Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic2 1940literature poetry The year 1940 in literature involved some significant events and new books. Events Aldous Huxley is a screenwriter for the movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice . Jean Paul Sartre is taken prisoner by the Germans. Robertson Davies joins the Old Vic repertory company. New book Giorgio Basssani Una citt di pianura Henry Bellamann King s Row Adolfo Bioy Casares The Invention of Morel Karin Boye Kallocain Edgar Rice Burroughs Synthetic Men of Mars Dino Buzzati The Tartar Steppe Il deserto dei Tartari Erskine Caldwell Trouble in July Taylor Caldwell The Earth is the Lord s John Dickson Carr The Department of Queer Complaints The Man Who Could Not Shudder And So To Murder as by Carter Dickson Murder in the Submarine Zone as by Carter Dickson Willa Cather Sapphira And The Slave Raymond Chandler Farewell, My Lovely Agatha Christie Sad Cypress One, Two, Buckle My Shoe Walter Van Tilburg Clark Walter Clark The Ox bow Incident James Daugherty Daniel Boone Georges Duhamel Les Ma tres Graham Greene The Power and the Glory Ernest Hemingway For Whom the Bell Tolls Georgette Heyer The Corinthian novel The Corinthian Arthur Koestler Darkness at Noon Dorothy Kunhardt Pat the Bunny John M. Lee Counter Clockwise Carson McCullers The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter John O Hara Pal Joey Raymond Postgate Verdict of Twelve Arthur Ransome The Big Six Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings When the Whippoorwill Clayton Rawson The Headless Lady Mikhail ... Thwaites Category 1940 books Category Years in literature DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Literature fr 1940 en litt rature no Litteratur ret 1940 pl 1940 w literaturze pt 1940 na literatura ru 1940 sq 1940 n literatur sv Litteratur ret 1940 ... Mary I of England Newbery Medal for children s literature James Daugherty , Daniel Boone book Daniel Boone Nobel Prize for literature not awarded Pulitzer Prize for Drama William Saroyan , The Time ... more details
Use mdy dates date March 2011 Year dab 1940 Year nav 1940 C20 year in topic NOTOC Year 1940 Roman numerals ... 1940 film Pinocchio . February 10 &ndash Tom and Jerry make their debut in Puss Gets the Boot . However ... NY tracks follow suit later in 1940. April 21 &ndash Take It or Leave It radio show Take It or Leave ... May 1940 and January 1945, around 1.1 million people were killed there. May 22 &ndash WWII The Parliament ... ftp webstorage2.mcpa.virginia.edu library nara fdr audiovisual speeches fdr 1940 0610.mp3 Stab in the Back ... WWII Wilhelm Keitel signs the Aufbau Ost 1940 Aufbau Ost directive, which eventually leads to the invasion ... Training and Service Act of 1940 is signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt , creating the first ... is held in Washington, D.C. . November November 5 &ndash United States presidential election, 1940 ... , the convert 600 ft m sing on long center span of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge 1940 Tacoma Narrows ... 73 0 in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. December 9 &ndash WWII Operation Compass &ndash British ..., Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate January 6 &ndash Penny Lernoux , American journalist ... February 9 J. M. Coetzee , South African writer, Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate ... poet, Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate d. 1996 May 29 &ndash Farooq Leghari , President ... Selma Lagerl f , Swedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate b. 1858 March 20 ... May 20 &ndash Verner von Heidenstam , Swedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate ... of Prussia 1906 1940 Wilhelm of Prussia , Prussian prince b. 1906 May 28 Walter Connolly , American ... not awarded Nobel Prize in LiteratureLiterature &ndash not awarded Nobel Peace Prize Peace &ndash not awarded References Reflist http xroads.virginia.edu 1930s2 Time 1940 1940fr.html The 1930s Timeline 1940 &ndash from American Studies Programs at The University of Virginia http www.coinpage.com 1940 pictures.html 1940 Coin Pictures DEFAULTSORT 1940 Category Article Feedback Pilot Category 1940 ... more details
About usually written works the card game Literature card game pp move indef LiteratureLiterature from ... sources although, under circumstances they can be exempt . Literally translated, the word literature ... sometimes differentiate between literature and some popular forms of written work. The terms literary ... from the classification literature, for example, on the grounds of bad grammar or syntax , verisimilitude ..., may or may not come back into vogue. History Main History of Literature Image Old book bindings.jpg ... for eternal life. Different historical periods have emphasized various characteristics of literature ... literature stems from such sources. The exotic nature of romance genre romance flourished ... Tract literature tracts . Romanticism emphasized the popular folk literature and emotive involvement, but gave way in the 19th century West to a phase of realism arts realism and naturalism literature ... used for epic and dramatic fiction . Poems rely heavily on Imagery literature imagery , precise word ... though, poetry as a form of literature makes some significant use of the formal properties of the words ... depend on the sounds of words. Arguably, poetry pre dates other forms of literature. Early ... novel. Other prose literature Philosophy Philosophical , history historical , journalism journalistic , Law legal and natural science scientific writings are traditionally ranked as literature. They offer ... philosophy works are argued to merit the title literature , such as some of the works by Simon Blackburn ... similar to that of mathematics . History A great deal of historical writing ranks as literature ... the early parts of the Bible , might count as legal literature. The law tables of Hammurabi of Babylon ... of Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire has a reputation as significant literature. The founding documents of many countries, including Constitution s and Law Code s, can count as literature however ..., is a classic romantic drama generally accepted as literature. Greek theatre Greek drama exemplifies ... more details
Year nav topic 1940 art List of years in Art Events Xawery Dunikowski is deported to the concentration camp at Auschwitz, where he survives until 1945. Awards Archibald Prize Max Meldrum Dr J Forbes McKenzie Works Paintings Seealso Category 1940 paintings Jacob Epstein Jacob and the Angel Edward Hopper Gas Sculptures Carl Milles The Wedding of the Waters fountain, St. Louis, Missouri Births January 2 Peter Young artist Peter Young , United States American , painter January 6 John Byrne Scottish playwright John Byrne , Scotland Scottish painter and writer. January 24 Vito Acconci , conceptual artist, installation artist, performance artist and filmmaker Mel Bochner , conceptual artist. March 7 Hannah Wilke , United States American Painting painter , sculptor and photographer d. 1993 in art 1993 . March 20 Mary Ellen Mark , photographer. April 11 Marcia Tucker , American museum curator d. 2006 in art 2006 April 30 Burt Young , actor, painter and author June 17 Alton Kelley , American poster and album artist d. 2008 in art 2008 . July 5 Chuck Close , photorealistic painter. September 10 David Mann painter David Mann , painter. September 27 Rudolph Moshammer , Germany German fashion designer d. 2005 in art 2005 . date unknown Elizabeth Murray artist Elizabeth Murray , United States American Painting painter , printmaker and drawing draughtsman d. 2007 in art 2007 . Jaune Quick To See Smith , painter and printmaker. Deaths January 18 Jonas Lie painter Jonas Lie , landscape painter February 27 Nicolae Tonitza , painter and etcher April 15 Alexandru Pl m deal , Moldovan sculptor b. 1888 in art 1888 June 21 douard Vuillard , painter b. 1868 in art 1868 June 29 Paul Klee , Switzerland ... philosopher, Comparative literature comparatist and art critic b. 1892 in art 1892 November 17 Eric ... Stella , painter and set designer b. 1862 in art 1862 DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Art Category 1940 Art Category Years of the 20th century in art no Kunst ret 1940 pt 1940 na arte sv Konst ret 1940 ... more details
The 1940 Veikkausliiga Mestaruussarja league could not be played a cup competition was held instead. Championship final Sudet Viipuri 2 0 Turun Palloseura TPS Turku References http www.rsssf.com tablesf finhist.html Finland List of final tables RSSSF Veikkausliiga seasons Category 1940 domestic association football leagues Mestaruussarja, 1940 Category 1940 in association football Mestaruussarja, 1940 Category Mestaruussarja 1940 Finland footy competition stub de Mestaruussarja 1940 pl Mestaruussarja 1940 pt Mestaruussarja de 1940 fi Mestaruussarja kausi 1940 sv Finl ndska M sterskapsserien i fotboll 1940 ... more details
1940 Olympics refers to both The 1940 Winter Olympics , which were to be held in Sapporo, Japan, before moving to St. Moritz, Switzerland, before moving to Garmisch Partenkirchen, before being cancelled due to World War II The 1940 Summer Olympics , which were to be held in Tokyo, Japan, before moving to Helsinki, Finland, before being cancelled due to World War II disambig de Olympische Spiele 1940 es Juegos Ol mpicos de 1940 desambiguaci n nl Olympische Spelen 1940 sv Olympiska spelen 1940 ... more details
National Theater in Oslo , 1940. gallery Popular culture Expand section date September 2010 Sports Music Film Main Norwegian films of the 1940s 1940Literature Notable births 2 January Karenanne ...Year in Norway 1940 Events in the year 1940 in Norway . Overview 1940 is the year when Norway becomes drawn into World War II . On 9 April Nazi Germany invades the country which, however spared many of the atrocities which befell other nations, remains occupied until 8 May 1945. See the article Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany for a full exposition of World War II in Norway. Incumbents Government in Exile in London went to exile on 7 June List of Norwegian monarchs Monarch Haakon VII of Norway Heads of government of Norway Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold Norwegian Labour Party Labour Party German Military Governor Reichskommissar Norway Reichskommissar in Norway Josef Terboven beginning on 24 April Events File Operation Weser bung.jpg thumb right 250px The April June 1940 Norwegian Campaign . 16 February Altmark Incident The British destroyer HMS Cossack F03 Cossack intercepts the German transport German tanker Altmark Altmark in Norwegian waters, recovering 299 British prisoners of war. 8 April In Operation Wilfred the United Kingdom places fictitious and real naval mine fields off the coast of Norway. The aim was to provoke a German response. 9 April German invasion of Norway ... German cruiser Bl cher Bl cher sinking in the Oslofjord on April 9, 1940. File Domb s 1940 4.PNG ..., April 1940. File Bundesarchiv Bild 101I 0762 281 30, Oslo, deutsche Kfz und Panzer I.jpg German troops in Oslo, May 1940. In the background is the Victoria Terrasse , which later became the headquarters ... 15 September Jorunn Hareide , historian of literature 1 October Knut Vartdal , politician 4 October ... Germany b. 1895 in Norway 1895 External links Commons category 1940 in Norway Norway year nav DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Norway Category 1940 in Europe Norway ... more details
RAAF Lockheed Hudson Canberra air disaster, 1940 crashes near Canberra , killing three members of Cabinet ... date December 2010 Arts and literature Max Meldrum wins the Archibald Prize with his portrait of Dr ... 1911 1940 16 April Herbert James Carter b. 1858 , entomologist 22 June Monty Noble b. 1873 ... 1940 In Australia Category 1940 in Australia Category 1940 by country Australia Category Years ... more details
Infobox planet minorplanet yes width 25em bgcolour FFFFC0 apsis name Whipple symbol image caption discovery yes discovery ref discoverer Harvard College discovery site Agassiz Station discovered February 2, 1975 designations yes mp name 1940 alt names 1975 CA named after Fred Lawrence Whipple mp category orbit ref epoch May 14, 2008 aphelion 3.2719538 perihelion 2.8427550 semimajor eccentricity 0.0701912 period 1952.6172475 avg speed inclination 6.55688 asc node 264.24858 mean anomaly 112.04697 arg peri 180.35423 satellites physical characteristics yes dimensions mass density surface grav escape velocity sidereal day axial tilt pole ecliptic lat pole ecliptic lon albedo 0.0613 temperatures temp name1 mean temp 1 max temp 1 temp name2 max temp 2 spectral type abs magnitude 11.00 1940 Whipple 1975 CA is a Asteroid belt main belt asteroid discovered on February 2, 1975 by Harvard College at Agassiz Station . External links http ssd.jpl.nasa.gov sbdb.cgi?sstr 1940 Whipple JPL Small Body Database Browser on 1940 Whipple Reflist Minor planets navigator 1939 Loretta 1941 Wild Small Solar System bodies DEFAULTSORT Whipple Category Main Belt asteroids Category Asteroids named for people Category Astronomical objects discovered in 1975 beltasteroid stub es 1940 Whipple eo 1940 Whipple fa it 1940 Whipple la 1940 Whipple hu 1940 Whipple ja nn 1940 Whipple pl 1940 Whipple pt 1940 Whipple sk 1940 Whipple sl 1940 Whipple sr 1940 Whipple ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Events from the year 1940 in Canada . Events January to June March 13 John McNair becomes premier of New Brunswick , replacing Allison Dysart March 21 Alberta general election, 1940 Alberta election William Aberhart s Alberta Social Credit Party Social Credit Party wins a second consecutive majority March 26 Canadian federal election, 1940 Federal election Mackenzie King s Liberal Party of Canada Liberals win a second consecutive majority April 3 Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone is appointed Governor General of Canada replacing the late John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir April 25 Quebec women get the vote in provincial elections May 28 June 30 World War II The Canadian navy stations seven destroyers in the English Channel these play an important role in evacuating Allied troops from France June World War II Canadian troops are some of a small number of forces defending United Kingdom Britain June 5 Nazism Nazi , fascist , and communist groups are declared illegal in Canada and leaders and members are jailed June 10 World War II Canada declares war against Italy June 13 June 18 World War II A small number of Canadian troops land in Brest, France but are forced to evacuate soon after June 21 The National Resources Mobilization Act is passed conscription is introduced, but only for homeland defence July to December July 10 Alexander MacMillan becomes premier of Nova Scotia , replacing Angus Lewis Macdonald Angus Macdonald August 1 September 17 World War II 80 Canadian pilots participate in the Battle of Britain August 5 Camillien Houde , the mayor ... Wilbur Franks invents the g suit at the University of Toronto Arts and literature New Works Morley Callaghan Just ask George Awards See the 1940 Governor General s Awards for a complete list of winners ... DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Canada Category 1940 in Canada Category Years of the 20th century in Canada Category 1940 by country Canada fr 1940 au Canada ... more details
NOTOC See also 1939 in Afghanistan , 1940 other events of 1940 , and 1941 in Afghanistan . Internal economic development is furthered by increasing the availability of land for cultivation, by assistance to the sugar beet industry, and by official sanction of a scheme for the formation of a joint stock company to coordinate the work of the country s cotton pressing, spinning, and weaving factories. Special taxation is imposed for the purchase of arms from abroad and the construction of two radio stations and three railway lines. January 1940 Obligatory national service for all males over 17 is decreed. Early 1940 Archaeology benefits by the discovery of the long buried city of Begram , the ancient capital at the time of the Greek domination, by the French research expedition withdrawn in July under Prof. Josef Hackin . July 1940 A trade agreement with the U.S.S.R. is signed, under which Afghanistan exchanges wool, casings, skins, and herbs against textiles, salt, sugar, and kerosene. August 17, 1940 Parliament is opened at Kabul , and the king says that the country is pursuing a policy consistent with a declaration of neutrality, and that political and economic relations between Afghanistan and the belligerent powers are very cordial. However, he stresses the necessity of being prepared and united in view of current external events. Category 1940 by country Afghanistan Category Years of the 20th century in Afghanistan Category 1940 in Asia Afghanistan Category 1940 in Afghanistan Years in Afghanistan ... more details
Year nav topic 1940 science The year 1940 in science and technology involved some significant events, listed below. Biochemistry August 24 Howard Florey and a team including Ernst Chain , Arthur Duncan Gardner , Norman Heatley , M. Jennings, J. Orr Ewing and G. Sanders at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology , University of Oxford , publish their laboratory results showing the in vivo bactericidal action of penicillin . They have also purified the drug. ref cite journal last Drews first J rgen year 2000 month March title Drug Discovery a Historical Perspective journal Science journal Science volume 287 issue 5460 pages 1960 4 doi 10.1126 science.287.5460.1960 pmid 10720314 ref ref cite book first Patrick last Robertson title The Shell Book of Firsts location London publisher Ebury Press year 1974 page 124 ref Biology February 2 The first transposon s are discovered in maize Zea mays , aka corn by Barbara McClintock . Computer science February 2 The Complex Number Calculator, a calculator for complex arithmetic based on relays, was completed. see History of computing hardware . Chemistry February 27 The radioactive isotope carbon 14 is discovered by Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben Astatine synthesized by Corson, MacKenzie, and Segre Neptunium , the first Transuranium element transuranic element, synthesized by McMillan and Abelson Physics January 5 FM radio demonstrated to the Federal Communications Commission FCC for the first time Magnetron Cavity Magnetron invented by Sir John Randall John Randall and Harry Boot Births November 26 Enrico Bombieri , mathematician Deaths December 16 Eug ne Dubois b. 1858 in science 1858 , Netherlands Dutch paleoanthropology paleoanthropologist . References reflist DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Science Category 1940 Science, 1940 In Category 1940 in science fr 1940 en science he 1940 mk 1940 nn Vitskap i 1940 pl 1940 w nauce pt 1940 na ci ncia ru 1940 sv Vetenskaps ret 1940 ... more details
Statistics of rvalsdeild in the 1940 season. Overview It was contested by 4 teams, and Valur won the championship. League standings class wikitable style text align center Pos Club P W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Valur 3 2 1 0 6 4 2 5 2 Knattspyrnuf lagi V kingur V kingur 3 1 2 0 7 4 3 4 3 Knattspyrnuf lag Reykjav kur KR 3 1 0 2 6 6 0 2 4 Knattspyrnuf lagi Fram Fram 3 0 1 2 4 9 5 1 References rvalsdeild seasons DEFAULTSORT Urvalsdeild 1940 Category Football in Iceland Category 1940 domestic association football leagues Category 1940 in association football fr Championnat d Islande de football 1940 is Efsta deild karla knattspyrnu 1940 it Campionato di calcio islandese 1940 hu 1940 es izlandi labdar g bajnoks g els oszt ly pl Meistaraflokkur 1940 ... more details
Year in Wales header 1940 This article is about the particular significance of the year 1940 to Wales and Welsh people its people . Incumbents Prince of Wales vacant Princess of Wales vacant Archbishop of Wales Charles Alfred Howell Green Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod of Wales William Williams Crwys Crwys Events The Urdd changes its policy to include 16 to 25 year olds. 27 January A freak ice storm brings down telephone and electricity lines in many parts of Wales. 3 March The steamer Cato is damaged by a mine off Nash Point and 13 of the crew are killed. May The newly created Coalition Government 1940 1945 Coalition Government includes Hugh Dalton as Minister of Economic Warfare . Alun Lewis enlists. 8 May Three Nazi German Luftwaffe Heinkel 111 s crash in separate incidents over Wales one near Wrexham , one at Malpas in Denbighshire , and one at Bagillt , Flint. In all nine crew are killed and four captured. 10 July Ten people are killed in an Swansea Blitz air raid on Swansea Docks. 11 August Seventeen people are killed in an air raid on Manselton, Swansea. 14 August Three German Heinkel 111s are shot down during an air raid on Cardiff , and another over North Wales after a raid on RAF Hawarden . 22 August A steamer, the Thorold , is sunk by German aircraft off the Skerries . Ten crew are killed. 2 September 33 people are killed in an air raid on Swansea. 3 September Eleven people are killed in an Cardiff Blitz air raid on Cardiff . 4 September A German Junkers 88 crashes near Machynlleth . Four crew and a Gestapo officer are captured. 13 September A German Heinkel 111 crashes into a house in Newport , Monmouthshire. 20 October Communist minister and poet Thomas Evan Nicholas Niclas y Glais and his son are arrested and interned for endeavouring to impede recruitment ... Llyfrau r Dryw. Arts and literature Lewis Casson directs John Gielgud in King Lear . Awards National ... Category 1940 by country Wales ... more details
Year nav topic2 1940 poetry literature Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation s poetry or literature for instance, Irish poetry Irish or French poetry France . Events kEnglish poetry English poet and writer Aldous Huxley is a screenwriter for the movie adaptation of Pride and Prejudice American poetry American poet Louis Zukofsky finishes the first half of A Works published Listed by nation where the work was first published and again by the poet s native land, if different works listed again if substantially revised Indian poetry India , Indian poetry in English in English Mohendra Nath Dutt , Kurukshetra Poetry in English language English , an epic Calcutta P. M. Mukherji ref Vinayak Krishna Gokak, http books.google.com books?id WLE8GVsAfEMC&printsec frontcover v onepage&q&f false The Golden Treasury Of Indo Anglian Poetry 1828 1965 , p 319, New Delhi Sahitya Akademi 1970, first edition 2006 reprint , ISBN 8126011963, retrieved August 6, 2010 ref P. R. Kaikini ... Literature , Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0 19 860634 6 ref including the famous September ...., Annals of American Literature 1602&ndash 1983 , 1986, New York Oxford University Press ref W. H. Auden ... books?id sqBjpV9OzcsC&printsec frontcover History of Indian Literature 1911 1956 struggle ... older works of Kannada literature ref name skdhil Muliya Timmappayya , Navanita Ramayana , the Ramayana ... Assamese poetry Assamese literature criticism ref name skdhil K. V. Jaganathan , Tamilkkavyankal ... literature ref name skdhil Kavi Nhanalal , Kuruksetra , final part of a 12 canto, Gujarati poetry ... Tamilum , literary history on the influence of Buddhism on Tamil poetry Tamil culture and literature ... won the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature and was Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry Poet Laureate of the United ... Lists of poets DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Poetry Category Years in poetry Category 1940 Poetry Category 1940 poems ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic 1940 architecture The year 1940 in architecture involved some significant events. Buildings The Timi oara Orthodox Cathedral , in Timi oara , Romania , is completed. The Raleigh Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida is built by Lawrence Murray Dixon . Events The last of the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs , begun in 1916 in architecture 1916 , was published. Awards Royal Gold Medal Charles Voysey architect Charles Voysey . Grand Prix de Rome , architecture unknown . Births January 14 Helmut Jahn June 24 Claude Vasconi died 2009 in architecture 2009 Deaths February 27 Peter Behrens b. 1868 in architecture 1868 June 11 John A. Pearson b. 1867 in architecture 1867 August 22 Paul G sch b. 1885 in architecture 1885 October 20 Gunnar Asplund b. 1885 in architecture 1885 DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Architecture Category 1940 architecture fr 1940 en architecture mk 1940 ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Year in India 1940 Events in the year 1940 in India . Incumbents Emperor of India George VI Events Empty section date September 2010 Births 6 January Narendra Kohli , author. 27 July Bharati Mukherjee , writer. 7 August Vijay Raghunath Pandharipande , physicist d. 2006 in India 2006 . 8 August Dilip Sardesai , cricketer d. 2007 in India 2007 . 20 August Rajendra K. Pachauri , economist and Environmental science environmental scientist . 12 November Amjad Khan , actor and director d. 1992 in India 1992 . 12 December Sharad Pawar , politician and Minister. Full date unknown Bhim Singh Dahiya , historian and civil servant d. 2000 in India 2000 . Eunice de Souza , poet , literary critic and novelist . Sa. Kandasamy , novelist. Use dmy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT 1940 In India Category 1940 in India Category 1940 by country India Category Years of the 20th century in India ... more details
Year nav topic2 1940 film television radio The year 1940 in film involved some significant events. Events February 7 Walt Disney s animated film Pinocchio 1940 film Pinocchio is released. February 10 Tom ... film Fantasia Disney RKO Deems Taylor 98,000,000 2. Pinocchio 1940 film Pinocchio Disney RKO 84,000,000 3. Rebecca 1940 film Rebecca Selznick United Artists Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine 4. Boom ... actor James Stewart 7. Strange Cargo 1940 film Strange Cargo MGM Clark Gable and Joan Crawford 8. Virginia ... Morgan 11. The Sea Hawk 1940 film The Sea Hawk Warner Bros. Errol Flynn 12. The Grapes of Wrath ... Fox Alice Faye and Betty Grable 14. Waterloo Bridge 1940 film Waterloo Bridge MGM Vivien Leigh ... RKO Irene Dunne and Cary Grant 19. Northwest Passage 1940 film Northwest Passage MGM Spencer Tracy 20. Pride and Prejudice 1940 film Pride and Prejudice MGM Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier After theatrical reissues Academy Awards Academy Award for Best Picture Best Picture Rebecca 1940 film Rebecca ... Ginger Rogers Kitty Foyle film Kitty Foyle Films released in 1940 This list was checked on 05 ... Rooney , Cecilia Parker , and Fay Holden Arise, My Love Arizona 1940 film Arizona Band Waggon film ... Eater 1940 film The Biscuit Eater Black Friday 1940 film Black Friday The Blue Bird 1940 film The Blue ... Lamarr Boys of the City Broadway Melody of 1940 starring Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell final film ... Kids film East Side Kids Edison, the Man starring Spencer Tracy Escape 1940 film Escape Fantasia film ... Mayo starring Don Ameche Gaslight 1940 film Gaslight , starring Anton Walbrook the original British version The Ghost Breakers Give Us Wings Go West 1940 film , starring the Marx Brothers The Grapes ... Ginger Rogers Lady with Red Hair , starring Miriam Hopkins The Letter 1940 film The Letter starring ... and Richard Dix The Mark of Zorro 1940 film The Mark of Zorro starring Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell ... Police film North West Mounted Police Northwest Passage 1940 film Northwest Passage , starring Spencer ... more details
year nav topic 1940 chess Events in chess in 1940 Chess events in brief 17 January 1940 Dawid Przepi rka ... played a prison tournament won by Lowtzky there . Later February March 1940 most of them all Jewish ... 1995 tom 1 , 1996 t.2 , 1999 t.3 ref 23 September 1940 The National Chess Centre in London ... won by Isaac Kashdan ahead of Georges Koltanowski , January 1940. Beverwijk the 3rd Hoogovenschaaktoernoi won by Max Euwe , January 1940. Warsaw a prison tournament , won by Moishe Lowtzky ahead of Stanis aw Kohn , January February 1940. Budapest Maroczy Jubilaeum won by Euwe followed by Milan Vidmar ... . Rio de Janeiro Torneio Nacional de Selecao , won by Walter Cruz , February March 1940. Buenos ... 1940. Rosario won by Gideon St hlberg . Stockholm unofficial Swedish Chess Championship , won by Nils ... and Lachmann, start 20 March 1940. London Easter won by Harry Golombek and Paul List ahead of Vera Menchik Vera Menchik Stevenson , March 1940. New York the 3rd U.S. Chess Championship , won by Samuel Reshevsky , 27 April 19 May 1940. Bad Elster won by Karl Gilg and Ludwig Roedl , start 14 May 1940. Berlin won by Efim Bogoljubow ahead of Kurt Richter , start 16 June 1940. Berlin the Berlin City Chess Championship , won by Rudolf Palme , June 1940. Posen won by Ahues and Elstner, July 1940. Nice ... Fine ahead of Herman Steiner , August 1940. Bad Oeynhausen the 7th German Chess Championship , won by Georg Kieninger ahead of Paul Felix Schmidt , start 4 August 1940. Rakovnik the Czech Chess Championship Bohemia and Moravia Chess Championship , won by Jan Foltys , 17 31 August 1940. Lvov won by Edward Gerstenfeld ahead of Izaak Appel , August 1940. Danzig won by Walter John ahead of Gustav Rogmann , September 1940. Leningrad Quadrangular , won by Viacheslav Ragozin . Leningrad the 15th ... , etc., 5 September 3 October 1940. Kiev the 12th Ukrainian Chess Championship , won by Boleslavsky ... General Government Chess Championship , won by Bogoljubow and Anton Kohler , 3 17 November 1940. Posen ... more details
Events from the year 1940 in Denmark . Incumbents Monarch &ndash Christian X of Denmark HM Christian X Prime minister &ndash Thorvald Stauning Events 9 April &ndash Operation Weser bung takes place, beginning the Occupation of Denmark by Nazi Germany . ref Cite web url http www.denstoredanske.dk Samfund, jura og politik Diverse historie Anden Verdenskrig 2. Verdenskrig title 2. Verdenskrig publisher Gyldendal accessdate 2009 11 18 ref Undated Empty section date January 2011 Births 29 March &ndash Allan Botschinsky , jazz trumpeter 16 April &ndash Margrethe II of Denmark Margrethe II , Queen Deaths 13 March &ndash Gustav Frederik Holm , Arcyic explorer, naval officer born 1849 in Denmark 1849 References reflist See also Denmark year nav Use dmy dates date January 2011 DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Denmark Category 1940 in Denmark Category 1940 by country Denmark ... more details
Yearsincomics year in comics 1940 parent history List of years in comics Events and publications inc ... 1938 series 17 Centaur Publications Daring Mystery Comics 1940 series 1 Timely Comics Detective Comics ... 1940 series 1 National Periodical Publications Marvel Mystery Comics 1939 series 3 Timely Comics More ... 11 DC Comics Daring Mystery Comics 1940 series 2 Timely Comics Detective Comics 1937 series 36 DC Comics Feature Comics 1939 series 29 Quality Comics Flash Comics 1940 series 2 National Periodical ... Flash Comics 1940 series 3 National Periodical Publications Marvel Mystery Comics 1939 series 5 Timely Comics Master Comics 1940 series 1 Fawcett Publications More Fun Comics 1936 series 53 National ... Daring Mystery Comics 1940 series 3 Timely Comics Detective Comics 1937 series 38 DC Comics Feature Comics 1939 series 31 Quality Comics Flash Comics 1940 series 4 National Periodical Publications Marvel Mystery Comics 1939 series 6 Timely Comics Master Comics 1940 series 2 Fawcett Publications More ... 1938 series 20 Centaur Publications Daring Mystery Comics 1940 series 4 Timely Comics Detective Comics 1937 series 39 DC Comics Doc Savage Comics 1940 series 1 Street & Smith Publications Feature Comics 1939 series 32 Quality Comics Flash Comics 1940 series 5 National Periodical Publications ... Amazing Mystery Funnies 1938 series 21 Centaur Publications Daring Mystery Comics 1940 series 5 ... Flash Comics 1940 series 6 National Periodical Publications Marvel Mystery Comics 1939 series 8 Timely Comics Master Comics 1940 series 3 Fawcett Publications More Fun Comics 1936 series 56 National ... 1937 series 41 DC Comics Doc Savage Comics 1940 series 2 Street & Smith Publications Feature Comics 1939 series 34 Quality Comics Flash Comics 1940 series 7 National Periodical Publications Marvel Mystery Comics 1939 series 9 Timely Comics Master Comics 1940 series 4 Fawcett Publications More Fun ... series 35 Quality Comics Flash Comics 1940 series 8 National Periodical Publications Marvel Mystery ... more details
Year nav topic2 1940 radio television music film The year 1940 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history. Events 5 January FM broadcasting FM radio is demonstrated for the Federal Communications Commission FCC for the first time. 26 May Fireside chats Fireside chat On National Defense 18 June General Charles de Gaulle , de facto leader of the Free French Forces in World War II , uses the airwaves of the BBC to make his Appeal of 18 June 18th of June Appeal to the French people for resistance to the Nazi Germany Nazi German German occupation of France in World War II occupation of France . 15 October Seven staff are killed when an attempt to eject a delayed action German bomb from Broadcasting House in London fails. ref http news.bbc.co.uk aboutbbcnews spl hi history noflash html 1940s.stm About BBC News official site ref 29 December Fireside chats Fireside chat Arsenal of Democracy On National Security Debuts 28 January Beat the Band debuts on NBC Red . 5 February Amanda of Honeymoon Hill debuts on NBC Red . 11 February The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street debuts on NBC Blue . 12 February The Adventures of Superman radio The Adventures of Superman 1940 1951 debuts on WOR AM WOR . 18 March Light of the World debuts on NBC Red . 23 March Truth or Consequences debuts on CBS . 29 April The Bell Telephone Hour debuts on NBC Red . Closings Empty section date January 2011 Births 7 May Legendary Radio personality Jim Connors 5 June David Brudnoy d. 2004 in radio 2004 , popular talk radio host in Boston, Massachusetts from 1976 in radio 1976 to 2004 in radio 2004 . Deaths Empty section date January 2011 References reflist Use dmy dates date February 2011 Category 1940 in radio radio stub de Rundfunkjahr 1940 sv Radio ret 1940 ... more details
1940 in sports describes the year s events in world sport. Note many sporting events did not take place because of World War II American football NFL championship Chicago Bears 73 0 Washington Redskins in the NFL championship game College championship NCAA Division I FBS National Football Championship College football national championship Minnesota Golden Gophers football Minnesota Golden Gophers , Stanford Cardinal football Stanford Indians and Tennessee Volunteers football Tennessee Volunteers shared Athletics track and field Athletics The 1940 Summer Olympics to be held in Helsinki , were cancelled due to outbreak of World War II . The major international athletics event of the year was thus the annual Finland Sweden athletics international , held at the new Helsinki Olympic Stadium , exceptionally held as a triple international between Finland, Sweden and Germany. Australian rules football Australian Football League Victorian Football League Melbourne Football Club Melbourne wins the 44th VFL Premiership Melbourne 15.17 107 d Richmond Football Club Richmond 10.8 68 Brownlow Medal awarded to Des Fothergill Collingwood Football Club Collingwood and Herbie Matthews Sydney Swans South Melbourne Baseball The Cincinnati Reds defeated the Detroit Tigers in the World Series by 4 games to 3 Basketball NBL Championship Akron Firestone Non Skids win three games to two over the Oshkosh All Stars Events The eighth South American Basketball Championship 1940 South American Basketball Championship ... Shaw wins the 1940 Indianapolis 500 28th running of the May classic in the Boyle Racing Headquarters Special Maserati . Olympic Games 1940 Winter Olympics The 1940 Winter Olympics , due to take place at Sapporo , are cancelled due to World War II 1940 Summer Olympics The 1940 Summer Olympics , due to take ... Sports by year Category 1940 in sports de Sportjahr 1940 fr 1940 en sport hu 1940 a sportban ja 1940 pt 1940 no desporto sv Sport ret 1940 ... more details
Year nav topic2 1940 television radio film trailing spaces align nav box lines formerly 4May07 yearbox in? in film in2? in television in3? in radio cp 19th century c 20th century cf 21st century yp1 1937 yp2 1938 yp3 1939 year 1940 ya1 1941 ya2 1942 ya3 1943 dp3 1910s dp2 1920s dp1 1930s d 1940s dn1 1950s dn2 1960s dn3 1970s The year 1940 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television related events in 1940. TOC force Table of Contents Events January The Federal Communications Commission FCC holds public hearings on television. February 25 The first ice hockey game is televised in the United States , the New York Rangers vs Montreal Canadiens , from Madison Square Garden 1925 Madison Square Garden on W2XBS TV. Image NYR1932 33.jpg thumb right 250px The NHL New York Rangers were a tenant of the 50th Street Madison Square Garden 1925 MSG from 1926 to 1968 1932 33 Team Picture . February 28 The first basketball game is televised, from Madison Square Garden Fordham University Fordham vs the University of Pittsburgh . March 10 The Metropolitan Opera broadcast for the first time from NBC studios at Rockefeller Center an abridged performance of the first act of Pagliacci , along with excerpts from four other operas. March 15 RCA cuts the price of television sets. May 21 Bell Telephone Laboratories transmits a 441 line video signal, with a bandwidth of 2.7 MHz, by coaxial cable from New York to Philadelphia and back. June WNBC TV W2XBS in New York NBC covers the 1940 Republican National Convention Republican National Convention from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for 33 hours, over a five day period. The signal is transmitted via coaxial cable . August 29 Peter Carl Goldmark of CBS announces his invention of a color television system. September 3 CBS resumes ... actor December 11 Donna Mills , actress Deaths Years in television Category 1940 in television es Anexo Televisi n en 1940 fr 1940 la t l vision pt 1940 na televis o sq 1940 n televizion ... more details
Year nav topic2 1940 archaeology science class infobox style background color f3f3f3 width 29em align center 1780s in archaeology 1780s sup . sup 1790s in archaeology 1790s in archaeology sup . sup 1800 in archaeology 1800 br align center Other events 1790s sup . sup Archaeology timeline Explorations Excavations Start of excavations at Tell Uqair by Iraq i Directorate General of Antiquities Seton Lloyd , Taha Baqir and Fuad Safar . Start of excavations at Ahichatra . Excavations at Brahmagiri archaeological site Brahmagiri by M. H. Krishna of the Mysore state Archaeological Department. Publications Gisela Richter Gisela M. A. Richter Handbook of the Etruscan Collection Metropolitan Museum of Art . Finds 12 September Lascaux caves. Painted c. 15,000 BC 13,000 BC . Closed to the public in 1963. After ten year expedition at Tanis, Egypt Tanis , Silver Pharaoh tomb uncovered by Pierre Montet . It is the first intact tomb ever found. Ferriby Boats Ferriby Boat 2 Ferriby Boat 2 discovered by Ted Wright. List of hoards in Ireland Roman hoards Balline Hoard . Awards Miscellaneous Births Deaths Wilhelm D rpfeld , archaeologist of Troy See also List of years in archaeology 1939 in archaeology 1941 in archaeology Category 1940 in science Archaeology Category 1940 Archaeology Category Years in archaeology no Arkeologi ret 1940 ... more details
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