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- Finland
- France
- United Kingdom
- Captain America Comic Book
- Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. Becomes The First African-American General
- Hattie Mcdaniel Becomes The First African-American Actor to Win An Academy Award
- Selective Training and Service Act Signed Into Law
- Franklin D. Roosevelt Wins The Election
- An Annular Solar Eclipse Is Observed in The United States
- Leon Trotsky The Russian Revolutionary Is Assassinated in Mexico
The USSR and Finland agree to end the Winter War. More Information for the 1935 Neutrality Act. The Winter War between the Soviet Union and Finland comes to an end in March . The conflict began in November of 1939when a huge Soviet army attacked the heavily outnumbered Finnish forces. The Finns held off the Red Army through the winter with a strong...
Axis Powers win The Battle Of France and Take control of Paris on June 14th. More Information for the Battle of France. During World War II, Germany began occupying the French capital of Paris in June . Germany had begun its invasion of France during the previous month with French troops being quickly overwhelmed by the German military, despite the...
Britain Creates The Home Guard to act as the first line of defence in case of invasion Great Britain begins food rationing during World War II. More Information and Timeline for UK Food Rationing. 1. At the beginning of World War II Great Britain begins to ration food. Ration books that contained coupons for certain items are distributed to citizen...
More Information for the Captain America Comic The first Captain America comic book was published and went on sale in December with the cover featuring the titular character punching the real life World War II villain and Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. The first issue originally sold for ten cents and was dated for March 1941 despite being available ear...
More Information and Timeline for Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. 1. Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. is born in 1877 and joined the United States Army in 1989 after being a volunteer during the Spanish-American War. 2. Davis rose steadily through the ranks of the army and served throughout the world. 3. He was also a teacher of military science at the Tuskegee Insti...
More Information for Hattie McDaniel. 1. In February Hattie McDaniel becomes the first African-American actor to win an Academy Award. She won the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for her role in the film "Gone with the Wind." 2. McDaniel began her career in the early 1910s performing in minstrel shows and working as a vocalist for vario...
Selective Training and Service Act signed into law as first peacetime military draft in United States history More Information and Timeline for Selective Training and Service Act 1. The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 became United States law on the 16th of September, . This draft had required men between the ages of 21 and 35 years old ...
Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the election and becomes the United States' first third-term president. More Information and Timeline for the Roosevelt Election 1. Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected President of the United States in 1932 at the height of the Great Depression. 2. FDR used his New Deal programs to help stabilize the US economy and was re-el...
An annular solar eclipse is observed in the United States. More Information and Timeline for US Solar Eclipse. On April 7 an Annular Solar Eclipse is seen for the first time in North America since 1930 and the sun was blocked completely out for 6 to 7 minutes by the moon with a narrow circle of brilliance around it's rim. An annular solar eclipse o...
Leon Trotsky the Russian revolutionary is assassinated in Mexico More Information and Timeline for the Leon Trotsky 1. Leon Trotsky was born as Lev Davidovich Bronshtein in November of 1879 in Ukraine. 2. Trotsky discovered Marxism in 1896 while in school in Odessa. 3. He was arrested in 1898 for "revolutionary activity," after which he spent nearl...
5. Nov. 2016 · Finnish troops and the remaining population are immediately evacuated. 13th March » The Russo-Finnish Winter War ends. 16th March » First person killed in a German bombing raid on the UK in World War II during a raid on Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands, James Isbister.
21. Aug. 2022 · Learn about 7 historical events that took place from 1940 to 1949 (1940s) during and as a result of the Second World War.
October 1 – The first section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the country's first long-distance controlled-access highway, is opened between Irwin and Carlisle. October 8 – The Cincinnati Reds defeat the Detroit Tigers, 4 games to 3, to win their second World Series championship in baseball.
16. März 2020 · The 1940s tower over every other decade of the 20th century as the most full of sorrow, patriotism, and ultimately, hope and the beginning of a new era of American dominance on the world stage. This decade, commonly called "the war years," is synonymous with World War II.
