What happened in 1940?

Battle of France

Wars & Conflicts · Belgium

Nazi German invasion of France in 1940

Battle of Dunkirk

Wars & Conflicts

1940 battle in the Second World War between the Allies and Germany

Greco-Italian War

Wars & Conflicts · Greece

Conflict between Italy and Greece, which lasted from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941

German invasion of the Netherlands

Wars & Conflicts

Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940

German invasion of Belgium

Wars & Conflicts

1940 German conquest of Belgium during World War II

Battle of Taranto

Wars & Conflicts

1940 battle

Franco-Thai War

Wars & Conflicts

War between Thailand and Vichy France (1940-1941)

Siege of Malta

Wars & Conflicts · Crown Colony of Malta

1942 military campaign in the Mediterranean Theatre of the Second World War

Attack on Mers-El-Kebir

Wars & Conflicts

1940 battle

Battles of Narvik

Wars & Conflicts · Narvik

Battles fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940

Battle of Fort Eben-Emael

Wars & Conflicts · Fort Eben-Emael

1940 battle (World War II)

Altmark Incident

Wars & Conflicts · Jøssingfjorden

1940 WW II naval incident between British and German ships

Battle of Dakar

Wars & Conflicts · Dakar

1940 WWII battle

Battle of Arras

Wars & Conflicts · Arras

1940 World War II event

Battle of Gabon

Wars & Conflicts · Gabon

1940 battle of WW2

Battle of Sedan

Wars & Conflicts · Sedan

Battle which took place in the Second World War during the Battle of France in 1940.

Action off Calabria

Wars & Conflicts · Calabria

1940 naval battle

Hundred Regiments Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · North China

1940 military offensive

Battle of Hannut

Wars & Conflicts · Hannut

1940 WWII battle in Belgium

Siege of Lille

Wars & Conflicts · Lille

1940 Military battle

Battle for The Hague

Wars & Conflicts · The Hague

1940 battle in the Second World War

Battle of Raate Road

Wars & Conflicts · Raatteentie

1940 battle during the Winter War between Soviet Union and Finland

Siege of Calais

Wars & Conflicts · Calais

1940 battle

Battle of Gembloux

Wars & Conflicts · Gembloux

1940 battle

Battle of the Lys

Wars & Conflicts · Kortrijk

Major battle between Belgian and German forces during the German Invasion of Belgium of 1940

Battle of Montcornet

Wars & Conflicts · Montcornet

Engagement of the Battle of France on 17 May 1940

Battle of Rotterdam

Wars & Conflicts · Rotterdam

1940 battle

Battle of Boulogne

Wars & Conflicts · Boulogne-sur-Mer

1940 battle for the port and town of Boulogne-sur-Mer during the German blitzkrieg

Battle of Drøbak Sound

Wars & Conflicts · Drøbak Sound

1940 battle of World War II in the Norwegian Campaign

Battle of the Afsluitdijk

Wars & Conflicts · Afsluitdijk

1940 battle

Battle of Maastricht

Wars & Conflicts · Maastricht

1940 battle in the German Campaign on the Western Front of World War II

Battle of Abbeville

Wars & Conflicts · Abbeville

1940 battle of World War II

Battle of Britain Day

Wars & Conflicts · London

15 September 1940

Battle of Saumur

Wars & Conflicts · Gennes

Battle during World War II

Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang

Wars & Conflicts · Zaoyang City

1940 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Adlertag

Wars & Conflicts · England

1940 first day of German military operations to destroy the British air force

Battle of Honkaniemi

Wars & Conflicts · Karelian Isthmus

1940 battle of the Winter War

Battle of Pindus

Wars & Conflicts · Pindus

1940 battle

Battle of Elaia–Kalamas

Wars & Conflicts · Epirus Region

1940 battle of the Greco-Italian War

Battle of Sidi Barrani

Wars & Conflicts · Sidi Barrani

Battle in Egypt 10-11 December 1940 during World War II

Battle of the Grebbeberg

Wars & Conflicts · Grebbeberg

1940 major engagement during the battle of the Netherlands in WWII

Battle of Kuhmo

Wars & Conflicts · Kuhmo

1940 battle

Battle of Nibeiwa

Wars & Conflicts

1940 WWII: British Army raid on Italian fort in Egypt

Siege of Giarabub

Wars & Conflicts · Jaghbub

1940 siege

Battle of Midtskogen

Wars & Conflicts · Midtskogen

1940 battle

Battle of Dombås

Wars & Conflicts · Dombås

1940 battle between Norwegian army forces and German paratroops

Battle of Vinjesvingen

Wars & Conflicts · Vinjesvingen

1940 battle

Battle of Himara

Wars & Conflicts · Himarë

1940 battle of the Greco-Italian War

Battle of Wuyuan

Wars & Conflicts · Wuyuan County

1940 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Åndalsnes landings

Wars & Conflicts · Veblungsnes

Battle in Norway during the Second World War

Capture of Kassala

Wars & Conflicts · Sudan

Allied campaign in East Africa during World War II (1940–1941)

Battle of Hegra Fortress

Wars & Conflicts · Hegra

1940 battle

Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal

Wars & Conflicts · Ypres

1940 battle

Battle of Korytsa

Wars & Conflicts · Korçë

1940 battle of the Greco-Italian War

Battle of La Horgne

Wars & Conflicts · La Horgne

1940 battle

Battle of West Suiyuan

Wars & Conflicts · Suiyuan Province

1940 battle

Battle of Mill

Wars & Conflicts · Mill, North Brabant

1940 battle of World War II in the Netherlands

Battle of Morava–Ivan

Wars & Conflicts · Albania

1940 part of the Greco-Italian War

Battle of Tug Argan

Wars & Conflicts · British Somaliland

Part of the East African Campaign of the Second World War

Battle of Vyborg Bay

Wars & Conflicts

1940 battle

Battle for Kvam

Wars & Conflicts · Kvam

Battle in the 1940 German invasion of Norway

Battle of Gratangen

Wars & Conflicts · Gratangen Municipality

1940 battle

Battle of Hucisko

Wars & Conflicts · Hucisko

Battle of Graveney Marsh

Wars & Conflicts · Kent

1940 battle

Battle of Horten Harbour

Wars & Conflicts · Oslofjord

Engagement that occurred during the April 1940 German invasion of Norway

Battle of Høljarast Bridge

Wars & Conflicts · Etnedal Municipality

1940 battle

Capture of Arendal

Wars & Conflicts · Arendal

Capture of Egersund

Wars & Conflicts · Egersund

Katyn massacre

Wars & Conflicts · Tver

Soviet mass murder of ca. 22,000 Poles in several parts of European Russia, including in the Katyn forest, which became a pars pro toto name for the whole massacre

Battle of Britain

Wars & Conflicts · United Kingdom

Air battle waged between German and British air forces in 1940

Dunkirk evacuation

Wars & Conflicts · English Channel

Evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, France, between 27 May and 4 June 1940

Battle of Cape Spartivento

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1940 naval battle during the battle of the Mediterranean

Battle of Cape Spada

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1940 naval battle during the battle of the Mediterranean in Second World War

Battle of Cape Passero

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1940 naval battle during World War II

Operation Wikinger

Wars & Conflicts · North Sea

1940 German naval operation during WWII

Battle of the Espero Convoy

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

WWII battle between Italy and the Allies

Operation Cycle

Wars & Conflicts · Le Havre

Evacuation of Allied troops from Le Havre in 1940

Battle of the Strait of Otranto

Wars & Conflicts · Strait of Otranto

1940 battle in World War II

Psilander Affair

Wars & Conflicts · Tórshavn

Capture of four Swedish destroyers by the British Navy in 1940

Attack on Convoy BN 7

Wars & Conflicts · Red Sea

Naval engagement in the Red Sea during WWII

Operation Weserübung

Wars & Conflicts

1940 code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War

North African campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Kingdom of Egypt

194–1943 military campaign of World War II

the Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · United Kingdom

1940 German bombing of Britain during WWII

Operation Compass

Wars & Conflicts · Sidi Barrani

1940 military operation

World War II in the Balkans

Wars & Conflicts · Albania

1940–45 conflict of World War II

Occupation of the Baltic states

Wars & Conflicts · Baltic states

Military occupation 1940–1991

Rotterdam Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Rotterdam

Aerial bombardment of Rotterdam by the Luftwaffe (German air force) on 14 May 1940, during the German invasion of the Netherlands in World War II

Mediterranean and Middle East Theater of World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Middle East

Major theatre of operations during the Second World War

Norwegian Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Norway

1940 Second World War campaign fought in Norway

Italian invasion of Egypt

Wars & Conflicts · Egypt

Italian offensive during the Western Desert Campaign (1940–1943) of the Second World War

German invasion of Denmark

Wars & Conflicts · Denmark

German attack on Denmark on 9 April 1940

East African Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · East Africa

1940-1941 series of battles fought in East Africa as part of World War II

Norwegian heavy water sabotage

Wars & Conflicts · Vemork

1940-1944 sabotage operation

Western Desert campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Western Desert

One of two major stages of the North African Campaign during WWII

Japanese invasion of French Indochina

Wars & Conflicts · French Indochina

1940 battle

Soviet occupation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina

Wars & Conflicts · Bukovina

1940 Soviet annexation of territory in eastern Romania; Moldavian SSR established

Italian invasion of France

Wars & Conflicts · Western Alps

1940 first major Italian engagement of World War II

German invasion of Luxembourg

Wars & Conflicts · Luxembourg

German invasion of Luxembourg in WWII

German AB-Aktion in Poland

Wars & Conflicts · Poland

1940 military operation

Battle of the Mediterranean

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1940 naval campaign fought in the Mediterranean Sea during World War II

Coventry Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Coventry

1940 German bombing raids on the English city of Coventry in World War II

British occupation of the Faroe Islands

Wars & Conflicts · Faroe Islands

1940–1945 occupation during World War II

German occupation of the Channel Islands

Wars & Conflicts · Channel Islands

1940–1945 German occupation of the Channel Islands

Italian bombing of Mandatory Palestine in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Mandatory Palestine

1940 bombing campaign on British-controlled mandatory Palestine in World War Two by Fascist Italy

Italian air raid on Bahrain and Saudi Arabia

Wars & Conflicts · Bahrain

1940 Italian bombing operation in Bahrain during the Second World War

Operation Alphabet

Wars & Conflicts

1940 military operation

1939–1940 Winter Offensive

Wars & Conflicts · China

1939 military offensive of the Second Sino-Japanese War

Manchester Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Manchester

Bombing of Manchester (UK), by German Luftwaffe in December 1940

Convoy HX 84

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War

Liverpool Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Liverpool

WWII bombing of Liverpool, England by the Luftwaffe

Operation Ambassador

Wars & Conflicts · Guernsey

Operation carried out by British Commandos on Guernsey on 14–15 July 1940

Operation Hurry

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

1940 operation in the Mediterranean

Operation MB8

Wars & Conflicts · Mediterranean Sea

Operation Collar

Wars & Conflicts · Neufchâtel-Hardelot

Namsos Campaign

Wars & Conflicts · Namsos Municipality

1940 military campaign in Namsos, Norway

Bombing of Freiburg on 10 May 1940

Wars & Conflicts · Freiburg im Breisgau

1940 airstrike

Bristol Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Bristol

German bombing raids on Bristol, England in 1940 and 1941

Masļenki border incident

Wars & Conflicts

1940 Soviet attack on Latvia

Birmingham Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Birmingham

WWII aerial bombardment of British city

Bombing of Milan in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Milan

Bombing campaign

Convoy HX 79

Wars & Conflicts · North Atlantic Ocean

Convoy during naval battles of the Second World War

Action in the Oslofjord

Wars & Conflicts · Oslofjord

Military engagement of WWII in Norway

Southampton Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Southampton

WWII aerial bombardment of British port city

Spanish occupation of Tangier

Wars & Conflicts · Tangier International Zone

1940–1945 Francoist occupation of the Tangier International Zone

Kanalkampf

Wars & Conflicts · English Channel

WWII armed conflict between German Luftwaffe and British Royal Air Force over the English channel

Inter-Ukrainian nationalist conflict

Wars & Conflicts · Podolia

1940–1945 conflict

Cardiff Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Cardiff

Bombing of Cardiff, Wales during World War II

Bombing of Genoa in World War II

Wars & Conflicts · Genoa

WWII bombardment against Italian industrial city Genoa

Barrow Blitz

Wars & Conflicts · Barrow-in-Furness

1940 WWII aerial bombardment of British city

Bombing of Amsterdam

Wars & Conflicts · Amsterdam

1940 bombardment

Convoy HX 65

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

North Atlantic convoy in World War II

Convoy HX 47

Wars & Conflicts · Atlantic Ocean

Tripartite Pact

Politics & Government

Treaty establishing the Axis Powers of World War Two

Armistice of 22 June 1940

Politics & Government

Armistice between France and Nazi Germany in World War II

Moscow Peace Treaty

Politics & Government

Peace treaty signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on 12 March 1940

Second Vienna Award

Politics & Government

1940 border agreement

Treaty of Craiova

Politics & Government

1940 territorial settlement between the kingdoms of Romania and Bulgaria

German–Soviet Commercial Agreement

Politics & Government · Moscow

1940 agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union

Franco-Italian Armistice

Politics & Government · Rome

1940 armistice between France and Italy

1940 Republican National Convention

Politics & Government · Convention Hall

Political convention

Rallying of New Caledonia to Free France

Politics & Government · New Caledonia

1940 coup d'état in New Caledonia

Japan-China Basic Relations Treaty

Politics & Government · Nan-ching

Treaty and Agreements Between Japan and the Wang Ching-wei Regime in Japanese-occupied China, Signed at Nanking, November 30, 1940

Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse died

People · Kassel

German prince (1868–1940)

Marcel Granet died

People · Sceaux

French sociologist (1884-1940)

Joseph John Thomson died

People · Cambridge

British physicist (1856-1940)

Carl Bosch died

People · Heidelberg

German chemical engineer (1874–1940)

Frederick Cook died

People · New Rochelle

American explorer (1865-1940)

Ze'ev Jabotinsky died

People · Hunter

Russian Jewish poet, founder of Revisionist Zionist movement (1880–1940)

Smedley Butler died

People · Naval Hospital Philadelphia

United States Marine Corps general, two time Medal of Honor recipient, activist, lecturer, official, and writer (1881-1940)

Sofia Rusova died

People · Prague

Ukrainian writer and activist

Ion Inculeț died

People · Bucharest

President of Moldova (1884-1940)

Frank William Taussig died

People · Cambridge

United States economist (1859-1940)

Arthur Harden died

People · Bourne End

British biochemist

Vito Volterra died

People · Rome

Italian mathematician and mathematical physicist (1860-1940)

Yuly Shokalsky died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian oceanographer

William Lashly died

People · Hambledon

British explorer

George Latimer Bates died

People · Chelmsford

American naturalist (1863-1940)

Ellen Gates Starr died

People · Suffern

American social activist (1859–1940)

Komaram Bheem died

People · Hyderabad State

Indian tribal leader (1901-1940)

Vsevolod Meyerhold died

People · Moscow

Russian theatre director (1874–1940)

Jacob Hollander died

People · Baltimore

United States economist (1871-1940)

Charles Lorin died

People · Chartres

French stained glass artist and manufacturer in Chartres, in Eure-et-Loir (1866-1940)

Jules Zirnheld died

People · Paris

French christian trade unionist (1876–1940)

Walter Percy Chrysler Sr. died

People · Kings Point

(1875-1940) American automotive industry executive

Oliver Lodge died

People · Wilsford

British physicist (1851-1940)

Paul Gottlieb Nipkow died

People · Berlin

German technician and inventor (1860–1940)

Édouard Branly died

People · boulevard Saint-Michel

French physicist (1844-1940)

Ernest Joyce died

People · London

Royal Naval seaman and explorer (1875–1940)

Gustav Frederik Holm died

People · Copenhagen

Danish writer and explorer (1849–1940)

Thorvald Nilsen died

People · Buenos Aires

Norwegian explorer (1881–1940)

Alfredo Jahn died

People · Caracas

Venezuelan engineer (1867–1940)

Henry Hurd Rusby died

People · Sarasota

American botanist, pharmacist and explorer (1855-1940)

George Marston died

People · Taunton

English artist (1882-1940)

Guy de Larigaudie died

People · Musson

French explorer, journalist and writer (1908–1940)

Lucien Linden died

People · Watermael-Boitsfort

Belgian botanist (1853-1940)

Luisa Zeni died

People · Arco

Italian spy and writer

Haviland H. Lund died

People · Adrian

American activist (1871–1940)

Mary Logan Tucker died

People · Washington, D.C.

American activist

Richard Oehring died

People · Netherlands

German economist, writer and poet who became a political activist (1891-1940)

Anita Lett died

People · Enniscorthy

Irish activist who founded the Irish Countrywomen's Association

Tom Mix died

People · Florence

American film actor (1880-1940)

Ben Turpin died

People · Santa Monica

American actor (1869-1940)

Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval died

People · La Porcherie

French physicist and physician (1851–1940)

Alfred Fowler died

People · Ealing

British astronomer (1868-1940)

Alicia Boole Stott died

People · Highgate

Irish-English mathematician (1860-1940)

Sam Eyde died

People · Åsgårdstrand

Norwegian engineer and businessman (1866-1940)

Raymond Smith Dugan died

People · Bryn Mawr

American astronomer (1878–1940)

Otto Toeplitz died

People · Jerusalem

German mathematician (1881–1940)

Heinrich Kayser died

People · Bonn

German physicist (1853–1940)

Pierre Weiss died

People · 7th arrondissement of Lyon

French physicist (1865-1940)

Johan Anker died

People · Halden

Died in Halden. Norwegian sailor and sailboat designer (1871–1940).

Thomas Little Heath died

People · Ashtead

British civil servant, mathematician and classicist (1861–1940)

Raymond Pearl died

People · Hershey

American biogerontologist (1879-1940)

Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov died

People · Moscow

Russian politician (1879–1940)

Wilhelm Anderson died

People · Międzyrzecz

Baltic German astronomer and astrophysicist (1880-1940)

Nikolai Koltsov died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian scientist (1872–1940)

Augustus Edward Hough Love died

People · Oxford

English mathematician (1863–1940)

Robert Emden died

People · Zurich

Swiss astrophysicist (1862-1940)

Nae Ionescu died

People · Bucharest

Romanian philosopher, logician, mathematician, professor, and journalist

Raymond Unwin died

People · Old Lyme

British engineer, architect and town planner (1863–1940)

John Taliaferro Thompson died

People · Great Neck Peninsula

United States Army officer (1860-1940)

Wacław Berent died

People · Warsaw

Polish novelist and translator (1873–1940)

Charles Sumner Tainter died

People · San Diego

American inventor and businessman (1854–1940)

Florence Cushman died

People · Boston

American astronomer

Georg von Arco died

People · Berlin

German physicist (1869–1940)

Edmund Rumpler died

People · Züsow

Austrian automobile and aircraft designer (1872-1940)

Robert Hadfield died

People · Surrey

British metallurgist (1858–1940)

Józef Marcinkiewicz died

People · Kharkiv

Polish mathematician (1910–1940)

Arthur Vierendeel died

People · Uccle

Belgian civil engineer (1852-1940)

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bonch-Bruevich died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian engineer (1888-1940)

Ray Strachey died

People · London

British feminist activist and writer (1887-1940)

Karl Heinrich Emil Becker died

People · Berlin

German general (1879–1940)

Edgar Buckingham died

People · Washington, D.C.

American physicist (1867–1940)

Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla died

People · Paris

French engineer

Ove Dahl died

People · Oslo

Norwegian botanist (1862-1940)

Alfred Ploetz died

People · Herrsching am Ammersee

German physician (1860–1940)

Philipp Furtwängler died

People · Vienna

German mathematician (1869–1940)

John Renshaw Carson died

People · New Hope

American telecommunications engineer (1886-1940)

George Barnes died

People · London

Scottish politician (1859-1940)

Alexandre Besredka died

People · Paris

Ukrainian-French biologist (1870-1940)

Victor Henri died

People · La Rochelle

French physical chemist, physiologist and experimental psychologist (1872-1940)

Olga Guramishvili-Nikoladze died

People · Tbilisi

Georgian biologist and educator

Henry Siedentopf died

People · Jena

German physicist (1872-1940)

Margaret Fountaine died

People · Trinidad

British entomologist, scientific illustrator and diarist (1862 - 1940)

Charles de Chavannes died

People · Antibes

French explorer

Alexander Konrad died

People · Saint Petersburg

Russian explorer (1890–1940)

Louis Valcke died

People · Ghent

Belgian explorer (1857-1940)

Hugo Merton died

People · Edinburgh

German zoologist (1879-1940)

Antonio de Oro died

People · Tétouan

Spanish military officer

Hamilton Bower died

People · North Berwick

British general (1858–1940)

J. C. Cantwell died

People · Sausalito

American explorer

Charles Karius died

People · Sydney

Australian explorer, magistrate & civil servant (1893–1940)

Kenyon Painter died

People · Cleveland Heights

US banker, Big game hunter (1867-1940)

Huang Yiguang died

People · People's Republic of China

Failed Chinese assassin

Percy Powell-Cotton died

People · Midhurst

British explorer

Lydia Kingsmill Commander died

People · England

Canadian-born journalist, minister, and activist

Mary Emelia Mayne died

People · Brisbane

Australian activist

Walter Hasenclever died

People · Les Milles concentration camp

German poet and playwright (1890–1940)

Agnes Ayres died

People · Los Angeles

American actress (1892–1940)

Gunnar Höckert died

People · Karelian Isthmus

Finnish runner (1910–1940)

Charley Chase died

People · Hollywood

Actor, comedian, director, writer (1893–1940)

Marguerite Clark died

People · New York City

American actress (1883–1940)

Mrs. Patrick Campbell died

People · Pau

British stage actress (1865–1940)

Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich died

People · Augsburg

Austrian noble, niece of Elisabeth of Austria, who had a prominent role in the Mayerling Incident

Diana Karenne died

People · Aachen

Polish actress (1888-1940)

La Jana died

People · Berlin

Austro-German dancer and actress (1905–1940)

Johnny Dodds died

People · Chicago

American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist (1892–1940)

John Lennon born

People · Liverpool Maternity Hospital

Born in Liverpool Maternity Hospital. British musician (1940–1980).

Pelé born

People · Três Corações

Born in Três Corações. Brazilian footballer (1940–2022).

Bruce Lee born

People · San Francisco Chinese Hospital

Born in San Francisco Chinese Hospital. Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973).

Al Pacino born

People · Manhattan

Born in Manhattan. American actor (born 1940).

Wangari Muta Maathai born

People · Nyeri

Born in Nyeri. Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 (1940–2011).

Joseph Brodsky born

People · Saint Petersburg

Born in Saint Petersburg. Russian-American poet (1940-1996).

J. M. Coetzee born

People · Cape Town

Born in Cape Town. South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940).

Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev born

People · Ushqonyr

Born in Ushqonyr. President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019.

Chuck Norris born

People · Ryan

Born in Ryan. American martial artist and action actor (1940–2026).

Nancy Pelosi born

People · Baltimore

Born in Baltimore. American politician (born 1940).

Gao Xingjian born

People · Ganxian District

Born in Ganxian District. Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- ).

Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio born

People · Nice

Born in Nice. French writer and Nobel Prize winner (born 1940).

Joachim Gauck born

People · Rostock

Born in Rostock. German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President of Germnay 2012–2017 (born 1940).

Annie Ernaux born

People · Lillebonne

Born in Lillebonne. French writer (born 1940).

Saparmyrat Nyýazow born

People · Gypjak

Born in Gypjak. President of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006.

Tarō Asō born

People · Iizuka

Born in Iizuka. Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009.

Michel Temer born

People · Tietê

Born in Tietê. 24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019.

Terry Gilliam born

People · Minneapolis

Born in Minneapolis. American born-British filmmaker, comedian, and actor (born 1940).

Abdurrahman Wahid born

People · Jombang

Born in Jombang. 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia (1940–2009).

Eduardo Galeano born

People · Montevideo

Born in Montevideo. Uruguayan writer and journalist (1940–2015).

Abbas Kiarostami born

People · Tehran

Born in Tehran. Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer (1940-2016).

Raquel Welch born

People · Chicago

Born in Chicago. American actress (1940–2023).

Tabaré Vázquez born

People · Montevideo

Born in Montevideo. President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020.

Kip S. Thorne born

People · Logan

Born in Logan. American physicist (born 1940).

Brian De Palma born

People · Newark

Born in Newark. American film director and screenwriter.

Mamnoon Hussain born

People · Agra

Born in Agra. 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018.

Peter Mutharika born

People · Zomba

Born in Zomba. President of Malawi.

Burhanuddin Rabbani born

People · Fayzabad

Born in Fayzabad. Afghanistan politician, former President of Afghanistan (1992-2001).

George A. Romero born

People · The Bronx

Born in The Bronx. Canadian-American filmmaker (1940–2017).

Fatema Mernissi born

People · Fez

Born in Fez. 1940-2015, Moroccan sociologist, writer and feminist.

Jerzy Buzek born

People · Smilovice

Born in Smilovice. Prime Minister of Poland (r. 1997–2001); President of the European Parliament (r. 2009–2012).

Anna Karina born

People · Frederiksberg

Born in Frederiksberg. Danish-French actress (1940–2019).

Angela Carter born

People · Eastbourne

Born in Eastbourne. English novelist (1940–1992).

Saul Kripke born

People · Bay Shore

Born in Bay Shore. American philosopher and logician (1940–2022).

Peter Diamond born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. Nobel prize in economics winner.

Fabrizio De André born

People · Genoa

Born in Genoa. Italian singer-songwriter (1940-1999).

Régis Debray born

People · Paris

Born in Paris. Intellectual, journalist, official, professor.

Phil Ochs born

People · El Paso

Born in El Paso. American protest singer and songwriter (1940-1976).

Petru Lucinschi born

People · Rădulenii Vechi

Born in Rădulenii Vechi. Moldovan politician (born 1940).

Jacques Rancière born

People · Algiers

Born in Algiers. French philosopher (1940 - ).

Lei Feng born

People · Wangcheng District

Born in Wangcheng District. Chinese soldier and communist icon (1940–1962).

Antonio Skármeta born

People · Antofagasta

Born in Antofagasta. Chilean writer and ambassador (1940–2024).

Albert Razin born

People · Kuzyumovo

Born in Kuzyumovo. Russian ethnographer and Udmurt language activist.

Vito Acconci born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist (1940-2017).

Georgi Ivanov born

People · Lovech

Born in Lovech. Bulgarian cosmonaut.

Jean-Luc Nancy born

People · Caudéran

Born in Caudéran. French philosopher (1940–2021).

Ali Saibou born

People · Ouallam

Born in Ouallam. President of Niger (1940-2011).

Mate Boban born

People · Sovići

Born in Sovići. Bosnian Croat politician (1940-1997).

Jon Elster born

People · Oslo

Born in Oslo. Norwegian philosopher and political theorist.

Chögyam Trungpa born

People · Kham

Born in Kham. Tibetan Buddhist lama and writer (1939-1987).

Michael Ruse born

People · Birmingham

Born in Birmingham. British-Canadian science philosopher (1940–2024).

Jan Stráský born

People · Plzeň

Born in Plzeň. Czech politician (1940–2019).

Carole Pateman born

People · Maresfield

Born in Maresfield. British feminist, academic political theorist.

John Grinder born

People · Detroit

Born in Detroit. American linguist, developer of neuro-linguistic programming.

John Finnis born

People · Adelaide

Born in Adelaide. Australian legal scholar and philosopher.

Ansumane Mané born

People · Gambia Colony and Protectorate

Born in Gambia Colony and Protectorate. President of Guinea-Bissau (1940-2000).

Ervand Abrahamian born

People · Tehran

Born in Tehran. Historian.

Arnaldo Ochoa born

People · Cacocum

Born in Cacocum. Cuban general (1940-1989).

Brigitte Hamann born

People · Essen

Born in Essen. Austrian-German historian (1940–2016).

Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy born

People · Naples

Born in Naples. Savoyard Royal and historian.

Danièle Sallenave born

People · Angers

Born in Angers. French writer.

Tim Severin born

People · Jorhat

Born in Jorhat. British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020).

Wendy Doniger born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American Indologist (born 1940).

Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe born

People · Tours

Born in Tours. French philosopher, literary critic, and translator (1940-2007).

Margrethe II of Denmark born

People · Copenhagen

Born in Copenhagen. Queen of Denmark from 1972 to 2024 (born 1940).

Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV died

People · Bengaluru Palace

Died in Bengaluru Palace. King of Mysore (1884–1940).

Homero Aridjis born

People · Contepec Municipality

Born in Contepec Municipality. Mexican poet of Greek descent.

Dalil Boubakeur born

People · Skikda

Born in Skikda. French physician.

Robert Jervis born

People · New York City

Born in New York City. American political scientist (1940–2021).

Jean-Pierre Bansard born

People · Oran

Born in Oran. French businessman and politician (1940–2024).

Hélène Mouchard-Zay born

People · Rabat

Born in Rabat. French academic and writer (1940–2026).

Illinois Institute of Technology

Science & Technology

American university

University of Costa Rica

Science & Technology

Public university in Costa Rica

Dumbarton Oaks

Science & Technology · Georgetown

Research institution concerning Byzantine and Pre-Columbian studies and garden and landscape studies

Beijing Institute of Technology

Science & Technology

University

El Colegio de México

Science & Technology · El Colegio de México building

Mexican public university

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Science & Technology

University in Rio de Janeiro

Barry University

Science & Technology

Private Catholic university in Miami Shores, Florida, USA

Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University

Science & Technology · Lutsk

University in Ukraine, Lutsk, Ukraine

Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University

Science & Technology

Botanical garden in Irkutsk, Siberia

Iona University

Science & Technology

University in New York, USA

Ion Creangă Pedagogical State University

Science & Technology

University in Chișinău, Moldova

Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University

Science & Technology · Ternopil

University located in Ternopil, Ukraine

University of Colima

Science & Technology

University and open-access publisher

Ateneo de Naga University

Science & Technology

Private Jesuit Catholic research university in Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines

University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce

Science & Technology

Thai university in Bangkok, Thailand

Rivne State University of the Humanities

Science & Technology · Rivne

Allan Memorial Institute

Science & Technology

Hospital in Canada

Telecommunications Research Establishment

Science & Technology

British radar research organization

Izmail State University of Humanities

Science & Technology

Education organization in Izmail, Ukraine

St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences

Science & Technology

Government organization located in Saint Petersburg, Russia

Hôpital Purpan

Science & Technology

Hospital in France

Kobe Municipal Arboretum

Science & Technology

Botanical garden and arboretum in Kobe, Japan

Chinju National University of Education

Science & Technology

University in Jinju, South Korea

Aichi Mizuho College

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Osaka Gakuin University

Science & Technology

Higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan

Chandrakasem Rajabhat University

Science & Technology

University

Andres Bonifacio College

Science & Technology

College in the city of Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines

Jiangxi Normal University

Science & Technology

University in Nanchang, China

Kobe Women's University

Science & Technology

Private women's college in Kobe, Japan

Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts of Moldova

Science & Technology · Sfatul Țării Palace

University in Chișinău, Moldova

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

Science & Technology

Hospital in Delaware, United States

Ashraff Memorial Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Sri Lanka

Adolfo Lutz Institute

Science & Technology

National laboratory of public health in São Paulo, Brazil

Royal Roads Military College

Science & Technology · Hatley Park National Historic Site

Former military college in British Columbia, Canada

Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University

Science & Technology

University in Atyrau, Kazakhstan

Behman Hospital

Science & Technology

Healthcare organization in Helwan, Egypt

Limbe Provincial Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Limbe, Cameroon

Mbarara Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Western Region, Uganda

Institute of Hydrobiology

Science & Technology

Facility in Kyiv, Ukraine

Broomfield Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex

Angal Hospital

Science & Technology

Hospital in Uganda

Regional Parks Botanic Garden

Science & Technology

Botanical garden located in Berkeley, California, United States

Sejong University

Science & Technology

University in Seoul, South Korea

Salesian Pontifical University

Science & Technology

Pontifical university

Pontifical University of Salamanca

Science & Technology

Pontifical university in Salamanca, Spain

Yanka Kupala State University of Grodno

Science & Technology

University in Hrodna, Belarus

Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University

Science & Technology

University in Ukraine

Institute of Statistics

Science & Technology

Albania's principal government institution in charge of statistics and census data

Ufa University of Science and Technology Sterlitamak branch

Science & Technology

Preparatory School of the Brazilian Army

Science & Technology

School in Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil

National Hsinchu University of Education

Science & Technology

A former normal university in Hsinchu City

Chongqing University of Technology

Science & Technology

Public research university in the municipality of Chongqing, China

Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University

Science & Technology · Drohobych

Public university in Drohobych, Ukraine

Lascaux

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings

Priest's Grotto

Exploration & Discovery

Cave in Ukraine

Patria disaster

Exploration & Discovery · Port of Haifa

1940 ship bombing in Haifa

Wildkirchli

Exploration & Discovery · Schwende

Swiss cultural property of national significance in Schwende

Carroll Inlet

Exploration & Discovery

Body of water in Palmer Land, Antarctica

Laverstock ware

Exploration & Discovery · Laverstock

11th- to 14th-century pottery made in Laverstock, Wiltshire, England

Cathedral of the Most Holy Conception

Religion & Belief Systems

Cathedral

770 Eastern Parkway Chabad Lubavitch HQ

Religion & Belief Systems · Crown Heights

Lubavitch World Headquarters

Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption

Religion & Belief Systems

Catholic cathedral in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Gaudiya Mission

Religion & Belief Systems

Monastic and missionary organization in Calcutta, India

Anwaar Mosque

Religion & Belief Systems · Qadian

Mosque in Darul Anwaar, Qadian, India

St. Gregory the Illuminator cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Armenian Apostolic cathedral in Antelias

Adat Jeschurun

Religion & Belief Systems · Östermalm

Synagogue in Stockholm, Sweden

Great Synagogue

Religion & Belief Systems

San Felice Sanctuary

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Parabiago, Italy

St. Mark's Church

Religion & Belief Systems

Serbian Orthodox church in Belgrade

St. Ambrose Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Church in Iowa, United States

St. Anthony Cathedral, Diamantina

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Diamantina, Brazil

Corpus Christi Cathedral

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic place in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas

Church of San Antonio de Padua, Gijón

Religion & Belief Systems

Evangelical-Reformed Church with Rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building with outbuilding on Obere Zollgasse in Ostermundigen in the canton of Bern, Switzerland

Grave of Monti

Religion & Belief Systems · Certosa di Bologna

Tomb in Certosa di Bologna, Italy, Carducci Area

Vyacheslav Molotov's visit to Berlin (November 1940)

Religion & Belief Systems · Berlin

State visit to the capital of the Third Reich of the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs, member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the CPSU (B.)

Church of San Miguel, Pamplona

Religion & Belief Systems · Segundo Ensanche

Church building in Pamplona, Spain

Saint Anthony chapel in Javorník

Religion & Belief Systems

Chapel in Czech Republic

Church of the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist in Łaziska Średnie

Religion & Belief Systems

Historic church in Łaziska Górne, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

La Creu dels Divuit

Religion & Belief Systems

Creu de terme de Valldoreix

Religion & Belief Systems

Wayside cross in Sant Cugat del Vallès

Roman Catholic parish church with rectory

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building and architectural ensemble in Oberrohrdorf in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

St. Peter and Paul roman catholic church

Religion & Belief Systems

Church building in Aarau in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland

Treimani orthodox church

Religion & Belief Systems · Treimani

Church building in Estonia

McDonald's

Economy & Trade · Chicago

American fast food restaurant chain

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Economy & Trade · Bengaluru

Indian public sector aerospace manufacturer

Koch, Inc.

Economy & Trade · Wichita

Second largest privately held company in the United States

MoneyGram

Economy & Trade · Dallas

American money transfer company

Kao Corporation

Economy & Trade · Nihonbashi-Kayabachō

Japanese chemical and cosmetics company

Mamiya

Economy & Trade · Bunkyō-ku

Japanese imaging company

Clarion

Economy & Trade · Saitama

Company

YIT

Economy & Trade · Helsinki

Finnish construction company

Air Products & Chemicals

Economy & Trade · Detroit

Company

Elevance Health, Inc.

Economy & Trade · Indianapolis

American healthcare company

Paper Mate

Economy & Trade · Oak Brook

American writing implement company

Official visit by Heinrich Himmler to Spain

Economy & Trade · Barcelona

Official visit by Heinrich Himmler to Spain

1940 Vrancea earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

November 1940 earthquake in Romania

1940 Shakotan earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake struck Hokkaido, Japan on 2 August 1940

Flood of 1940

Disasters & Pandemics · Pyrénées-Orientales

Flood in France and Spain in 1940 caused by a Cevennes episode

1940 El Centro earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake affecting Southern California and Baja California

1940 Lima and Callao Earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Earthquake in Peru

1940 New Hampshire earthquake

Disasters & Pandemics

Le Paradis massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Lestrem

WW2 war crime

Jilava massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Jilava prison

1940 massacre in Romania

Vinkt Massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Vinkt

1940 German war crime in Belgium

Ip massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Ip

Massacre

assassination of Leon Trotsky

Disasters & Pandemics · Coyoacán

Murder of Trotsky, 20 August 1940

Treznea massacre

Disasters & Pandemics · Treznea

1940 killing of Romanian civilians by Hungarian forces in Transylvania

Second Great Fire of London

Disasters & Pandemics · London

Air raid by Germany against London 29–30 December 1940

Massacre in the Szpęgawski Forest

Disasters & Pandemics

A series of mass executions carried out by the German occupiers in the Szpęgawski Forest near Starogard Gdański. It is estimated that between September 1939 and January 1940

Bloody Wednesday in Olkusz

Disasters & Pandemics · Olkusz

Perpetration of civilians in Poland

Anti-Jewish Dorohoi pogrom

Disasters & Pandemics · Dorohoi

1940 massacre of Jews by Romanian troops

Czortków Uprising

Social Movements & Revolutions · Chortkiv

Polish uprising

Postwar anti-Jewish violence in Slovakia

Social Movements & Revolutions · Slovakia

Anti-Jewish rioting and violence in Slovakia

Grundtvig's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Copenhagen

Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium in Goiânia, Brazil

New Valamo

Architecture & Engineering

Monastery in Heinävesi, Finland

Akureyrarkirkja

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Akureyri, Iceland

11 foot 8 Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Low-clearance bridge in Durham, North Carolina

Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera

Architecture & Engineering · Santa Cruz de la Sierra

Multi-Purpose Stadium

Saint Joseph's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Sarajevo

Santa Galla

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Rome

Church of the Holy Transfiguration

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Novo Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie al Trionfale

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Rome, Italy

Estadio José Zorrilla

Architecture & Engineering · Valladolid

Stadium

Grefsen Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Oslo, Norway

Stade Pierre Brisson

Architecture & Engineering · Beauvais

Football stadium in France

Tejn Church

Architecture & Engineering · Tejn

Church building in Bornholm Regional Municipality, Denmark

Hessdalen Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Holtålen, Trøndelag, Norway

Pont de l'Artuby

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in France

Estadio Jorge "Calero" Suárez

Architecture & Engineering

Multi-purpose stadium in Metapán, El Salvador

Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge)

Architecture & Engineering · Baton Rouge

Bridge in United States of America

Estadio Rubén Marcos Peralta

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Osorno, Chile

Palazzo della Questura, Naples

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Naples, Italy

Estádio Presidente Vargas

Architecture & Engineering

Football stadium located in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil

Vestre Jakobselv Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Vadsø municipality, Norway

St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Quebec, Canada

Østby church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Trysil, Innlandet, Norway

Kjølsdalen Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Eid, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway

Hussein Bin Ali Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine

Stade Frères Zioui

Architecture & Engineering

Multi-use stadium

Palacio de la Cultura

Architecture & Engineering

Historic building in Managua, Nicaragua

Estádio Passo D'Areia

Architecture & Engineering · Porto Alegre

Multi-use stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Igreja Nossa Senhora do Brasil

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in São Paulo, Brazil

Estadio La Fuensanta

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in Castile-La Mancha, Spain

Alamo Stadium

Architecture & Engineering

Stadium in San Antionio, Texas

All Hallows Twickenham

Architecture & Engineering

Church in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, UK

Christ the Saviour Seminary

Architecture & Engineering

Seminary for the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Church of St. Hubert the Hunter and Library

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Wyoming, United States of America

Former Holy Family Church

Architecture & Engineering · Lawrenceville

Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

San Germano e San Giovanni Bosco

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in Podenzano

Wilmington Park

Architecture & Engineering

Ballpark in Wilmington, Delaware

St Francis's Church, Salisbury

Architecture & Engineering

Church in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK

Rubber Bowl

Architecture & Engineering

Former stadium in Akron, Ohio

St. Helena's Church

Architecture & Engineering

Church building in New York, United States of America

Sebastian County Road 4G Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Works Progress Administration built bridge in Sebastian County, Arkansas

Chaloem Wan Chat bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in Bangkok, Thailand

Livermore Bridge

Architecture & Engineering

Bridge in United States of America

Youngblood Bridge

Architecture & Engineering · Union Church

Bridge in Union Church, Mississippi

National Redoubt

Architecture & Engineering

Defensive plan devised by the Swiss government against foreign invasion

Tōgō Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Japan

Nan'yō Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Defunct Shinto shrine in Koror, Palau

Ōmi Jingū

Architecture & Engineering

Shinto shrine in Ōtsu, Japan

Gifu Gokoku Shrine

Architecture & Engineering

Shinto shrine in Gifu Prefecture, Japan

Fort Hunter Liggett

Architecture & Engineering

US Army Reserve base in Monterey County

Coronado State Monument

Architecture & Engineering

Archaeological site in New Mexico, United States of America

Peace Tower

Architecture & Engineering · Heiwadai Park

Monument in Miyazaki, Japan

Petrozavodsk State University

Architecture & Engineering

University in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russian Federation, founded in 1940

Monument to Valery Chkalov

Architecture & Engineering

Monument in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

Symbolic Cemetery at Popradské Pleso

Architecture & Engineering

Kemi City Hall

Architecture & Engineering · Sauvosaari

City hall of Kemi, Finland

Guglielmo Marconi

Architecture & Engineering

Artwork by Attilio Piccirilli

Historic Jamestowne

Architecture & Engineering

cultural heritage site in Virginia, Unityed States

St. John's Baptist Church

Architecture & Engineering

Miami

Monument to Lenin on Tverskaya Square

Architecture & Engineering

Sculpture of Vladimir Lenin in Moscow

Volgograd Grain Elevator

Architecture & Engineering

Building in Russia

House-museum of Chkalov

Architecture & Engineering

Guglielmo Marconi Memorial

Architecture & Engineering

Artwork by Attilio Piccirilli

Cruz de los Caídos (Alicante)

Architecture & Engineering

Copa de los Campeones de España

Sports & Entertainment · Estadi de Sarrià

Football match

State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Tajikistan Sadriddin Ayni

Sports & Entertainment

Opera house in Dushanbe, Tajikistan

8th Venice International Film Festival

Sports & Entertainment · Venice

1940 film festival edition

Gauliga Generalgouvernement

Sports & Entertainment · Poland

Highest football league in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany

Grodno Regional Puppet Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Puppet theatre in Hrodna (Grodno), Belarus

Joyland Amusement Park

Sports & Entertainment

Amusement park in Lubbock, Texas, United States

Lilla Teatern

Sports & Entertainment · Kamppi

Theatre in Helsinki, Finland

Tower Theatre

Sports & Entertainment

Theater and movie theater in Bend, Oregon, United States

Xiluo Theater

Sports & Entertainment · Siluo Township

Former theater in Yunlin County, Taiwan

Ngmayem

Sports & Entertainment · Dodowa

Annual festival celebrated by Krobos of the Ga-Adangme ethnic group in Ghana

1940 World Snooker Championship

Sports & Entertainment · London

Snooker tournament

1940 Copa del Generalísimo Final

Sports & Entertainment · Campo de Fútbol de Vallecas

Football Tournament Final Match

1940 Coppa Italia Final

Sports & Entertainment · Stadio Artemio Franchi

Football match

Vichy France founded

Empires & Countries · Paris

Vichy France was founded, with its capital at Paris.

French Third Republic dissolved

Empires & Countries · Paris

French Third Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Paris.

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic founded

Empires & Countries · Tallinn

Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic was founded, with its capital at Tallinn.

Finnish Democratic Republic dissolved

Empires & Countries · Zelenogorsk

Finnish Democratic Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Zelenogorsk.

Wang Jingwei regime founded

Empires & Countries · Nanjing

Wang Jingwei regime was founded, with its capital at Nanjing.

Republic of Lithuania dissolved

Empires & Countries · Vilnius

Republic of Lithuania ceased to exist, having been centered at Vilnius.

National Legionary State founded

Empires & Countries · Bucharest

National Legionary State was founded, with its capital at Bucharest.

Reformed Government of the Republic of China dissolved

Empires & Countries · Nanjing

Reformed Government of the Republic of China ceased to exist, having been centered at Nanjing.

Interwar Latvia dissolved

Empires & Countries · Riga

Interwar Latvia ceased to exist, having been centered at Riga.