1940-árini

Øldir: 19. øld - 20. øld - 21. øld

Áratíggju: 1890-árini 1900-árini 1910-árini 1920-árini 1930-árini - 1940-árini - 1950-árini 1960-árini 1970-árini 1980-árini 1990-árini

Ár: 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949

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Hendingar

• Fyrri heimsbardagi
• Fyrsta atombumban

Løgmenn

• Andrass Samuelsen

Heimsins leiðarar

• Adolf Hitler
• Winston Churchill
• Josef Stalin
• Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Harry S. Truman
• Benito Mussolini
• Francisco Franco

Listafólk

• Fred Astaire
• Abbott and Costello
• Ingrid Bergman
• Humphrey Bogart
• James Cagney
• Bing Crosby
• Bette Davis
• Clark Gable
• Judy Garland
• Cary Grant
• Rita Hayworth
• Katharine Hepburn
• Bob Hope
• Gene Kelly
• James Stewart
• Spencer Tracy