1940 Fact Sheet
Database: Miss America Winners by State
| Record Name | Year | City | State |
| Frances Marie Burke | 1940 | Philadelphia | PENNSYLVANIA |
Database: Great Inventions by Year and Country
| Record Name | Year | Country | Region | Source | Inventor Name |
| Gas Lawn Mower | c. 1940 | United States | North America | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Leonard Goodall |
| Lego | late 1940s | Denmark | Europe | Encyclopedia Britannica Almanac 2003 | Ole Kirk Christiansen |
Database: Hockey Stanley Cup Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Winning Coach | Losing Team | Losing Coach | Sport | City | Note |
| 1940 Stanley Cup Winner | 1940 | New York Rangers | Frank Boucher | Toronto Maple Leafs | Dick Irvin | Hockey | NEW YORK |
Database: Year and Discoverer of Chemical Elements
| Record Name | Element | Year Discovered | Discovered By | Source |
| Astatine | Astatine | 1940 | Dale R. Carson, K.R. MacKenzie, Emilio Segregrave | Jefferson Lab |
| Neptunium | Neptunium | 1940 | Edwin M. McMillian, Philip H. Abelson | Jefferson Lab |
Database: Pulitzer Prize Winning Novels By Year
| Record Name | Year | Title | Author |
| Grapes Of Wrath, The, John Steinbeck | 1940 | Grapes Of Wrath, The | John Steinbeck |
Database: List of Prince-Bishops of Trent
| Record Name | Historic Region | Modern Region | Name | Period Start | Period End | Source |
| Celestino Endrici (31 January 1904 - 29 October 1940. Archbishop since 1920) | Holy Roman Empire | Italy | Celestino Endrici | 31 January 1904 | 29 October 1940. Archbishop since 1920 | Wikipedia |
Database: Tour de France Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Country | Sport | Tour | Winning Name |
| No Competition (World War II) Tour | 1940 | Cycling | No Competition (World War II) |
Database: Carnegie Medal for Children's Books
| Record Name | Year | Publisher | Author |
| Visitors from London | 1940 | Dent | Kitty Barne |
Database: American Film Institute's 100 Best Movies of All Time
| Record Name | Year | Rank | Movie | Source |
| The Grapes of Wrath (1940) | 1940 | 23. | The Grapes of Wrath | American Film Institute |
| The Philadelphia Sotry (1940) | 1940 | 44. | The Philadelphia Sotry | American Film Institute |
Database: Periodic Table of the Elements
| Record Name | Symbol | Group | Number | Melting Point | Boiling Point | Density | Year Discovered | Atomic Weight | % of Earth's Crust |
| Astatine | At | 17 | 85 | 302 | 337 | 1940 | 210 | ||
| Neptunium | Np | 102 | 93 | 640 | 3902 | 20.2 | 1940 | 237 | |
| Plutonium | Pu | 102 | 94 | 640 | 3235 | 19.84 | 1940 | 244 |
Database: Baseball World Series Winners
| Record Name | Year | Winning Team | Losing Team | Winning City | Losing City | Sport | Score |
| World Series 1940 | 1940 | Cincinnati Reds | Detroit Tigers | Cincinnati | Detroit | Baseball | 4 - 3 |
Database: Wimbledon Tennis Men's Tournament Winners
| Record Name | Year | Sport | Winner | Loser | Score |
| 1940-45 NOT HELD Wimbledon Mens Result | 1940-45 NOT HELD | Tennis |
Database: Aircraft Carriers of the United States
| Record Name | Country | Aircraft Carrier | Comission Year | Decomission or Loss Year | Commision Date | Decommision or Loss Date | Hull Number |
| Wasp | United States | Wasp | 1940 | 1942 | 25 Apr 1940 | 15 Sep 1942 | 7 |
Database: NCAA Basketball Tournament Champions
| Record Name | Year | Sport | City Location | Winner | Champion | Opponent | In Final 4 | In Final 4 |
| NCAA Tournament Champion (1940) | 1940 | Basketball | Kansas City | Indiana | Indiana | Kansas | Duquesne | USC |
Database: United States Average Annual Temperature
| Record Name | Year | Country | Temperature | Rank | Source |
| Average Annual Temperature for 1940 | 1940 | United States | 52.68 deg F | 55 | National Climatic Data Center |
Database: Yearly Total Seasonal Rainfall for Los Angeles
| Record Name | City | State | Country | Season | Total Rainfall (inches) | Inches above or below average | Source |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1940-1941 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1940-1941 | 32.76 | +17.63 | National Weather Service |
| Los Angeles Seasonal Rainfall for 1939-1940 | Los Angeles | CALIFORNIA | United States | 1939-1940 | 19.21 | +4.08 | National Weather Service |
Database: Hart Memorial Trophy Winners for NHL Hockey
| Record Name | Year | Team | Sport | League | Player |
| Hart Memorial Trophy Winner (1940) | 1940 | Detroit Red Wings | Hockey | NHL | Eddie Goodfellow |
Database: Time Magazine's Man of the Year
| Record Name | Year | Person of the Year |
| Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill | 1940 | Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
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