1940 in the United States

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1940 in the United States
Decades: 1920s 1930s – 1940s – 1950s 1960s
Years: 1937 1938 193919401941 1942 1943

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Events from the year 1940 in the United States.

Contents

Incumbents

Events

January–March

April–June

May 15: The first McDonald's restaurant (photographed in 2005).

July–September

Post-collapse speculation about the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, from the Seattle Times, November 8, 1940.

October–December

November 5: FDR becomes the first and only President elected to a third term.

Births

January

February

March

Deaths

References

  1. ^ Trossarelli, L. (2010). "the history of nylon". Club Alpino Italiano, Centro Studi Materiali e Tecniche. http://www.caimateriali.org/index.php?id=32. Retrieved 2012-02-28. 

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