1940

Rulers:

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945)

Births:

• Bertolucci, Giovanni (1940-2005)

• Caan, James (1940)

• Castle, John (1940)

• Christie, Julie (1940)

• Collins, Pauline (1940)

• Cromwell, James (1940)

• De Palma, Brian (1940)

• Fonda, Peter (1940-2019)

• Gambon, Michael (1940)

• Hedaya, Dan (1940)

• Hurt, John (1940-2017)

• Karina, Anna (1940-2019)

• Méril, Macha (1940)

• Pacino, Al (1940)

• Proietti, Gigi (1940-2020)

• Ross, Katharine (1940)

• Sheen, Martin (1940)

• Welch, Raquel (1940)

Deaths:

• Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940)

Music:

• Rodgers, Richard (1902-1979): Rodgers & Hart (1940)

• Waxman, Franz (1906-1967): Rebecca (1940)

• Waxman, Franz (1906-1967): The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Art:

• Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): La Crucifixion (1940)

• Chagall, Marc (1887-1985): La Madone du village (1938-42)

• Derain, André (1880-1954): Nature morte (1938-1943)

• Kahlo, Frida (1907-1954): Autorretrato de pelona (1940)

• Matisse, Henri (1869-1954): Intérieur au vase étrusque (1940)

• Utrillo, Maurice (1883-1955): Notre-Dame de Paris (1940)

Film:

• La fille du puisatier (1940)

• Rebecca (1940)

• The Philadelphia Story (1940)

• Waterloo Bridge (1940)