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  • Cambridge, Massachusrtts, U.S.
    1940
    John F. Kennedy

    Graduated

    Cambridge, Massachusrtts, U.S.
    1940

    In 1940 Kennedy graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts in government, concentrating on international affairs.




  • U.S.
    1940
    Albert Einstein

    American Citizen

    U.S.
    1940

    Einstein became an American citizen in 1940.




  • East Hampton, New York, U.S.
    1940
    Juan Trippe

    The president of The Maidstone Club

    East Hampton, New York, U.S.
    1940

    Trippe was a member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in Scotland and president of the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, New York, from 1940 to 1944.




  • The Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
    Friday Jan 26, 1940
    Frank Sinatra

    1st Appearance with The New Band

    The Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
    Friday Jan 26, 1940

    On January 26, 1940, he made his first public appearance with the band (the Tommy Dorsey band) at the Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois,opening the show with "Stardust".




  • Glendale, California, U.S.
    Friday Jan 26, 1940
    Ronald Reagan

    Marriage

    Glendale, California, U.S.
    Friday Jan 26, 1940

    Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman married on January 26, 1940 at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather church in Glendale, California.




  • U.S.
    1940
    Donald Trump

    Anti-German sentiment

    U.S.
    1940

    In spite of his German ancestry, Fred claimed to be Swedish amid the anti-German sentiment sparked by World War II; Trump repeated this claim until the 1990s.




  • Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Saturday Mar 9, 1940
    Igor Stravinsky

    2nd Marriage

    Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Saturday Mar 9, 1940

    Vera followed Stravinsky in January, and they were married in Bedford, Massachusetts, on 9 March 1940.


  • Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 26, 1940
    Nancy Pelosi

    Birth

    Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 26, 1940

    Pelosi was born in Baltimore to an Italian-American family. She was the only girl and the youngest of seven children of Annunciata M. "Nancy" D'Alesandro (née Lombardi) and Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., who both had Italian roots.


  • U.S.
    Apr, 1940
    DC Comics

    DC's first logo appeared

    U.S.
    Apr, 1940

    DC's first logo appeared on the April 1940 issues of its titles. The letters "DC" stood for Detective Comics, the name of Batman's flagship title. The small logo, with no background, read simply, "A DC Publication".


  • U.S.
    Thursday Jun 20, 1940
    Salvador Dali

    Able to Escape

    U.S.
    Thursday Jun 20, 1940

    In 1940, as World War II tore through Europe, Dalí and Gala retreated to the United States, where they lived for eight years splitting their time between New York and Monterey, California. They were able to escape because on June 20, 1940, they were issued visas by Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, France. Salvador and Gala Dalí crossed into Portugal and subsequently sailed on the Excambion from Lisbon to New York in August 1940.


  • U.S.
    1940
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Dusk of Dawn

    U.S.
    1940

    Dusk of Dawn, Du Bois's second autobiography, was published in 1940.


  • Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California, U.S.
    Jun, 1940
    Richard Nixon

    Marriage

    Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California, U.S.
    Jun, 1940

    In January 1938, Nixon was cast in the Whittier Community Players production of The Dark Tower. There he played opposite a high school teacher named Thelma "Pat" Ryan. Nixon described it in his memoirs as "a case of love at first sight" for Nixon only, as Pat Ryan turned down the young lawyer several times before agreeing to date him. Once they began their courtship, Ryan was reluctant to marry Nixon; they dated for two years before she assented to his proposal. They wed in a small ceremony on June 21, 1940.


  • Kentucky, U.S
    Jul, 1940
    KFC

    Original Recipe

    Kentucky, U.S
    Jul, 1940

    In July 1940, Sanders finalized what came to be known as his "Original Recipe" of 11 herbs and spices. Although he never publicly revealed the recipe, he admitted to the use of salt and pepper, and claimed that the ingredients "stand on everybody's shelf".


  • Cambridge, Massachusrtts, U.S.
    Sep, 1940
    John F. Kennedy

    Harvard College

    Cambridge, Massachusrtts, U.S.
    Sep, 1940

    In September 1936, Kennedy enrolled at Harvard College.


  • Euclid Ave, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
    1940
    Severo Ochoa

    Washington University

    Euclid Ave, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
    1940

    Ochoa then went to the United States, where he again held many positions at several universities. Between 1940 and 1942, Ochoa worked for the Faculty of Medicine of Washington University in St. Louis.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 5, 1940
    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    U.S. Presidential election 1940

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 5, 1940

    The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. The election was contested in the shadow of World War II in Europe, as the United States was emerging from the Great Depression. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office.


  • Kingston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1940
    Russell Bufalino

    Moved to Kingston

    Kingston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1940

    Bufalino later moved to Kingston, Pennsylvania in 1940.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Dec 29, 1940
    World War II

    Arsenal of Democracy

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Dec 29, 1940

    In December 1940 Roosevelt accused Hitler of planning world conquest and ruled out any negotiations as useless, calling for the United States to become an "arsenal of democracy".


  • Cambridge, Massachusrtts, U.S.
    1940
    John F. Kennedy

    Graduated

    Cambridge, Massachusrtts, U.S.
    1940

    In 1940 Kennedy graduated from Harvard with a Bachelor of Arts in government, concentrating on international affairs.


  • U.S.
    1940
    Albert Einstein

    American Citizen

    U.S.
    1940

    Einstein became an American citizen in 1940.


  • East Hampton, New York, U.S.
    1940
    Juan Trippe

    The president of The Maidstone Club

    East Hampton, New York, U.S.
    1940

    Trippe was a member of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in Scotland and president of the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, New York, from 1940 to 1944.


  • The Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
    Friday Jan 26, 1940
    Frank Sinatra

    1st Appearance with The New Band

    The Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois, U.S.
    Friday Jan 26, 1940

    On January 26, 1940, he made his first public appearance with the band (the Tommy Dorsey band) at the Coronado Theatre in Rockford, Illinois,opening the show with "Stardust".


  • Glendale, California, U.S.
    Friday Jan 26, 1940
    Ronald Reagan

    Marriage

    Glendale, California, U.S.
    Friday Jan 26, 1940

    Ronald Reagan and Jane Wyman married on January 26, 1940 at the Wee Kirk o' the Heather church in Glendale, California.


  • U.S.
    1940
    Donald Trump

    Anti-German sentiment

    U.S.
    1940

    In spite of his German ancestry, Fred claimed to be Swedish amid the anti-German sentiment sparked by World War II; Trump repeated this claim until the 1990s.


  • Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Saturday Mar 9, 1940
    Igor Stravinsky

    2nd Marriage

    Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.
    Saturday Mar 9, 1940

    Vera followed Stravinsky in January, and they were married in Bedford, Massachusetts, on 9 March 1940.


  • Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 26, 1940
    Nancy Pelosi

    Birth

    Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
    Tuesday Mar 26, 1940

    Pelosi was born in Baltimore to an Italian-American family. She was the only girl and the youngest of seven children of Annunciata M. "Nancy" D'Alesandro (née Lombardi) and Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., who both had Italian roots.


  • U.S.
    Apr, 1940
    DC Comics

    DC's first logo appeared

    U.S.
    Apr, 1940

    DC's first logo appeared on the April 1940 issues of its titles. The letters "DC" stood for Detective Comics, the name of Batman's flagship title. The small logo, with no background, read simply, "A DC Publication".


  • U.S.
    Thursday Jun 20, 1940
    Salvador Dali

    Able to Escape

    U.S.
    Thursday Jun 20, 1940

    In 1940, as World War II tore through Europe, Dalí and Gala retreated to the United States, where they lived for eight years splitting their time between New York and Monterey, California. They were able to escape because on June 20, 1940, they were issued visas by Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Portuguese consul in Bordeaux, France. Salvador and Gala Dalí crossed into Portugal and subsequently sailed on the Excambion from Lisbon to New York in August 1940.


  • U.S.
    1940
    W. E. B. Du Bois

    Dusk of Dawn

    U.S.
    1940

    Dusk of Dawn, Du Bois's second autobiography, was published in 1940.


  • Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California, U.S.
    Jun, 1940
    Richard Nixon

    Marriage

    Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, California, U.S.
    Jun, 1940

    In January 1938, Nixon was cast in the Whittier Community Players production of The Dark Tower. There he played opposite a high school teacher named Thelma "Pat" Ryan. Nixon described it in his memoirs as "a case of love at first sight" for Nixon only, as Pat Ryan turned down the young lawyer several times before agreeing to date him. Once they began their courtship, Ryan was reluctant to marry Nixon; they dated for two years before she assented to his proposal. They wed in a small ceremony on June 21, 1940.


  • Kentucky, U.S
    Jul, 1940
    KFC

    Original Recipe

    Kentucky, U.S
    Jul, 1940

    In July 1940, Sanders finalized what came to be known as his "Original Recipe" of 11 herbs and spices. Although he never publicly revealed the recipe, he admitted to the use of salt and pepper, and claimed that the ingredients "stand on everybody's shelf".


  • Cambridge, Massachusrtts, U.S.
    Sep, 1940
    John F. Kennedy

    Harvard College

    Cambridge, Massachusrtts, U.S.
    Sep, 1940

    In September 1936, Kennedy enrolled at Harvard College.


  • Euclid Ave, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
    1940
    Severo Ochoa

    Washington University

    Euclid Ave, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
    1940

    Ochoa then went to the United States, where he again held many positions at several universities. Between 1940 and 1942, Ochoa worked for the Faculty of Medicine of Washington University in St. Louis.


  • U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 5, 1940
    Franklin D. Roosevelt

    U.S. Presidential election 1940

    U.S.
    Tuesday Nov 5, 1940

    The 1940 United States presidential election was the 39th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 5, 1940. The election was contested in the shadow of World War II in Europe, as the United States was emerging from the Great Depression. Incumbent Democratic President Franklin D. Roosevelt defeated Republican businessman Wendell Willkie to be reelected for an unprecedented third term in office.


  • Kingston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1940
    Russell Bufalino

    Moved to Kingston

    Kingston, Pennsylvania, U.S.
    1940

    Bufalino later moved to Kingston, Pennsylvania in 1940.


  • Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Dec 29, 1940
    World War II

    Arsenal of Democracy

    Washington D.C., U.S.
    Sunday Dec 29, 1940

    In December 1940 Roosevelt accused Hitler of planning world conquest and ruled out any negotiations as useless, calling for the United States to become an "arsenal of democracy".


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