The 1940s

Explore 1392 historical events from 1940–1949.

1947

Butch Trucks, American drummer (died 2017)

Claude Hudson "Butch" Trucks was an American drummer. He was best known as a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, for which he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of F…

Butch Trucks, American drummer (died 2017)

1947

Cheryl Clarke, American writer

Cheryl Lynn Clarke is an American lesbian poet, essayist, educator, and Black feminist community activist. Her scholarship focuses on African-American women's literature, black les…

Cheryl Clarke, American writer

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1947

Darrell Sweet, Scottish drummer (died 1999)

Nazareth are a Scottish hard rock band formed in Dunfermline in 1968 that had many hit singles and albums in Canada, the United Kingdom, and a number of other European countries be…

Darrell Sweet, Scottish drummer (died 1999)

1947

David Helfgott, Australian pianist

David Helfgott is an Australian concert pianist whose life inspired the Academy Award-winning film Shine, in which he was portrayed by actors Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor and Alex Ra…

David Helfgott, Australian pianist

1947

Greg Dyke, English journalist and academic

Gregory Dyke is a British media executive, football administrator, journalist and broadcaster. Since the 1960s, Dyke has had a long career in the UK in print and then broadcast jou…

Greg Dyke, English journalist and academic

1947

Martin Winterkorn, German businessman

Martin Winterkorn is a German former business executive who served as chairman of the board of management of Volkswagen AG, the parent company of the Volkswagen Group, as well as c…

Martin Winterkorn, German businessman

1947

Karen Valentine, American actress

Karen Valentine is an American actress. She is best known for her role as young idealistic schoolteacher Alice Johnson in the ABC comedy drama series Room 222 from 1969 to 1974, fo…

Karen Valentine, American actress

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1947

Catherine G

Catherine Gody Wolf was an American psychologist and expert in human-computer interaction. She was the author of more than 100 research articles and held six patents in the areas o…

Catherine G