1940

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

Germany overran France, Belgium, and the Low Countries as Dunkirk's evacuation and the Battle of Britain unfolded and Churchill rallied a defiant nation. FDR won an unprecedented third term, and Rebecca took Best Picture.

A Year in Review

Best Picture

Rebecca

Nobel · Literature

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World Series

Cincinnati Reds vs. Detroit Red Skins Se

No. 1 Song

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Top TV

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Academy · Actor

James Stewart

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1940

Champions

NCAA FootballMinnesota Record: 8-0-0

Heisman TrophyTom Harmon, michigan, HB points: 1,303

Stanley CupN.Y. Rangers vs. Toronto Maple Leafs Series: 4-2 US Open Golf: Lawson Little Score: 287 Course: Canterbury GC Location: Cleveland, OH

World SeriesCincinnati Reds vs. Detroit Red Skins Series: 4-3

Screen & Television

At the box office & on the air

Top Movies

Aloma of the South Seas
Blood and Sand
Boom Town
The Bride Came C.O.D
Caught in the Draft
Charley's Aunt
Dive Bomber
The Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin
Hold That Ghost
I Wanted Wings

Academy Awards

Honoring 1940

Best Picture

Rebecca

Best Director

John Ford

The Grapes of Wrath

Best Actor

James Stewart

The Philadelphia Story

Best Actress

Ginger Rogers

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry

The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section

Literature

The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section

Peace

The prize money was allocated to the Main Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section

Physiology or Medicine

The prize money was allocated to the Main Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section

Physics

The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section