Explore 3967 historical events from 1940–1949.
Sultanzade Mehmed Sabahaddin was an Ottoman prince, sociologist, and intellectual. Because of his threat to the ruling House of Osman, of which he was a member, and his political a…
Prince Sabahaddin, Turkish-Swiss sociologist and academic (born 1879)
Achille Varzi was an Italian racing driver. He is remembered as the winner of the 1933 Monaco Grand Prix, as well as the winner of the first Formula One Grand Prix at the 1946 Turi…
Achille Varzi, Italian race car driver (born 1904)
José Bento Renato Monteiro Lobato was one of Brazil's most influential writers, mostly for his children's books set in the fictional Sítio do Picapau Amarelo but he had been previo…
Monteiro Lobato, Brazilian journalist and author (born 1882)
Louis Émile Clément Georges Bernanos was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. A Catholic with monarchist leanings, he was critical of elitist thought and was opposed to w…
Georges Bernanos, French soldier and author (born 1888)
Carole Landis was an American actress. She worked as a contract player for Twentieth Century-Fox in the 1940s. Her breakout role was as the female lead in the 1940 film One Million…
Carole Landis, American actress (born 1919)
Petrus Josephus Mattheus "Piet" Aalberse Sr. was a Dutch politician of the General League of Roman Catholic Electoral Associations, later the Roman Catholic State Party (RKSP) and …
Piet Aalberse, Dutch politician (born 1871)
Herman Gregorius Gummerus was a leading Finnish classical scholar, diplomat, and one of the founders of the Patriotic People's Movement (IKL).
Herman Gummerus, Finnish historian, academic, and politician (born 1877)
Rūdolfs Jurciņš was a Latvian basketball player. He played as a center.
Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (born 1909)
David Wark Griffith was an American film director. Considered one of the most influential figures in the history of the motion picture, he pioneered many aspects of film editing an…
D. W. Griffith, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1875)
John Joseph Pershing, nicknamed "Black Jack", was an American army general, educator, and founder of the Pershing Rifles. He served as the commander of the American Expeditionary F…
John J. Pershing, American general (born 1860)
Arshile Gorky was an Armenian-American painter. At first influenced by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, Gorky's later work presaged and exerted a seminal influence on abstract…
Arshile Gorky, Armenian-American painter and illustrator (born 1904)
Joel Woolf Barnato was a British financier and racing driver, one of the "Bentley Boys" of the 1920s. He achieved three consecutive wins out of three entries in the 24 Hours of Le …
Woolf Barnato, English race car driver and businessman (born 1898)
Joseph Bert Tinker was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played from 1902 through 1916 for the Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB…
Joe Tinker, American baseball player and manager (born 1880)
Montagu Henry Toller was an English cricketer who played for both Devon and Somerset in the late 19th century. He made six first-class appearances for Somerset, all in 1897, but wa…
Montagu Toller, English cricketer and lawyer (born 1871)
Charles Bryant was a British actor and film director.
Charles Bryant, English-American actor and director (born 1879)
Hugo Ferdinand Boss was a German businessman who founded the fashion house Hugo Boss. He was an active member of the Nazi Party from 1931, and remained so until Nazi Germany's capi…
Hugo Boss, German fashion designer, founded Hugo Boss (born 1885)
Kan'ichi Asakawa was a Japanese academic, author, historian, curator and peace advocate. Asakawa was Japanese by birth and citizenship though he lived the majority of his life in …
Kan'ichi Asakawa, Japanese-American historian, author, and academic (born 1873)
Andrew M. Brown was a Scottish-American soccer player, executive and coach who had a short tenure as coach of the United States men's national soccer team.
Andrew Brown, Scottish footballer and coach (born 1870)
Augustus Montague Summers was an English author, clergyman, and teacher. As an independent scholar, he published many works on the English drama of the Stuart Restoration (1660–168…
Montague Summers, English clergyman and author (born 1880)
Eliška Misáková was a Czech gymnast who was selected to attend the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Eliška Misáková, Czech gymnast (born 1926)
The 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine was the first phase of the 1948 Palestine war. It broke out after the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted a resolution on …
Civil War in Mandatory Palestine: The Jewish paramilitary group Haganah captured Haifa from the Arab Liberation Army
The Manchester Baby, also called the Small-Scale Experimental Machine (SSEM), was the first electronic stored-program computer. It was built at the Victoria University of Mancheste…
The Manchester Baby (replica pictured), the world's first stored-program computer, ran its first program
George Herman "Babe" Ruth was an American professional baseball player whose career in Major League Baseball (MLB) spanned 22 seasons, from 1914 through 1935. Nicknamed "the Bambin…
Babe Ruth, American baseball player and coach (born 1895)
Charles Evans Hughes was an American politician, academic, and jurist who served as the 11th chief justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941. A member of the Republican Party,…
Charles Evans Hughes, American lawyer and politician, 11th Chief Justice of the United States (born 1862)