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1940 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade.
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The 1940s was a decade in the Anno Domini and Common Era in...
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1940 was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian...
- 1940s - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1940s (pronounced "nineteen-forties" and commonly abbreviated as " the '40s " or " the Forties ") was a decade that began on January 1, 1940, and ended on December 31, 1949. Most of World War II took place in the first half of the decade, which had a profound effect on most countries and people in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere.
October 1 – The first section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the country's first long-distance controlled-access highway, is opened between Irwin and Carlisle. October 8 – The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, to win their second World Series championship in baseball.
This category has the following 33 subcategories, out of 33 total. 1940 by city (3 C) 1940 by continent (11 C) 1940 by country (151 C, 27 P)
Aug 3, 2015 · From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. 1940s advertisements in the United States. ← 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 →. Subcategories. This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total. * 1940 posters of the United States (1 C, 104 F)
