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1940 Calendar Trivia
The next time you can reuse this calendar will be on year 2024. Both calendars will be exactly the same! This is assuming you are not interested in the dates for Easter and other irregular holidays that are based on a solar cycle.
April 4 (4/4), June 6 (6/6), August 8 (8/8), October 10 (10/10), December 12 (12/12), and the last day of February always fall on the same day of the week in any given year. This is called the ‘Doomsday rule’. Check these dates using the full 12-month calendar below to verify.
1940 Calendar
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Historical Events Of 1940
- February 8, 1940 – New Year’s Day in Chinese calendar. Start of the year of the Metal Dragon in Chinese astrology.
- March 12, 1940 – Winter War: Finland signs the Moscow Peace Treaty with the Soviet Union, ceding almost all of Finnish Karelia. Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated.
- April 9, 1940 – World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
- April 16, 1940 – Bob Feller of the Cleveland Indians throws the only Opening Day no-hitter in the history of Major League Baseball, beating the Chicago White Sox 1–0.
- June 16, 1940 – A Communist government is installed in Lithuania.
- July 2, 1940 – Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta.
- November 8, 1940 – Greco-Italian War: The Italian invasion of Greece fails as outnumbered Greek units repulse the Italians in the Battle of Elaia–Kalamas.
- November 27, 1940 – World War II: At the Battle of Cape Spartivento, the Royal Navy engages the Regia Marina in the Mediterranean Sea.
- December 22, 1940 – World War II: Himarë is captured by the Greek army.
- December 23, 1940 – World War II: Greek submarine Papanikolis (Y-2) sinks the Italian motor ship Antonietta.
Who Were Born On 1940?
- January 20, 1940 – Krishnam Raju, Indian actor and politician
- March 16, 1940 – Jan Pronk, Dutch academic and politician, Dutch Ministry of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment
- March 27, 1940 – Ullrich Libor, German sailor
- May 19, 1940 – Jan Janssen, Dutch cyclist
- May 28, 1940 – Maeve Binchy, Irish author and playwright (d. 2012)
- August 27, 1940 – Fernest Arceneaux, American singer and accordion player (d. 2008)
- September 23, 1940 – Michel Temer, Brazilian lawyer and politician, 25th Vice President of Brazil
- November 7, 1940 – Dakin Matthews, American actor, director, and playwright
- November 29, 1940 – Oscar Espinosa Chepe, Cuban-Spanish economist and journalist (d. 2013)
- December 4, 1940 – Gary Gilmore, American murderer (d. 1977)