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1940. Segunda Guerra Mundial: Adolf Hitler en la cumbre de su poder. La Alemania Nazi desata la Blitzkrieg contra Noruega, Dinamarca, los Países Bajos, Bélgica, Luxemburgo y Francia (abril-junio). Segunda Guerra Mundial: El gobierno de Philippe Petain pide un armisticio.
The 1940s (pronounced "nineteen-forties" and commonly abbreviated as " the '40s " or " the Forties ") was a decade that began on January 1, 1940, and ended on December 31, 1949. Most of World War II took place in the first half of the decade, which had a profound effect on most countries and people in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1940. 1940 ( MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade.
Years in film. Thousands of full-length films were produced during the decade of the 1940s. The great actor Humphrey Bogart made his most memorable films in this decade. Frank Capra 's masterpiece It's a Wonderful Life and Orson Welles 's masterpiece Citizen Kane were released. Citizen Kane made use of matte paintings, miniatures and optical ...
Pop. Bing Crosby was the best selling pop artist of the 1940s. Ragtime, a genre that first became popular in the 1890s, was popular through about the 1940s. After its best-known exponent, Scott Joplin, died in 1917, the genre faded. As the 1920s unfolded, jazz rapidly took over as the dominant form of popular music in the United States.
Number ones. Bing Crosby had the highest number of hits at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (9 songs). In addition, Crosby remained the longest at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart during the 1940s (55 weeks). Jimmy Dorsey remained at the top of the Billboard number-one singles chart for 32 weeks.
Establishments – Disestablishments. 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 distinct from the decade known as the '''195st decade''' which began on January 1, 1941 and ended on December 31, 1950.
