Explore 4729 historical events from 1940–1949.
Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of…
Bulgarian poet and Communist leader Nikola Vaptsarov is executed by firing squad.
The Norwegian resistance to the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany began after Operation Weserübung in 1940 and ended in 1945. It took several forms:Asserting the legitimacy of t…
The Norwegian Manifesto calls for nonviolent resistance to the German occupation.
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. World War II …
World War II: Allied forces successfully halt the final Axis advance into Egypt.
Sir David Herbert Penry-Davey was a judge of the High Court of England and Wales.
David Penry-Davey, English lawyer and judge (died 2015)
Gary Arlen Kildall was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur. During the 1970s, Kildall created the operating system CP/M among other operating systems and …
Gary Kildall, American computer scientist, founded Digital Research Inc
Robert Michael Kilroy-Silk is an English former politician and broadcaster. After a decade as a university lecturer, he served as a Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) from 1974…
Robert Kilroy-Silk, English television host and politician
Raymond A. J. Chrétien is a Canadian lawyer and diplomat. He served as ambassador to the United States from 1994–2000. His uncle, Jean Chrétien, was the 20th prime minister from 19…
Raymond Chrétien, Canadian lawyer and diplomat, Canadian Ambassador to the United States
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. World War II …
World War II: Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues Order No. 227. In response to alarming German advances, all those who…
Wilhelmina was Queen of the Netherlands from 1890 until her abdication in 1948. She reigned for nearly 58 years, making her the longest-reigning monarch in Dutch history, as well a…
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands becomes the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the United States…
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: The Battle of Guadalcanal begins as the United States Marines initiate the first American offensive of…
The Quit India Movement was a political campaign launched at the Bombay session of the All India Congress Committee by Mahatma Gandhi on 8 August 1942, during World War II, demandi…
Quit India Movement is launched in India against the British rule in response to Mohandas Gandhi's call for swaraj or…
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: Battle of Savo Island: Allied naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages…
Lynn Davies CBE is a Welsh former track and field athlete who specialised in the long jump. He was the 1964 Olympic champion in the event.
Lynn Davies, Welsh sprinter and long jumper
Frew Donald McMillan is a former professional tennis player from South Africa who won five grand slam doubles titles including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. All together, he wo…
Frew McMillan, South African tennis player
David James Fletcher Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, is a British Conservative politician who served as a member of the Cabinet during the Thatcher and Major ministries, and was appoin…
David Hunt, Baron Hunt of Wirral, English politician, Secretary of State for Wales
John Konrads was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1950s and 1960s, who won the 1500 m freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. In his career, he set 26 individual world…
John Konrads, Australian swimmer (died 2021)
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian and American actress and inventor. Regarded as a successful film star, she also co-invented a radio guidance system during World War II.
Actress Hedy Lamarr and composer George Antheil receive a patent for a Frequency-hopping spread spectrum communication…
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: Operation Pedestal: The oil tanker SS Ohio reaches the island of Malta barely afloat carrying vital fuel…
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: US Navy L-class blimp L-8 drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California.…
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: U.S. Marines raid the Japanese-held Pacific island of Makin.
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: Operation Jubilee (The Dieppe Raid): The 2nd Canadian Infantry Division leads an amphibious assault by…
Ezekiel "Danny" Ongais was an American racing driver.
Danny Ongais, American race car driver (died 2022)
Roger William Brown was an American professional basketball player and councilman.
Roger Brown, American basketball player (died 1997)
Theodore John Kaczynski, also known as the Unabomber, was an American mathematician and domestic terrorist. A mathematics prodigy, he abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursu…
Ted Kaczynski, American academic and mathematician turned anarchist and serial murderer (Unabomber) (died 2023)