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)
• Ross, Katharine (1940)
• Sheen, Martin (1940)
• Welch, Raquel (1940)
Deaths:
• Trotsky, Leon (1879-1940)
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)