Explore 6096 historical events from 1940–1949.
Clemens Westerhof is a Dutch football manager, who has worked in various football positions on the African continent since 1989.
Clemens Westerhof, Dutch footballer and manager
Robert Brian "Robin" Cook is an American physician and novelist who writes largely about medicine and topics affecting public health.
Robin Cook, American physician and author
Lance Henriksen is an American actor. He is known for his roles in various science fiction, action and horror genre productions, including Bishop in the Alien film franchise and Fr…
Lance Henriksen, American actor
Peter Bradford Benchley was an American author. He is best known for his bestselling novel Jaws and co-wrote its movie adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were…
Peter Benchley, American author and screenwriter (died 2006)
Irwin Cotler is a retired Canadian politician who was Member of Parliament for Mount Royal from 1999 to 2015. He served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada fr…
Irwin Cotler, Canadian lawyer and politician, 47th Canadian Minister of Justice
Carol II was King of Romania from 8 June 1930 following a coup that deposed his son, until his forced abdication on 6 September 1940. As the eldest son of King Ferdinand I, he was …
King Carol II of Romania abdicates and is succeeded by his son Michael. General Ion Antonescu becomes the Conducător…
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: The German Luftwaffe begins the Blitz, bombing London and other British cities for over 50 consecutive…
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: The climax of the Battle of Britain, when the Luftwaffe launches its largest and most concentrated…
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: Italian troops conquer Sidi Barrani.
The Battle of Britain was a military campaign of the Second World War, in which the Royal Air Force (RAF) and the Fleet Air Arm (FAA) of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom …
World War II: Due to setbacks in the Battle of Britain and approaching autumn weather, Hitler postpones Operation Sea…
Emilio Ernest Delgado was an American actor best known for his role as Luis, the Fix-it Shop owner, on the children's television series Sesame Street. He joined the cast of Sesame …
Emilio Delgado, Mexican-American actor (died 2022)
Eric Hilliard "Ricky" or “Rick” Nelson was an American musician and actor. From age eight, he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzi…
Ricky Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 1985)
Cathryn Antoinette "Toni" Tennille is an American singer-songwriter and keyboardist. A contralto, she is best known as one-half of the 1970s duo Captain & Tennille with her former …
Toni Tennille, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: The Tripartite Pact is signed in Berlin by Germany, Japan and Italy.
The Avro Anson is a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft built by the aircraft manufacturer Avro. Large numbers served in a variety of roles with the Royal Air Force (RAF), Fle…
Two Avro Ansons collide in mid-air over New South Wales, Australia, remain locked together, then land safely.
The Pennsylvania Turnpike, sometimes shortened to Penna Turnpike or PA Turnpike, is a controlled-access toll road which is operated by the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (PTC) in…
The Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: The McCollum memo proposes bringing the United States into the war in Europe by provoking the Japanese…
The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was established in November 1940 by the German authorities within the new General Go…
Holocaust in Poland: The Warsaw Ghetto is established.
William Bryan Jordan Jr. was an American art historian who facilitated acquisitions, curated exhibitions, and authored publications on Spanish artists and still life paintings, par…
William B
James Lawrence Brooks is an American director, producer and screenwriter, and the founder of Gracie Films. He co-created the sitcoms The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Taxi, and The Simpso…
James L
Arthur Alexander was an American country-soul songwriter and singer. Jason Ankeny, music critic for AllMusic, said Alexander was a "country-soul pioneer" and that, though largely u…
Arthur Alexander, American country-soul singer-songwriter (died 1993)
Wilhelm Münzenberg was a German communist activist and publisher who served as the first head of the Young Communist International from 1919 to 1921 and as a member of the Reichsta…
The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg is found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
Ernest Miller Hemingway was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. Known for an economical, understated style that influenced later 20th-century writers, he has …
The first edition of the Ernest Hemingway novel For Whom the Bell Tolls is published.
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was dictator of Germany in the Nazi era from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Part…
Adolf Hitler and Francisco Franco meet at Hendaye to discuss the possibility of Spain entering the Second World War.