Explore 4729 historical events from 1940–1949.
Terry Allen is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist from Lubbock, Texas. Allen's musical career spans several albums in the Texas country and outlaw country genres, and …
Terry Allen, American singer and painter
John Charles Bannon was an Australian politician and academic. He was the 39th Premier of South Australia, leading the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party from a …
John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (died 2015)
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the air and space force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies. It was formed towards the end of the First World Wa…
World War II: The Royal Air Force begins Operation Hydra, the first air raid of the Operation Crossbow strategic…
Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest city in Ukraine. Located in the northeast of the country, it is the largest city of the historic region of Sloboda Ukraine. Kh…
World War II: Kharkiv is liberated by the Soviet Red Army for the second time after the Battle of Kursk.
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: Japanese forces evacuate New Georgia Island in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II.
The Luftwaffe was the aerial-warfare branch of the Wehrmacht before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the Luftstreitkräfte of the Imperial Ar…
World War II: Aerial bombardment by the Luftwaffe razes to the ground the village of Vorizia in Crete.
At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral, but that neutrality did not prevent Nazi Germany from occupying the country soon after the outbrea…
Denmark in World War II: German authorities demand that Danish authorities crack down on acts of resistance. The next…
Peter Philip Carey is an Australian novelist who has lived in New York City for more than three decades.
Peter Carey, Australian novelist and short story writer
Dame Patricia Mary W. Barker, is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. She is k…
Pat Barker, English author
Sir John Vincent Cable is a British politician who was Leader of the Liberal Democrats from 2017 to 2019. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Twickenham from 1997 to 2015 and from…
Vince Cable, English economist and politician, former Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills
At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral, but that neutrality did not prevent Nazi Germany from occupying the country soon after the outbrea…
World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
Operation Baytown was an Allied amphibious landing on the mainland of Italy that took place on 3 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy, itself part of the Italian Ca…
World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and…
The Pacific War, sometimes called the Asia–Pacific War or the Pacific Theater, was the theater of World War II fought between Japan and the Allies in East and Southeast Asia, the P…
World War II: In the Pacific Theater, the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment lands and occupies Lae Nadzab Airport,…
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, also known as the Technological Institute of Monterrey or simply Tec De Monterrey or El Tec is a private research universi…
The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential…
World War II, or the Second World War, was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many eng…
World War II: German troops occupy Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija ending the Italian occupation of Corsica.
Colin Trevor Pillinger, was an English planetary scientist. He was a founding member of the Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute at The Open University in Milton Keynes;…
Colin Pillinger, English astronomer, chemist, and academic (died 2014)
Nancy Catherine Greene Raine is a former Canadian Senator for British Columbia and an Olympic alpine champion voted as Canada's Female Athlete of the 20th Century. She was born in …
Nancy Greene, Canadian skier and politician
Haydee Raquel Blandón Sandoval was a Guatemalan lawyer, activist, and political leader who served as the first lady of Guatemala from 1986 to 1991, as the wife of President Vinicio…
Raquel Blandón, Guatemalan lawyer and activist, First Lady of Guatemala (died 2024)
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the Heer (army), the Kriegsmarine (navy) and the Luftwaffe. The designation "Wehrmach…
World War II: The Wehrmacht starts a three-day retaliatory operation targeting several Greek villages in the region of…
Richard Allen Epstein is an American legal scholar known for his writings on torts, contracts, property rights, law and economics, classical liberalism, and libertarianism. He is t…
Richard Allen Epstein, American lawyer, author, and academic
Janet Evanovich is an American writer. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series of contemp…
Janet Evanovich, American author
Gail Charles Goodrich Jr. is an American former professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is best known for scoring a then record 42 points fo…
Gail Goodrich, American basketball player and coach
Gary Malcolm Wright was an American musician and composer best known for his 1976 hit songs "Dream Weaver" and "Love Is Alive". Wright's breakthrough album, The Dream Weaver (1975)…
Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2023)
Judith Ann Jamison was an American dancer and choreographer. She danced with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater from 1965 to 1980 and was Ailey's muse. She later returned to be…
Judith Jamison, American dancer and choreographer (died 2024)