What happened in 1940?
387 recorded events in 1940, including 170 in people, 68 in wars & conflicts and 45 in architecture & engineering. A further 2 events are dated only to the wider period.
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Wars & Conflicts 68
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Battle of France
Nazi German invasion of France in 1940
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Battle of Dunkirk
1940 battle in the Second World War between the Allies and Germany
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Greco-Italian War
Conflict between Italy and Greece, which lasted from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941
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German invasion of the Netherlands
Nazi invasion of the Netherlands in 1940
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German invasion of Belgium
1940 German conquest of Belgium during World War II
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Battle of Taranto
1940 battle
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Franco-Thai War
War between Thailand and Vichy France (1940-1941)
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Siege of Malta
1942 military campaign in the Mediterranean Theatre of the Second World War
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Attack on Mers-El-Kebir
1940 battle
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Battles of Narvik
Battles fought from 9 April to 8 June 1940
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Battle of Fort Eben-Emael
1940 battle (World War II)
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Altmark Incident
1940 WW II naval incident between British and German ships
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Battle of Dakar
1940 WWII battle
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Battle of Arras
1940 World War II event
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Battle of Gabon
1940 battle of WW2
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Battle of Sedan
Battle which took place in the Second World War during the Battle of France in 1940.
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Action off Calabria
1940 naval battle
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Hundred Regiments Offensive
1940 military offensive
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Battle of Hannut
1940 WWII battle in Belgium
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Siege of Lille
1940 Military battle
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Battle for The Hague
1940 battle in the Second World War
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Battle of Raate Road
1940 battle during the Winter War between Soviet Union and Finland
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Siege of Calais
1940 battle
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Battle of Gembloux
1940 battle
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Battle of the Lys
Major battle between Belgian and German forces during the German Invasion of Belgium of 1940
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Battle of Montcornet
Engagement of the Battle of France on 17 May 1940
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Battle of Rotterdam
1940 battle
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Battle of Boulogne
1940 battle for the port and town of Boulogne-sur-Mer during the German blitzkrieg
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Battle of Drøbak Sound
1940 battle of World War II in the Norwegian Campaign
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Battle of the Afsluitdijk
1940 battle
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Battle of Maastricht
1940 battle in the German Campaign on the Western Front of World War II
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Battle of Abbeville
1940 battle of World War II
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Battle of Britain Day
15 September 1940
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Battle of Saumur
Battle during World War II
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Battle of Zaoyang–Yichang
1940 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Adlertag
1940 first day of German military operations to destroy the British air force
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Battle of Honkaniemi
1940 battle of the Winter War
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Battle of Pindus
1940 battle
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Battle of Elaia–Kalamas
1940 battle of the Greco-Italian War
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Battle of Sidi Barrani
Battle in Egypt 10-11 December 1940 during World War II
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Battle of the Grebbeberg
1940 major engagement during the battle of the Netherlands in WWII
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Battle of Kuhmo
1940 battle
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Battle of Nibeiwa
1940 WWII: British Army raid on Italian fort in Egypt
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Siege of Giarabub
1940 siege
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Battle of Midtskogen
1940 battle
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Battle of Dombås
1940 battle between Norwegian army forces and German paratroops
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Battle of Vinjesvingen
1940 battle
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Battle of Himara
1940 battle of the Greco-Italian War
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Battle of Wuyuan
1940 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
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Åndalsnes landings
Battle in Norway during the Second World War
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Capture of Kassala
Allied campaign in East Africa during World War II (1940–1941)
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Battle of Hegra Fortress
1940 battle
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Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal
1940 battle
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Battle of Korytsa
1940 battle of the Greco-Italian War
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Battle of La Horgne
1940 battle
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Battle of West Suiyuan
1940 battle
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Battle of Mill
1940 battle of World War II in the Netherlands
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Battle of Morava–Ivan
1940 part of the Greco-Italian War
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Battle of Tug Argan
Part of the East African Campaign of the Second World War
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Battle of Vyborg Bay
1940 battle
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Battle for Kvam
Battle in the 1940 German invasion of Norway
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Battle of Gratangen
1940 battle
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Battle of Hucisko
Battle of Hucisko (Wars & Conflicts).
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Battle of Graveney Marsh
1940 battle
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Battle of Horten Harbour
Engagement that occurred during the April 1940 German invasion of Norway
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Battle of Høljarast Bridge
1940 battle
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Capture of Arendal
Capture of Arendal (Wars & Conflicts).
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Capture of Egersund
Capture of Egersund (Wars & Conflicts).
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Politics & Government 9
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Tripartite Pact
Treaty establishing the Axis Powers of World War Two
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Armistice of 22 June 1940
Armistice between France and Nazi Germany in World War II
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Moscow Peace Treaty
Peace treaty signed by Finland and the Soviet Union on 12 March 1940
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Second Vienna Award
1940 border agreement
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Treaty of Craiova
1940 territorial settlement between the kingdoms of Romania and Bulgaria
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German–Soviet Commercial Agreement
1940 agreement between Germany and the Soviet Union
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Franco-Italian Armistice
1940 armistice between France and Italy
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1940 Republican National Convention
Political convention
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Rallying of New Caledonia to Free France
1940 coup d'état in New Caledonia
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People 170
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Prince Frederick Charles of Hesse died
German prince (1868–1940)
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Marcel Granet died
French sociologist (1884-1940)
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Joseph John Thomson died
British physicist (1856-1940)
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Carl Bosch died
German chemical engineer (1874–1940)
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Frederick Cook died
American explorer (1865-1940)
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Ze'ev Jabotinsky died
Russian Jewish poet, founder of Revisionist Zionist movement (1880–1940)
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Smedley Butler died
United States Marine Corps general, two time Medal of Honor recipient, activist, lecturer, official, and writer (1881-1940)
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Sofia Rusova died
Ukrainian writer and activist
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Ion Inculeț died
President of Moldova (1884-1940)
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Frank William Taussig died
United States economist (1859-1940)
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Arthur Harden died
British biochemist
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Vito Volterra died
Italian mathematician and mathematical physicist (1860-1940)
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Yuly Shokalsky died
Russian oceanographer
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William Lashly died
British explorer
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George Latimer Bates died
American naturalist (1863-1940)
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Ellen Gates Starr died
American social activist (1859–1940)
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Komaram Bheem died
Indian tribal leader (1901-1940)
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Vsevolod Meyerhold died
Russian theatre director (1874–1940)
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Jacob Hollander died
United States economist (1871-1940)
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Charles Lorin died
French stained glass artist and manufacturer in Chartres, in Eure-et-Loir (1866-1940)
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Jules Zirnheld died
French christian trade unionist (1876–1940)
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Walter Percy Chrysler Sr. died
(1875-1940) American automotive industry executive
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Oliver Lodge died
British physicist (1851-1940)
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Paul Gottlieb Nipkow died
German technician and inventor (1860–1940)
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Édouard Branly died
French physicist (1844-1940)
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Ernest Joyce died
Royal Naval seaman and explorer (1875–1940)
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Gustav Frederik Holm died
Danish writer and explorer (1849–1940)
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Thorvald Nilsen died
Norwegian explorer (1881–1940)
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Alfredo Jahn died
Venezuelan engineer (1867–1940)
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Henry Hurd Rusby died
American botanist, pharmacist and explorer (1855-1940)
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George Marston died
English artist (1882-1940)
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Guy de Larigaudie died
French explorer, journalist and writer (1908–1940)
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Lucien Linden died
Belgian botanist (1853-1940)
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Luisa Zeni died
Italian spy and writer
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Haviland H. Lund died
American activist (1871–1940)
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Mary Logan Tucker died
American activist
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Richard Oehring died
German economist, writer and poet who became a political activist (1891-1940)
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Anita Lett died
Irish activist who founded the Irish Countrywomen's Association
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Tom Mix died
American film actor (1880-1940)
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Ben Turpin died
American actor (1869-1940)
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Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval died
French physicist and physician (1851–1940)
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Alfred Fowler died
British astronomer (1868-1940)
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Alicia Boole Stott died
Irish-English mathematician (1860-1940)
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Sam Eyde died
Norwegian engineer and businessman (1866-1940)
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Raymond Smith Dugan died
American astronomer (1878–1940)
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Otto Toeplitz died
German mathematician (1881–1940)
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Heinrich Kayser died
German physicist (1853–1940)
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Pierre Weiss died
French physicist (1865-1940)
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Johan Anker died
Norwegian sailor and sailboat designer (1871–1940)
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Thomas Little Heath died
British civil servant, mathematician and classicist (1861–1940)
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Raymond Pearl died
American biogerontologist (1879-1940)
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Nikolai Vissarionovich Nekrasov died
Russian politician (1879–1940)
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Wilhelm Anderson died
Baltic German astronomer and astrophysicist (1880-1940)
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Nikolai Koltsov died
Russian scientist (1872–1940)
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Augustus Edward Hough Love died
English mathematician (1863–1940)
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Robert Emden died
Swiss astrophysicist (1862-1940)
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Nae Ionescu died
Romanian philosopher, logician, mathematician, professor, and journalist
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Raymond Unwin died
British engineer, architect and town planner (1863–1940)
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John Taliaferro Thompson died
United States Army officer (1860-1940)
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Wacław Berent died
Polish novelist and translator (1873–1940)
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Charles Sumner Tainter died
American inventor and businessman (1854–1940)
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Florence Cushman died
American astronomer
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Georg von Arco died
German physicist (1869–1940)
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Edmund Rumpler died
Austrian automobile and aircraft designer (1872-1940)
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Robert Hadfield died
British metallurgist (1858–1940)
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Józef Marcinkiewicz died
Polish mathematician (1910–1940)
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Arthur Vierendeel died
Belgian civil engineer (1852-1940)
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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bonch-Bruevich died
Russian engineer (1888-1940)
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Ray Strachey died
British feminist activist and writer (1887-1940)
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Karl Heinrich Emil Becker died
German general (1879–1940)
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Edgar Buckingham died
American physicist (1867–1940)
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Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla died
French engineer
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Ove Dahl died
Norwegian botanist (1862-1940)
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Alfred Ploetz died
German physician (1860–1940)
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Philipp Furtwängler died
German mathematician (1869–1940)
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John Renshaw Carson died
American telecommunications engineer (1886-1940)
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George Barnes died
Scottish politician (1859-1940)
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Alexandre Besredka died
Ukrainian-French biologist (1870-1940)
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Victor Henri died
French physical chemist, physiologist and experimental psychologist (1872-1940)
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Olga Guramishvili-Nikoladze died
Georgian biologist and educator
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Henry Siedentopf died
German physicist (1872-1940)
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Margaret Fountaine died
British entomologist, scientific illustrator and diarist (1862 - 1940)
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Charles de Chavannes died
French explorer
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Alexander Konrad died
Russian explorer (1890–1940)
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Louis Valcke died
Belgian explorer (1857-1940)
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Hugo Merton died
German zoologist (1879-1940)
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Antonio de Oro died
Spanish military officer
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Hamilton Bower died
British general (1858–1940)
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J. C. Cantwell died
American explorer
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Charles Karius died
Australian explorer, magistrate & civil servant (1893–1940)
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Kenyon Painter died
US banker, Big game hunter (1867-1940)
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Huang Yiguang died
Failed Chinese assassin
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Percy Powell-Cotton died
British explorer
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Lydia Kingsmill Commander died
Canadian-born journalist, minister, and activist
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Mary Emelia Mayne died
Australian activist
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Walter Hasenclever died
German poet and playwright (1890–1940)
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Agnes Ayres died
American actress (1892–1940)
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Gunnar Höckert died
Finnish runner (1910–1940)
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Charley Chase died
Actor, comedian, director, writer (1893–1940)
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Marguerite Clark died
American actress (1883–1940)
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Mrs. Patrick Campbell died
British stage actress (1865–1940)
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Countess Marie Larisch von Moennich died
Austrian noble, niece of Elisabeth of Austria, who had a prominent role in the Mayerling Incident
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Diana Karenne died
Polish actress (1888-1940)
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La Jana died
Austro-German dancer and actress (1905–1940)
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Johnny Dodds died
American jazz clarinetist and alto saxophonist (1892–1940)
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John Lennon born
Born in Liverpool Maternity Hospital. British musician (1940–1980).
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Pelé born
Born in Três Corações. Brazilian footballer (1940–2022).
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Bruce Lee born
Born in San Francisco Chinese Hospital. Hong Kong–American martial artist and actor (1940–1973).
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Al Pacino born
Born in Manhattan. American actor (born 1940).
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Wangari Muta Maathai born
Born in Nyeri. Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 (1940–2011).
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Joseph Brodsky born
Born in Saint Petersburg. Russian-American poet (1940-1996).
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J. M. Coetzee born
Born in Cape Town. South African and Australian writer and scholar (born 1940).
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Nūrsūltan Nazarbaev born
Born in Ushqonyr. President of Kazakhstan from 1991 to 2019.
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Chuck Norris born
Born in Ryan. American martial artist and action actor (1940–2026).
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Nancy Pelosi born
Born in Baltimore. American politician (born 1940).
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Gao Xingjian born
Born in Ganxian District. Chinese novelist and playwright (1940- ).
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Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio born
Born in Nice. French writer and Nobel Prize winner (born 1940).
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Joachim Gauck born
Born in Rostock. German Protestant pastor and politician, Federal President of Germnay 2012–2017 (born 1940).
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Annie Ernaux born
Born in Lillebonne. French writer (born 1940).
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Saparmyrat Nyýazow born
Born in Gypjak. President of Turkmenistan from 1990 to 2006.
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Tarō Asō born
Born in Iizuka. Prime Minister of Japan from 2008 to 2009.
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Michel Temer born
Born in Tietê. 24th Vice-President of Brazil from 2011 to 2016 and 37th President of Brazil from 2016 to 2019.
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Terry Gilliam born
Born in Minneapolis. American born-British filmmaker, comedian, and actor (born 1940).
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Abdurrahman Wahid born
Born in Jombang. 4th President of the Republic of Indonesia (1940–2009).
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Eduardo Galeano born
Born in Montevideo. Uruguayan writer and journalist (1940–2015).
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Abbas Kiarostami born
Born in Tehran. Iranian film director, screenwriter, photographer and film producer (1940-2016).
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Raquel Welch born
Born in Chicago. American actress (1940–2023).
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Tabaré Vázquez born
Born in Montevideo. President of Uruguay from 2005 to 2010 and from 2015 to 2020.
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Kip S. Thorne born
Born in Logan. American physicist (born 1940).
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Brian De Palma born
Born in Newark. American film director and screenwriter.
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Mamnoon Hussain born
Born in Agra. 12th president of Pakistan from 2013 to 2018.
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Peter Mutharika born
Born in Zomba. President of Malawi.
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Burhanuddin Rabbani born
Born in Fayzabad. Afghanistan politician, former President of Afghanistan (1992-2001).
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George A. Romero born
Born in The Bronx. Canadian-American filmmaker (1940–2017).
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Fatema Mernissi born
Born in Fez. 1940-2015, Moroccan sociologist, writer and feminist.
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Jerzy Buzek born
Born in Smilovice. Prime Minister of Poland (r. 1997–2001); President of the European Parliament (r. 2009–2012).
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Anna Karina born
Born in Frederiksberg. Danish-French actress (1940–2019).
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Angela Carter born
Born in Eastbourne. English novelist (1940–1992).
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Saul Kripke born
Born in Bay Shore. American philosopher and logician (1940–2022).
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Peter Diamond born
Born in New York City. Nobel prize in economics winner.
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Fabrizio De André born
Born in Genoa. Italian singer-songwriter (1940-1999).
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Régis Debray born
Born in Paris. Intellectual, journalist, official, professor.
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Phil Ochs born
Born in El Paso. American protest singer and songwriter (1940-1976).
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Petru Lucinschi born
Born in Rădulenii Vechi. Moldovan politician (born 1940).
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Jacques Rancière born
Born in Algiers. French philosopher (1940 - ).
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Lei Feng born
Born in Wangcheng District. Chinese soldier and communist icon (1940–1962).
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Antonio Skármeta born
Born in Antofagasta. Chilean writer and ambassador (1940–2024).
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Albert Razin born
Born in Kuzyumovo. Russian ethnographer and Udmurt language activist.
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Vito Acconci born
Born in New York City. American designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist (1940-2017).
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Georgi Ivanov born
Born in Lovech. Bulgarian cosmonaut.
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Jean-Luc Nancy born
Born in Caudéran. French philosopher (1940–2021).
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Ali Saibou born
Born in Ouallam. President of Niger (1940-2011).
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Mate Boban born
Born in Sovići. Bosnian Croat politician (1940-1997).
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Jon Elster born
Born in Oslo. Norwegian philosopher and political theorist.
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Chögyam Trungpa born
Born in Kham. Tibetan Buddhist lama and writer (1939-1987).
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Michael Ruse born
Born in Birmingham. British-Canadian science philosopher (1940–2024).
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Jan Stráský born
Born in Plzeň. Czech politician (1940–2019).
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Carole Pateman born
Born in Maresfield. British feminist, academic political theorist.
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John Grinder born
Born in Detroit. American linguist, developer of neuro-linguistic programming.
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John Finnis born
Born in Adelaide. Australian legal scholar and philosopher.
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Ansumane Mané born
Born in Gambia Colony and Protectorate. President of Guinea-Bissau (1940-2000).
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Ervand Abrahamian born
Born in Tehran. Historian.
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Arnaldo Ochoa born
Born in Cacocum. Cuban general (1940-1989).
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Brigitte Hamann born
Born in Essen. Austrian-German historian (1940–2016).
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Princess Maria Gabriella of Savoy born
Born in Naples. Savoyard Royal and historian.
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Danièle Sallenave born
Born in Angers. French writer.
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Tim Severin born
Born in Jorhat. British explorer, historian, writer (1940-2020).
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Wendy Doniger born
Born in New York City. American Indologist (born 1940).
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Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe born
Born in Tours. French philosopher, literary critic, and translator (1940-2007).
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Johan Anker died
Died in Halden. Norwegian sailor and sailboat designer (1871–1940).
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Science & Technology 42
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Illinois Institute of Technology
American university
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University of Costa Rica
Public university in Costa Rica
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Dumbarton Oaks
Research institution concerning Byzantine and Pre-Columbian studies and garden and landscape studies
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Beijing Institute of Technology
University
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El Colegio de México
Mexican public university
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Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
University in Rio de Janeiro
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Barry University
Private Catholic university in Miami Shores, Florida, USA
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Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University
University in Ukraine, Lutsk, Ukraine
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Botanic Garden of the Irkutsk State University
Botanical garden in Irkutsk, Siberia
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Iona University
University in New York, USA
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Ion Creangă Pedagogical State University
University in Chișinău, Moldova
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Ternopil Volodymyr Hnatiuk National Pedagogical University
University located in Ternopil, Ukraine
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University of Colima
University and open-access publisher
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Ateneo de Naga University
Private Jesuit Catholic research university in Naga City, Camarines Sur, Philippines
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University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce
Thai university in Bangkok, Thailand
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Rivne State University of the Humanities
Rivne State University of the Humanities (Science & Technology).
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Allan Memorial Institute
Hospital in Canada
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Telecommunications Research Establishment
British radar research organization
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Izmail State University of Humanities
Education organization in Izmail, Ukraine
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St. Petersburg Department of Steklov Institute of Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences
Government organization located in Saint Petersburg, Russia
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Hôpital Purpan
Hospital in France
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Kobe Municipal Arboretum
Botanical garden and arboretum in Kobe, Japan
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Chinju National University of Education
University in Jinju, South Korea
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Aichi Mizuho College
Higher education institution in Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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Osaka Gakuin University
Higher education institution in Osaka Prefecture, Japan
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Chandrakasem Rajabhat University
University
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Andres Bonifacio College
College in the city of Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte, Philippines
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Jiangxi Normal University
University in Nanchang, China
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Kobe Women's University
Private women's college in Kobe, Japan
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Academy of Music, Theatre and Fine Arts of Moldova
University in Chișinău, Moldova
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Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
Hospital in Delaware, United States
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Ashraff Memorial Hospital
Hospital in Sri Lanka
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Adolfo Lutz Institute
National laboratory of public health in São Paulo, Brazil
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Royal Roads Military College
Former military college in British Columbia, Canada
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Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University
University in Atyrau, Kazakhstan
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Behman Hospital
Healthcare organization in Helwan, Egypt
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Limbe Provincial Hospital
Hospital in Limbe, Cameroon
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Mbarara Hospital
Hospital in Western Region, Uganda
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Institute of Hydrobiology
Facility in Kyiv, Ukraine
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Broomfield Hospital
Hospital in Chelmsford, Essex
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Angal Hospital
Hospital in Uganda
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Regional Parks Botanic Garden
Botanical garden located in Berkeley, California, United States
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Exploration & Discovery 6
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Lascaux
Cave in southwestern France famous for its Paleolithic cave paintings
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Priest's Grotto
Cave in Ukraine
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Patria disaster
1940 ship bombing in Haifa
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Wildkirchli
Swiss cultural property of national significance in Schwende
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Carroll Inlet
Body of water in Palmer Land, Antarctica
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Laverstock ware
11th- to 14th-century pottery made in Laverstock, Wiltshire, England
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Religion & Belief Systems 9
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Cathedral of the Most Holy Conception
Cathedral
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770 Eastern Parkway Chabad Lubavitch HQ
Lubavitch World Headquarters
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Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption
Catholic cathedral in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
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Gaudiya Mission
Monastic and missionary organization in Calcutta, India
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Anwaar Mosque
Mosque in Darul Anwaar, Qadian, India
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St. Gregory the Illuminator cathedral
Armenian Apostolic cathedral in Antelias
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Adat Jeschurun
Synagogue in Stockholm, Sweden
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Great Synagogue
Great Synagogue (Religion & Belief Systems).
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San Felice Sanctuary
Church in Parabiago, Italy
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Economy & Trade 11
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McDonald's
American fast food restaurant chain
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
Indian public sector aerospace manufacturer
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Koch, Inc.
Second largest privately held company in the United States
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MoneyGram
American money transfer company
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Kao Corporation
Japanese chemical and cosmetics company
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Mamiya
Japanese imaging company
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Clarion
Company
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YIT
Finnish construction company
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Air Products & Chemicals
Company
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Elevance Health, Inc.
American healthcare company
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Paper Mate
American writing implement company
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Disasters & Pandemics 6
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1940 Vrancea earthquake
November 1940 earthquake in Romania
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1940 Shakotan earthquake
Earthquake struck Hokkaido, Japan on 2 August 1940
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Flood of 1940
Flood in France and Spain in 1940 caused by a Cevennes episode
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1940 El Centro earthquake
Earthquake affecting Southern California and Baja California
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1940 Lima and Callao Earthquake
Earthquake in Peru
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1940 New Hampshire earthquake
1940 New Hampshire earthquake (Disasters & Pandemics).
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Social Movements & Revolutions 2
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Czortków Uprising
Polish uprising
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Postwar anti-Jewish violence in Slovakia
Anti-Jewish rioting and violence in Slovakia
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Architecture & Engineering 45
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Grundtvig's Church
Church in Copenhagen
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Estádio Olímpico Pedro Ludovico
Football stadium in Goiânia, Brazil
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New Valamo
Monastery in Heinävesi, Finland
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Akureyrarkirkja
Church building in Akureyri, Iceland
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11 foot 8 Bridge
Low-clearance bridge in Durham, North Carolina
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Estadio Ramón Tahuichi Aguilera
Multi-Purpose Stadium
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Saint Joseph's Church
Church in Sarajevo
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Santa Galla
Church in Rome
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Church of the Holy Transfiguration
Church building in Novo Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Chiesa di Santa Maria delle Grazie al Trionfale
Church building in Rome, Italy
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Estadio José Zorrilla
Stadium
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Grefsen Church
Church in Oslo, Norway
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Stade Pierre Brisson
Football stadium in France
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Tejn Church
Church building in Bornholm Regional Municipality, Denmark
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Hessdalen Church
Church building in Holtålen, Trøndelag, Norway
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Pont de l'Artuby
Bridge in France
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Estadio Jorge "Calero" Suárez
Multi-purpose stadium in Metapán, El Salvador
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Huey P. Long Bridge (Baton Rouge)
Bridge in United States of America
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Estadio Rubén Marcos Peralta
Stadium in Osorno, Chile
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Palazzo della Questura, Naples
Building in Naples, Italy
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Estádio Presidente Vargas
Football stadium located in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil
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Vestre Jakobselv Church
Church in Vadsø municipality, Norway
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St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church
Church building in Quebec, Canada
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Østby church
Church building in Trysil, Innlandet, Norway
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Kjølsdalen Church
Church building in Eid, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway
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Hussein Bin Ali Stadium
Stadium in Hebron, West Bank, Palestine
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Stade Frères Zioui
Multi-use stadium
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Palacio de la Cultura
Historic building in Managua, Nicaragua
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Estádio Passo D'Areia
Multi-use stadium in Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Igreja Nossa Senhora do Brasil
Church building in São Paulo, Brazil
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Estadio La Fuensanta
Stadium in Castile-La Mancha, Spain
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Alamo Stadium
Stadium in San Antionio, Texas
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All Hallows Twickenham
Church in London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, UK
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Christ the Saviour Seminary
Seminary for the American Carpatho-Russian Orthodox Diocese in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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Church of St. Hubert the Hunter and Library
Church building in Wyoming, United States of America
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Former Holy Family Church
Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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San Germano e San Giovanni Bosco
Church building in Podenzano
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Wilmington Park
Ballpark in Wilmington, Delaware
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St Francis's Church, Salisbury
Church in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK
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Rubber Bowl
Former stadium in Akron, Ohio
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St. Helena's Church
Church building in New York, United States of America
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Sebastian County Road 4G Bridge
Works Progress Administration built bridge in Sebastian County, Arkansas
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Chaloem Wan Chat bridge
Bridge in Bangkok, Thailand
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Livermore Bridge
Bridge in United States of America
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Youngblood Bridge
Bridge in Union Church, Mississippi
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Sports & Entertainment 10
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Copa de los Campeones de España
Football match
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State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Tajikistan Sadriddin Ayni
Opera house in Dushanbe, Tajikistan
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8th Venice International Film Festival
1940 film festival edition
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Gauliga Generalgouvernement
Highest football league in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany
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Copa de los Campeones de España
Football match
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Grodno Regional Puppet Theatre
Puppet theatre in Hrodna (Grodno), Belarus
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Joyland Amusement Park
Amusement park in Lubbock, Texas, United States
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Lilla Teatern
Theatre in Helsinki, Finland
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Tower Theatre
Theater and movie theater in Bend, Oregon, United States
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Xiluo Theater
Former theater in Yunlin County, Taiwan
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Empires & Countries 9
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Vichy France founded
Vichy France was founded, with its capital at Paris.
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French Third Republic dissolved
French Third Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Paris.
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Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic founded
Estonian Soviet Socialist Republic was founded, with its capital at Tallinn.
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Finnish Democratic Republic dissolved
Finnish Democratic Republic ceased to exist, having been centered at Zelenogorsk.
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Wang Jingwei regime founded
Wang Jingwei regime was founded, with its capital at Nanjing.
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Republic of Lithuania dissolved
Republic of Lithuania ceased to exist, having been centered at Vilnius.
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National Legionary State founded
National Legionary State was founded, with its capital at Bucharest.
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Reformed Government of the Republic of China dissolved
Reformed Government of the Republic of China ceased to exist, having been centered at Nanjing.
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Interwar Latvia dissolved
Interwar Latvia ceased to exist, having been centered at Riga.
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Dated to the wider period
Wikidata records these 2 entries only to a century, decade or millennium rather than to a specific year. They are listed here because 1940 is where that broader date falls, not because they are known to have happened in 1940.
1940s 2
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1948 Palestine war
First war of the Arab–Israeli conflict
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1948 Arab–Israeli War
Second and final stage of the 1947–1949 Palestine war
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