Time
Pick A Date in History
What Happened On This Day
Groups
People in History
Historical Collections
Cities in History
Family Timelines
Latest Posts
About
Our Story
Blog
Data
Tag Events Data
Terms of Services
Post on Histolines
Quiz
Log In
Log in
Register
`whenYear` >='-3000'
AND `whenYear` ='1940'
ORDER BY `events`.`eventSig` DESC , `whenYear` ASC
LIMIT
0
,
200
Grid
List
Quotes
Pictures
Events
Add Something...
Post Event
Add Quote
Share Photo
Upload Photo
Loading Full Historical Timeline
1940
Ronald Reagan
married
Jane Wyman
on
1/4/1940
...
712972
Richard Nixon
married
Thelma Pat Nixon
on
6/21/1940
...
340079
Thelma Pat Nixon
married
Richard Nixon
on
6/21/1940
...
330750
Benito Mussolini
met
Adolf Hitler
on
3/18/1940
...
713516
John F. Kennedy
wrote
Why England Slept
in
1940
...
400025
Finland
signed
Moscow Peace Treaty
on
3/12/1940
...
713434
Soviet Union
signed
Moscow Peace Treaty
on
3/12/1940
...
713435
Christina Stead
wrote
The Man Who Loved Children
in
1940
...
339640
Dino Buzzati
wrote
The Tartar Steppe
in
1940
...
339953
Ernest Hemmingway
wrote
For Whom the Bell Tolls
in
1940
...
302624
Graham Greene
wrote
The Power and the Glory
in
1940
...
339764
Richard Wright
wrote
Native Son
in
1940
...
309994
Oskar Schindler
established
Deutsche Emailwaren Fabrik
on
1/6/1940
...
714397
French Indochina
entered
Part of World War II
in
1940
...
8893
Japan
won
Invasion of French Indochina
in
1940
South-East Asia
...
-101467
Thailand
entered
Franco-Thai War
in
1940
...
8895
Norway
lost
Battle of Narvik
on
4/9/1940
...
-110721
Norway
lost
Norwegian Campaign
on
4/9/1940
...
-110716