1940

Summary

1940 is a calendar year^[1]. 1940 draws 1,555 Wikipedia views per month (calendar_year category, ranking #96 of 522).^[2]

Key Facts

• 1940's instance of is recorded as calendar year^[3].
• 1940's instance of is recorded as leap year^[4].
• 1940's instance of is recorded as leap year starting on Monday and ending on Tuesday^[5].
• 1940 followed 1939^[6].
• 1940 was followed by 1941^[7].
• 1940 is part of 1940s^[8].
• 1940 is part of Gregorian calendar^[9].
• 1940's Commons category is recorded as 1940^[10].
• 1940 comprises July 1940^[11].
• 1940 comprises October 1940^[12].
• 1940 comprises August 1940^[13].
• 1940 comprises April 1940^[14].
• 1940 comprises December 1940^[15].
• 1940 comprises February 1940^[16].
• 1940 comprises January 1940^[17].
• 1940 comprises June 1940^[18].
• 1940 comprises May 1940^[19].
• 1940 comprises March 1940^[20].
• 1940 comprises November 1940^[21].
• 1940 comprises September 1940^[22].
• 1940 occurred on January 1, 1940^[23].
• 1940's significant event is recorded as World War II^[24].
• 1940's topic's main category is recorded as Category:1940^[25].
• 1940's Commons gallery is recorded as 1940^[26].
• 1940's different from is recorded as 1940^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include calendar year^[3], leap year^[4], and leap year starting on Monday and ending on Tuesday^[5].

Use and Application

Components include July 1940^[11], a July^[28]; October 1940^[12], an October^[29]; August 1940^[13], an August^[30]; April 1940^[14], an April^[31]; December 1940^[15], a December^[32]; and February 1940^[16], a February^[33]. Part of include 1940s^[8], a decade^[34] and Gregorian calendar^[9], an arithmetic calendar^[35], founded in 1582^[36].

Why It Matters

1940 draws 1,555 Wikipedia views per month (calendar_year category, ranking #96 of 522).^[2] 1940 has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] 1940 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]