged the series after it refused to allow the WIFU winners, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers to compete in the final. The reason for the refusal was based on the WIFU season being played under rules that varied from IRFU rules. ...

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1 special election held due to death of William E. Borah (R-ID) 2 special election held due to death of James H. Lewis (D-IL) 3 special election held due to death of Marvel M. Logan (D-KY) 4 special election held due to death of Ernest W. Gibson (R-VT) ...

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By mid-1941, The Fleischer brothers had recently finished their first animated feature film, Gulliver's Travels, and were deep into production on their second, Mister Bug Goes to Town. They were reluctant to commit themselves to another major project at the time, when they were approached by Paramount Pictures. Paramount was interested in cashing in on the phenomenal popularity of the new Superman comic books, by producing a series of theatrical cartoons based upon the character. The Fleischers hoped to discourage Paramo ...

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1940 in rail transport - January events. January 14 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway discontinues the San Francisco-Los Angeles-Chicago Navajo. January 27 - The Boston, Revere Beach and Lynn Railroad ceased operations in Massachusetts in preparation for abandonment. 1940 in rail transport - February events. February - General Motors Elec ...

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January January 4 - Fairey Fulmar production aircraft N 1854 January 13 - Yakovlev Ya-26, prototype of the Yakovlev Yak-1 February February 24 - Hawker Typhoon prototype P 5212 March March 20 - Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle prototype P 1361 May May 29 - Vought XF4U-1 August August 28 - Caproni-Campini N.1, thermojet-powered aircraft September ...

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In the 1940-41 season, the mortgage on their arena, Madison Square Garden, the current edition of which had been built in 1925, was paid off. The management of the Madison Square Garden Corporation burned the mortgage in the bowl of the Cup. This led some hockey fans to believe that the Cup, which they consider to be a sacred object, had been desecrated, leading "the hockey gods" to place a curse on the Rangers. Another theory is that the supposed curse came from Mervyn "Red" Dutton, the coach and general manager of the New York Ameri ...

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