World War II was one American event that happened in September of 1940. Also, the Great Depression was coming to an end during this month and time frame.
In 1940
As the capital of Germany, Berlin came under Nazi rule when Hitler, the Fuerher of the Nazi party, became president of Germany. This occurred after the death of the previous president in 1934, after Hitler had paved the way for a Nazi takeover.
Ioannis Metaxas
1940-1942
Igor Stravinsky was the composer who became an American citizen in 1940.
Igor Stravinsky was the composer who became an American citizen in 1940.
He became an American citizen in 1940
albert eintstein
Albert Einstein - see wikipedia entry for confirmation.
* Historiches Museum in Bern, Switzerland has established a permanent display of his life and works in its Einstein Museum. Einstein became a Swiss citizen in 1901 and an American citizen in 1940. (see related questions)
Albert Einstein in 1940 renounced his German citizenship and became a U.S. citizen.
If the person you have in mind is Henry Kissinger, it's true that he was born in Germany, in 1923. However, he was not sworn in as a United States citizen until June 19th, 1943.
On 1933 he emigrated to America, during the 20th century.He became a German citizen in 1914 and remained in Berlin until 1933 when he renounced his citizenship for political reasons and emigrated to America to take the position of Professor of Theoretical Physics at Princeton. He became a United States citizen in 1940 and retired from his post in 1945.
Albert Einstein is famous for his original and earth-shaking theory of Relativity . He was born in Ulm, Germany. He became a US citizen in 1940. I do not know what group, if any, that he was ever president of.
... I'm quite sure you meant Albert Einstein... he became US citizen in 1940, was born in Germany 1879... He had to leave Germany as a Jew as Hitler was going to lead the country at that time. Albert Einstein studied at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), Switzerland... then prepared a short résumé of his discoveries to get access at the University of Berne (still Switzerland) - he then got the Nobel Prize for this very résumé... if I'm not wrong. But I'm quite sure he never really was Swiss citizen... he had residence permission and became some citizen of honor of Berne or something... Vic
Independent Citizen's Association was created in 1940.