Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s – 1940s – 1950s 1960s 1970s |
Years: | 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 |
Categories: | Births – Deaths – Inventions foundings – Disestablishments |
The 1940s was the decade that started on January 1, 1940 and ended on December 31, 1949. It was the fourth decade of the 20th century.
Significant events[]
- The first computer was invented to crack codes by a post office engineer
- Works war II ends in 1945 with the surrender of Japan, after the US drop the first atom bombs.
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Items from the wiki[]
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- The Ford-Ferguson tractor is introduced after Harry Ferguson and Henry Ford agree to colaborate on a new tractor design.
- Nuffield Organisation starts building tractors.