WHAT HAPPENED IN 1940.
Look what happened the 1940.

Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp. (7. April 1940)

World War II: Operation Weserübung – Germany invades Denmark and Norway. (9. April 1940)

Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway. (9. April 1940)

World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway in preparation for a larger force to arrive two days later. (14. April 1940)

The Allies begin their attack on the Norwegian town of Narvik which is occupied by Nazi Germany. (15. April 1940)

The Rhythm Night Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people. (23. April 1940)

The 1940 Summer Olympics are cancelled due to war. (1. May 1940)

World War II: Norwegian refugees form a government-in-exile in London (5. May 1940)

World War II: Norwegian Campaign – Norwegian squads in Hegra Fortress and Vinjesvingen capitulate to German forces after all other Norwegian forces in southern Norway had laid down their arms. (5. May 1940)

John Steinbeck is awarded the Pulitzer Prize for his novel The Grapes of Wrath. (6. May 1940)

The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later. (7. May 1940)

World War II: The German submarine U-9 sinks the French coastal submarine Doris near Den Helder. (9. May 1940)

World War II: German fighters accidentally bomb the German city of Freiburg. (10. May 1940)

World War II: German raids on British shipping convoys and military airfields begin. (10. May 1940)

World War II: Germany invades Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. (10. May 1940)

World War II: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. (10. May 1940)

World War II: Invasion of Iceland by the United Kingdom. (10. May 1940)

World War II: Germany's conquest of France begins as the German army crosses the Meuse. Winston Churchill makes his "blood, toil, tears, and sweat" speech to the House of Commons. (13. May 1940)

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands flees her country to Great Britain after the German invasion. Princess Juliana takes her children to Canada for their safety. (13. May 1940)

World War II: Rotterdam is bombed by the German Luftwaffe. (14. May 1940)