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)
• Pacino, Al (1940)
• Proietti, Gigi (1940)
• Ross, Katharine (1940)
• Sheen, Martin (1940)
• Welch, Raquel (1940)
Deaths:
• Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940)
Art:
• Derain, André (1880-1954): Nature morte (1938-1943)
Film:
• La fille du puisatier (1940)
• Rebecca (1940)
• The Philadelphia Story (1940)
• Waterloo Bridge (1940)