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plutonium | discovery year
Time from today
The year 1940 was 80 years ago.
Properties
1940 is a leap year.
Date range
Monday, January 1, 1940 to Tuesday, December 31, 1940
Jewish calendar | 20 Tevet, 5700 (until sunset) to 1 Tevet, 5701 (until sunset) Islamic calendar | 20 Dhu al-Qi'dah, 1358 (until sunset) to 1 Dhu al-Hijjah, 1359 (until sunset) Chinese lunar calendar | 22 shiyiyue, 4636 to 3 shieryue, 4637
Notable events in 1940
January 31: first Social Security check is issued
February 22: Tenzin Gyatso becomes the 14th Dalai Lama
March 1: "Gone with the Wind" wins 8 Academy Awards
May 10: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
June 14: Auschwitz concentration camp opens
August 20: Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded with an ice pick
September 7: Nazi Germany begins the first blitz on London
October 9: German blitz destroys altar at St. Paul's Cathedral in London
October 31: Battle of Britain
November 13: "Fantasia" premieres
Calendar
January Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | | | | February Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | | March Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | | | | | 1 | 2 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 31 | | | | | | | April Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 28 | 29 | 30 | | | | May Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | | June Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | | | | | | 1 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 30 | | | | | | July Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | | | | August Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | | | | 1 | 2 | 3 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 September Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 29 | 30 | | | | | | October Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | | November Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa | | | | | 1 | 2 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | December Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 29 | 30 | 31 | | | |