1940s

The 1940s was a decade in the Anno Domini and Common Era in the Gregorian calendar. It began on January 1, 1940 and ended on December 31, 1949. It is...

This article is about the US number-one songs chart held during the 1940s. Billboard number-one singles chart (which preceded the Billboard Hot 100 chart)...

This is a list of countries in the 1940s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1940 and 31 December 1949...

– 6 April 1996) was an English actress. She was very popular during the 1940s. She was born in Manor Park, Essex. After many stage appearances, Greer...

Western cultures since the 1940s, blue is associated with men/boys, while pink is associated with women/girls. Before the 1940s, it was the other way around...

Rockefeller Institute. He worked at Rockefeller University in the 1930s and 1940s. In 1949, he became Director of the Institut Jules Bordet in Brussels. He...

2nd millennium, the 46th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1940s decade. January 10 – First meeting of the United Nations. August 16 - Muslim...

2nd millennium, the 47th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1940s decade. February 28 incident in Taiwan was an affair in which large numbers...

2nd millennium, the 48th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1940s decade. January 1 – Nationalisation of UK railways to form British Railways...

2nd millennium, the 44th year of the 20th century, and the 5th year of the 1940s decade. January 4 – The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 – Murder...

2nd millennium, the 42nd year of the 20th century, and the 3rd year of the 1940s decade. January 1 – World War II: The term "United Nations" is first officially...

2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade. March 3 – In Sweden, a time bomb destroys the office of Norrskenflamman...

2nd millennium, the 41st year of the 20th century, and the 2nd year of the 1940s decade. January 6 – Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms...

officially incorporated in 1828. Its population has gone up and down since the 1940s, and even more so since the 1950s. This short article about a place or feature...

2nd millennium, the 43rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1940s decade. January 4 – End of term for Culbert Olson, 29th Governor of California...

2nd millennium, the 49th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1940s decade. January 20 – Harry S. Truman proposes Point Four program to help...

Vickers, Manchester. It was ordered by the Great Western Railway in the 1940s, but construction was delayed by World War II. It spent its working life...

area. Originally these units were formed as three-car units, but in the 1940s, all surviving units were increased to four cars by the addition of an 'Augmentation'...

documentaries. They told the story of music that was popular in America in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. John Gilliland made both documentaries. Los Angeles Radio...

2nd millennium, the 45th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1940s decade. It is well known as the end of World War II and the founding of...