1940

Allies evacuated from Dunkirk
Battle of Britain begins
Hitler invades Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg
British RAF bombs Berlin for the 1st time
Japan joins in the Axis Pact with Germany and Italy

Axis Pact leaders
cave paintings discovered at Lascaux, France
Churchill becomes Britain's Prime Minister
Leon Trotsky assassinated
Selective Service Act signed
The first official network television broadcast is put out by NBC
LaGuardia Airport in New York opens
US population approximately 131 million
Hemingway's For Whom the Bell Tolls
Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men
O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey Into Night"
Nylon stockings
Frozen foods
Films - "Grapes of Wrath", "Pinocchio", "The Great Dictator", "Fantasia"
Jack Nicklaus, Mario Andretti, Pele, Frank Zappa born
Paul Klee and F. Scott Fitzgerald die