Unreferenced date December 2009 Year nav topic5 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 ... Medal for Poetry Michael Thwaites Category 1940 books Category Years in literature DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Literature fr 1940 en litt rature mk 1940 no Litteratur ret 1940 pl 1940 w literaturze pt 1940 na literatura ro 1940 n literatur ru 1940 sq 1940 n literatur sv Litteratur ret 1940 uk 1940 ... date unknown T. O Conor Sloane , editor of Amazing Stories Awards Carnegie Medal for children s literature .... Prescott , Spanish Tudor 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 ... more details
Use mdy dates date March 2011 Year dab 1940 Year nav 1940 C20 year in topic NOTOC Year 1940 Roman numerals ... Walt Disney s second full length animated film , Pinocchio 1940 film Pinocchio . February 10 &ndash ... heretofore used exclusively throughout New York state. Other NY tracks follow suit later in 1940. April ... of O wi cim . Between May 1940 and January 1945, around 1.1 million people will be killed here ... Powers Defence Act 1940 Emergency Powers Defence Act , giving the government full control over ... library nara fdr audiovisual speeches fdr 1940 0610.mp3 Stab in the Back speech ... its 1940 Republican National Convention national convention in Philadelphia and nominates Wendell Willkie ... Ost 1940 Aufbau Ost directive, which eventually leads to the invasion of the Soviet Union . August ... Training and Service Act of 1940 is signed into law by Franklin D. Roosevelt , creating the first ... election, 1940 Democratic Party United States Democrat incumbent Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin ... 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge known as Galloping Gertie collapses. November 8 &ndash MS City of Rayville ... Football League history, defeat the Washington Redskins 73 0 in the 1940 NFL Championship Game. December ... laureate Gao Xingjian , Chinese born writer, Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate January .... M. Coetzee , South African writer, Nobel Prize in Literature Nobel Prize laureate Brian Bennett musician ... news reporter May 24 &ndash Joseph Brodsky , Russian born poet, Nobel Prize in Literature ... 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 ... more details
pp move indef LiteratureLiterature from Latin litterae plural Letter alphabet letter is the art of write ... sources can also be exempt . The word literature literally means acquaintance with letters and the pars pro toto term letters is sometimes used to signify literature, as in the figure of speech figures of speech arts and letters and man of letters . The four major classifications of literature are poetry , prose , fiction , and non fiction . Literature may comprise of texts based on factual ... , 19th Century Victorian , the Renaissance , the 18th Century Restoration literature Restoration , and 20th Century Modernism . Important political movements that have influenced literature include feminism ... . Literature is also observed in terms of gender, race and nationality, which include Black ... Main History of literature File Old book bindings.jpg thumb 240px Old book bindings at the Merton ... historical periods are reflected in literature. National and tribal sagas, accounts of the origin ... and philosophical literature in early civilizations, resulting in the prevalence of literature ... medium. In ancient China, early literature was primarily focused on philosophy, historiography ... Much of Chinese literature originates with the Hundred Schools of Thought period that occurred during ... e.g. Sima Qian s Records of the Grand Historian . Ancient Chinese literature had a heavy emphasis on historiography ..., and attributed to the blind 5th century BCE historian Zuo Qiuming . In ancient India, literature originated ... drama , Panchatantra fables , sutras and Indian epic poetry epic poetry . Sanskrit literature begins ... . The Vedas are among the Ancient literature oldest sacred texts . The Samhitas vedic collections ... literature. Classical Greek genres included philosophy, poetry , historiography, comedies and drama ... Roman histories and biographies anticipated the extensive mediaeval literature of lives of saints ... literature romance , an adventurous and sometimes magical narrative with strong popular appeal. Controversial ... 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. October Grandma Moses first solo exhibition, What a Farm Wife Painted , opens at Otto Kallir s Galerie Saint Etienne in New York City . Awards Archibald Prize Max Meldrum Dr J Forbes McKenzie Works Paintings See also Category 1940 paintings Jacob Epstein Jacob and the Angel Edward Hopper Gas John Piper artist John Piper Coventry Cathedral Eric Ravilious Submarines in Dry Dock A Warship in Dock Ship s Screw on a Railway Truck Midnight Sun Sculptures See also Category 1940 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 16 Joan Snyder , American painter 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 ... 15 Dick Ket , painter September 27 Walter Benjamin , German philosopher, Comparative literature comparatist ... in art 1862 See also 1940 in fine arts of the Soviet Union DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Art Category 1940 in art mk 1940 no Kunst ret 1940 pt 1940 na arte ru 1940 sv Konst ret 1940 ... more details
Notability Astro date February 2012 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 no 1940 Whipple nn 1940 Whipple pl 1940 Whipple pt 1940 Whipple sk 1940 Whipple sl 1940 Whipple sr 1940 Whipple tl 1940 Whipple uk 1940 vi 1940 Whipple yo 1940 Whipple ... 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
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 1939 40 in European football UEFA 1940 41 in European football UEFA DEFAULTSORT Urvalsdeild 1940 Category Football in Iceland Category 1940 domestic association football leagues Category 1940 in association football Category 1940 in Iceland fr Championnat d Islande de football 1940 is Efsta deild karla knattspyrnu 1940 it rvalsdeild 1940 lt Islandijos futbolo var ybos 1940 m. hu 1940 es izlandi labdar g bajnoks g els oszt ly pl Meistaraflokkur 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 Gussgard ...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 Nazi Germany carries out Operation Weser bung , and invades Denmark and Norway. Norway is at war for the first ... German cruiser Bl cher Bl cher sinking in the Oslofjord on 9 April 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 ... category 1940 in Norway Norway year nav DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Norway Category 1940 in Europe Norway ... more details
of Toronto Arts and literature New Works Morley Callaghan Just ask George Awards See the 1940 ...Unreferenced date December 2009 Events from the year 1940 in Canada . Events January to June March 13 David Boon 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 ... ice hockey b. 1940 Brian Smith , ice hockey player and sportscaster d. 1995 in Canada 1995 September ... in Canada 1871 Canada year nav 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
disaster, 1940 crashes near Canberra , killing three members of Cabinet Australia Cabinet and the Chief ... cable trams in Melbourne . Science and technology Empty section date December 2010 Arts and literature ... born 1850 , Catholic Archbishop of Sydney 1911 1940 16 April Herbert James Carter born 1858 , entomologist ... Stanley Argyle born 1867 , Premier of Victoria 1932 1935 DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Australia Category 1940 in Australia Category 1940 by country Australia Category Years of the 20th century in Australia ... 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 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 ... Macmillan, 1940. Detroit Basilian Press, 1942 in poetry 1942 . ref Bibliography, Selected Poems ... 1940 Governor General s Awards 1940 . English poetry United Kingdom W. H. Auden English poetry ... Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature , Oxford University Press ... ref name rmlaal Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., Annals of American Literature 1602 ... History of Indian Literature 1911 1956 struggle for freedom triumph and tragedy, Volume 2 , 1995 ... Samsodhana , literary criticism on some older works of Kannada literature ref name skdhil Muliya ... Buranjit Bhumuki , a comprehensive review of early Assamese poetry Assamese literature criticism ref ... to the traditions of Sanskrit poetry and world literature ref name skdhil Kavi Nhanalal , Kuruksetra ... on Tamil poetry Tamil culture and literature ref name skdhil N. M. Sant and Indira Sant , a poet and couple ... American poet and essayist who won the 1987 Nobel Prize in Literature and was Poet Laureate Consultant ... and languages Schools of poetry Lists of poets DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Poetry Category 1900s in poetry Category 1940 Poetry Category 1940 poems ... 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. 21 January Lowest ever temperature recorded in Wales, 23.3 C 9.9 F at Rhayader . ref cite book first Paul last Simons title Since Records Began location London publisher Collins year 2008 isbn 978 0 00 728463 4 pages 205 7 ref 27 January A freak ice storm across the UK 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. 3 July Cardiff is bombed for the first time. 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, Anglesey 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 ... house Llyfrau r Dryw. Arts and literature Lewis Casson directs John Gielgud in King Lear . Awards ... Richard Llewellyn, 1st Baronet , industrialist References reflist Category 1940 by country Wales ... 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 . Walton Yacht Works at Walton on Thames , England , by Jane Drew . Events The last of the White Pine Series of Architectural Monographs , begun in 1916 in architecture 1916 , is published. Thomas Wilfred Sharp Thomas Sharp s Penguin Books Pelican books, 1937 1944 Pelican book Town Planning is published in England . Awards American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medals Architecture American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal William Adams Delano . Royal Gold Medal Charles Voysey architect Charles Voysey . Births January 14 Helmut Jahn June 24 Claude Vasconi died 2009 in architecture 2009 Deaths February 27 Peter Behrens born 1868 in architecture 1868 June 11 John A. Pearson born 1867 in architecture 1867 August 22 Paul G sch born 1885 in architecture 1885 October 20 Gunnar Asplund born 1885 in architecture 1885 December 13 Marc Camoletti architect Marc Camoletti born 1857 in architecture Births 1857 DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Architecture Category 1940 architecture fr 1940 en architecture mk 1940 no Arkitektur ret 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 died 2006 in India 2006 . 8 August Dilip Sardesai , cricketer died 2007 in India 2007 . 20 August Rajendra K. Pachauri , economist and Environmental science environmental scientist . 12 November Amjad Khan , actor and director died 1992 in India 1992 . 12 December Sharad Pawar , politician and Minister. Full date unknown Bhim Singh Dahiya , historian and civil servant died 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
Use dmy dates date January 2012 YearInIrelandNav 1940 Events January The Irish Naval Service acquires the first of its six Motor Torpedo Boat s, M1 . 17 January Enid Captain Wibe of neutral Norway sailing from Steinkjer to Dublin, 10 miles north of Shetland , goes to assist SS Polzella which had been torpedoed by GS U 25 1936 2 . U25 then shells and sinks Enid . 7 February Munster Capt. R. Paisley Naval mine mined and sunk in Irish Sea entering Liverpool . ref name A3 cite book title The Long Watch World War Two and the Irish Mercantile Marine last Forde first Frank edition rev year 2000 chapter Appendix 3 Beligerent Action against Irish Ships publisher New Island location Dublin isbn 1 902602 42 0 ref 3 March Cato Capt. Richard Martin , British, from Dublin to Bristol, strikes a mine 2.5 miles west of Nash Point 13 die, 2 survive. 9 March Trawler ST Leukos Leukos sunk by gunfire from GS U 38 1938 2 , north west of Tory Island 11 dead. ref name A3 She may have moved between the surfacing U boat and English trawlers, in the hope that the Flag of Ireland tricolour would protect her while the English escaped . 10 March City of Bremen rescues 33 crew of Amor Dutch in the North Sea . 29 March Fire destroys the roof and upper rooms of St. Patrick s College, Maynooth . 24 May First secret ... . ref name A3 November The New Inn, County Tipperary New Inn, 1940 Murder of Marlhill takes place ... McQuaid is consecrated as Archbishop of Dublin . Arts and literature The Bell magazine The Bell , a liberal monthly magazine of literature and social comment, is established in Dublin by Se n Faol in ... name cocel cite book editor Cox, Michael title The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature ... 1893 . 21 September Mick O Brien 1893 1940 Mick O Brien , soccer player and manager born 1893 in Ireland ... references DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Ireland Category 1940 in Ireland Category 1940s in Ireland Category 1940 by country Ireland Category Years of the 20th century in Ireland ... more details
Year nav topic5 1940 film television radio The year 1940 in film involved some significant events, including ... s animated film Pinocchio 1940 film Pinocchio is released. February 10 Tom and Jerry make their debut ... Cite web url http www.the numbers.com movies 1940 0PINO.php title Pinocchio Data publisher The Numbers.Com ... ref Cite web url http www.the numbers.com movies 1940 0FNT1.php title Fantasia Data publisher The Numbers.Com accessdate September 24, 2011 ref 3. Rebecca 1940 film Rebecca Selznick United Artists ... actor James Stewart 7. Strange Cargo 1940 film Strange Cargo MGM Clark Gable , Joan Crawford 8. Virginia ... 11. The Sea Hawk 1940 film The Sea Hawk Warner Bros. Errol Flynn 12. The Grapes of Wrath film The Grapes ... Alice Faye , Betty Grable 14. Waterloo Bridge 1940 film Waterloo Bridge MGM Vivien Leigh , Robert Taylor ... Grant 19. Northwest Passage 1940 film Northwest Passage MGM Spencer Tracy , Robert Young 20. Pride and Prejudice 1940 film Pride and Prejudice MGM Greer Garson , Laurence Olivier After theatrical reissues Academy Awards Academy Award for Best Picture Best Picture Rebecca 1940 film Rebecca David ... Actress Jane Darwell The Grapes of Wrath film The Grapes of Wrath Films released in 1940 American films of 1940 U.S.A. unless stated Abe Lincoln in Illinois film Abe Lincoln in Illinois , starring ... , starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Rita Hayworth Arise, My Love Arizona 1940 film Arizona Band Waggon film Band Waggon , directed by Marcel Varnel , starring Arthur Askey British films of 1940 ... , Michael Redgrave and Will Hay U.K. The Biscuit Eater 1940 film The Biscuit Eater Black Friday 1940 film Black Friday The Blue Bird 1940 film The Blue Bird Boom Town film Boom Town , starring Clark Gable , Claudette Colbert , Spencer Tracy , Hedy Lamarr Boys of the City Broadway Melody of 1940 , starring ... Hardy City for Conquest , starring James Cagney Confucius 1940 film Confucius Chinese films of the 1940s China Contraband 1940 film Contraband , directed by Michael Powell director Michael Powell ... 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
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 . Chemistry February 27 The radioactive isotope carbon 14 is discovered by Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben at the University of California, Berkeley . ref cite journal last Kamen first Martin D. year 1963 title Early History of Carbon 14 Discovery of this supremely important tracer was expected in the physical sense but not in the chemical sense journal Science journal Science volume 140 issue 3567 pages 584 590 doi 10.1126 science.140.3567.584 jstor 1710512 pmid 17737092 ... Review volume 58 pages 672 678 year 1940 doi 10.1103 PhysRev.58.672 issue 8 bibcode 1940PhRv ... 10.1103 PhysRev.57.1185.2 year 1940 last1 Mcmillan first1 Edwin journal Physical Review volume 57 ... , in the United States . November 7 The new Tacoma Narrows Bridge 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapses ... reflist DEFAULTSORT 1940 In Science Category 1940 Science, 1940 In Category 1940 in science fr 1940 en science he 1940 mk 1940 no Vitenskaps ret 1940 nn Vitskap i 1940 pl 1940 w nauce pt 1940 na ci ncia ru 1940 sv Vetenskaps 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 ... All Stars Events The eighth South American Basketball Championship 1940 South American Basketball Championship ... Indianapolis 500 &ndash Wilbur 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 place at Tokyo , are cancelled due to World War II Rowing ... Championship Alice Marble USA defeats Helen Jacobs USA 6 2, 6 3 Davis Cup 1940 International Lawn ... , Tennis References Reflist Sports by year 1901 &ndash 1950 Category Sports by year Category 1940 in sports de Sportjahr 1940 fr 1940 en sport hu 1940 a sportban mk 1940 ja 1940 pt 1940 no desporto sv Sport ret 1940 ... more details
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Year nav topic5 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 died 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
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 March 29 &ndash Allan Botschinsky , jazz trumpeter April 16 &ndash Margrethe II of Denmark Margrethe II , Queen December 3 &ndash Palle Jacobsen , ballet dancer, died 2009 in Denmark 2009 Deaths January 28 &ndash Heinrich Dohm , painter born 1875 in Denmark 1875 March 13 &ndash Gustav Frederik Holm , Arctic explorer, naval officer born 1849 in Denmark 1849 May 25 &ndash Marie Triepcke Kr yer Alfv n Marie Kr yer , painter born 1867 in Denmark 1867 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 Category Years of the 20th century in Denmark ... more details
Year nav topic5 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 Not to be confused with the rap group from Moscow, Idaho called 1940 s Television. 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 ... 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 topic4 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 Empty section date January 2012 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 Empty section date January 2012 Miscellaneous Empty section date January 2012 Births Empty section date January 2012 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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