In the Western world, Easter Sunday fell on March 24th in the year 1940.
Christmas Day in 1940 was a Wednesday.
SUNDAY
Sunday.
July 1940 took in all seven days of the week!
No. The week before Easter Sunday (from Palm Sunday to Holy Saturday) is called Holy Week. It is also the last week of the 40 day period of Lent, which begins on Ash Wednesday. Officially, Easter Week is the week that begins on Easter Sunday. There are also 40 days in the period of Easter, beginning on Easter Sunday, which is actually only the First Sunday of Easter.
In 1940 Easter Sunday was on the 24th of March.
In 1972, Easter Sunday fell on April 2nd.
2 March 1940 was a Saturday.
7 July 1940 was a Sunday.
June 15 1940 was a Saturday.
17 September 1940 was a Tuesday.
27 May 1940 was a Monday.