Explore 1392 historical events from 1940–1949.
Sherrie Levine is an American photographer, painter, and conceptual artist. Some of her work consists of exact photographic reproductions of the work of other photographers such as…
Sherrie Levine, American photographer
Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western United States. It is also sometimes placed in the Mountain West and Southwestern United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idah…
In Nevada, Boulder Dam is renamed Hoover Dam
The Constitution of Japan is the supreme law of Japan. Written primarily by American civilian officials during the occupation of Japan after World War II, it was adopted on 3 Novem…
New post-war Japanese constitution goes into effect
The Cold War was a period of international geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc …
Cold War: The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, aiding Turkey and Greece
United Air Lines Flight 521 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by a Douglas DC-4 from LaGuardia Airport, New York City, United States, to Cleveland, Ohio, United States. On …
United Airlines Flight 521 crashes at LaGuardia Airport, killing 43
Ferenc Nagy was a Hungarian politician of the Smallholders Party who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from 1946 until his forced resignation in 1947. He was also a Speaker of th…
Ferenc Nagy, the democratically elected Prime Minister of Hungary, resigns from office after blackmail from the Hungaria
Tsutomu Wakamatsu is a Japanese former baseball player, coach, and manager for the Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball. He batted left-handed, and threw right-handed. …
Tsutomu Wakamatsu, Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager
Moses Zeh Blah was a Liberian politician. He served as the 28th vice president of Liberia under President Charles Taylor and became the 23rd president of Liberia on 11 August 2003,…
Moses Blah, Liberian general and politician, 23rd President of Liberia (died 2013)
Jerzy Oskar Stuhr was a Polish film and theatre actor. Considered one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors and an icon of Polish cinema, he also worked as a…
Jerzy Stuhr, Polish actor, director, and screenwriter
Rita Dionne-Marsolais is a former Quebec politician and economist. She was the Member of National Assembly of Quebec for the riding of Rosemont in the Montreal region and represent…
Rita Dionne-Marsolais, Canadian economist and politician
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is an American former basketball player. He played professionally for 20 seasons for the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Assoc…
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, American basketball player and coach
James Howard Woods is an American actor. Known for fast-talking, intense roles on screen and stage, he has received numerous accolades, including three Emmy Awards and a Golden Glo…
James Woods, American actor and producer
Vladimir Bogdanovich Rezun, known by his pseudonym of Viktor Suvorov, is a former Soviet GRU officer who is the author of non-fiction books about World War II, the GRU and the Sovi…
Viktor Suvorov, Russian intelligence officer, historian, and author
Nikoloz "Niko" Lekishvili was a Georgian politician who was a state minister, Mayor of Tbilisi, and a member of the Parliament of Georgia.
Niko Lekishvili, Georgian politician (died 2025)
Alonza Benjamin Bumbry is an American former Major League Baseball (MLB) outfielder who played for the Baltimore Orioles and San Diego Padres from 1972 through 1985. Bumbry was the…
Al Bumbry, American baseball player
James Newell Osterberg Jr., known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor who was the lead vocalist of the proto-punk band the Stooges. R…
Iggy Pop, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
John Weider was an English rock musician who played guitar, bass guitar and violin. He is best remembered as the guitarist for The Animals from 1966 to 1968. He was also the bass p…
John Weider, English bass player
Sir Robert George Burgess DL, FAcSS was a British sociologist and academic. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leicester in 1999, succeeding Ken Edwards. He was …
Robert Burgess, English sociologist and academic (died 2022)
Glenn Douglas Barnard Cornick was an English bass guitarist, and the original bassist for the British rock band Jethro Tull from 1967 to 1970. Rolling Stone has called his playing …
Glenn Cornick, English bass player (died 2014)
João Braz de Aviz is a prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life from 20…
João Braz de Aviz, Brazilian cardinal
Claude André Dubois is a Canadian singer-songwriter.
Claude Dubois, Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist
Denise Patricia Byrne Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill CBE is a British Labour peer. She was appointed as a life peer in 2006 after practising as a solicitor in personal injury, trade…
Denise Kingsmill, Baroness Kingsmill, New Zealand-English lawyer and politician
Josephine Bernadette McAliskey, usually known as Bernadette Devlin or Bernadette McAliskey, is an Irish civil rights leader and former politician. She served as the Member of Parli…
Bernadette Devlin McAliskey, Irish civil rights leader and politician
Josep Borrell Fontelles is a Spanish politician who served as High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission…
Josep Borrell, Spanish engineer and politician, 22nd President of the European Parliament