SFHR Periodic Report 1940 decade

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People Alive 1940 decade

1. 1841/--/-- Age: 99 F Benson, Mary E.
2. 1841/--/-- Age: 99 F Pierce, Rebecca (Tabor)
3. 1842/--/-- Age: 98 M Clark, Elias
4. 1842/--/-- Age: 98 F Booher, Jane
5. 1842/--/-- Age: 98 M Benson, Martha J.
6. 1842/08/13 Age: 97 F Harlan, Mary E.
7. 1843/--/-- Age: 97 F Speck, Peggy
8. 1843/09/29 Age: 96 M Harlan, James Henry
9. 1844/--/-- Age: 96 M Pierce, Francis
10. 1844/--/-- Age: 96 F Benson, Sarah
11. 1844/--/-- Age: 96 M Cowan, Andrew
12. 1844/07/-- Age: 95 M Wray, F. M.
13. 1845/--/-- Age: 95 F Benson, Nancy
14. 1845/06/29 Age: 94 M Wright, James Joshua Foster
15. 1846/--/-- Age: 94 F Clark, Elizabeth
16. 1846/--/-- Age: 94 F Benson, Malinda J.
17. 1846/--/-- Age: 94 F Cowan, Martha
18. 1846/02/21 Age: 93 M Harlan, William H.
19. 1847/--/-- Age: 93 M Cowan, George A.
20. 1848/10/-- Age: 91 F Owens, Nancy A. (Wright)
21. 1849/--/-- Age: 91 M Cowan, James B.
22. 1849/--/-- Age: 91 F Benson, Amanda J.
23. 1851/--/-- Age: 89 M Benson, William Trousdale
24. 1851/--/-- Age: 89 F Elrod, Charity
25. 1851/02/20 Age: 88 M Kuhner, Karl Friedrich
26. 1851/12/12 Age: 88 F Pierce, Sarah "Sally" (Tuggle)
27. 1852/--/-- Age: 88 M Benson, Robert
28. 1852/09/01 Age: 87 F Wood, Mary Elizabeth (Gwinn)
29. 1854/05/20 Age: 85 M Harlan, Clinton Harvey
30. 1855/--/-- Age: 85 M Bristow, Thomas A.
31. 1856/--/-- Age: 84 F Bagby, Virginia
32. 1856/07/23 Age: 83 F Kruell, Susanne
33. 1856/10/12 Age: 83 F Simon, Christina
34. 1857/--/-- Age: 83 M Bristow, Frazer
35. 1857/--/-- Age: 83 M Phillips, William M.
36. 1857/03/15 Age: 82 F Depp, Loue Hanson (Bagby)
37. 1857/09/05 Age: 82 F Ewing, Margaret Mariba
38. 1858/--/-- Age: 82 F Parsley, Polly Ann
39. 1858/--/-- Age: 82 M Bagby, Charles R.
40. 1858/--/-- Age: 82 F Armstrong, Susan Bell (Phillips)
41. 1858/04/20 Age: 81 M Dabney, Daniel Cooper
42. 1858/06/20 Age: 81 F Harlan, America
43. 1859/12/31 Age: 80 M Bristow, Azle
44. 1860/--/-- Age: 80 F Owen, Louisa B. (O'Conner)
45. 1860/06/07 Age: 79 M Bagby, Edward Louis
46. 1860/09/16 Age: 79 M Bagby, William Waller
47. 1860/11/11 Age: 79 M Harlan, George Washington
48. 1860/12/14 Age: 79 F Bristow, Frances Ellen (Webb)
49. 1862/04/21 Age: 77 M Maupin, John Summerfield
50. 1862/08/16 Age: 77 M Lawhorn, Robert Wolford
51. 1863/--/-- Age: 77 M Parrigin, Frank Wolford
52. 1863/09/13 Age: 76 M Owen, John B.
53. 1863/10/24 Age: 76 F Brown, Nancy Carolyn (Lawhorn)
54. 1865/02/18 Age: 74 F Reeves, Jennie (Dabney)
55. 1865/08/25 Age: 74 F Benson, Eliza Frances
56. 1866/01/18 Age: 73 M Bagby, Luther
57. 1866/02/06 Age: 73 M Upchurch, Abraham L.
58. 1866/09/09 Age: 73 F Ewing, Mariba Augusta (Mackey)
59. 1867/07/20 Age: 72 F Cross, Leona Jane
60. 1867/10/28 Age: 72 F Hood, Lina (Lollar, Bristow)
61. 1868/--/-- Age: 72 F Parmley, Nancy M. (Bertram)
62. 1868/03/02 Age: 71 M Benson, William Bradford Alexander
63. 1868/03/15 Age: 71 M White, William Henry
64. 1868/05/08 Age: 71 F Wood, Elizabeth Sonora (Maupin)
65. 1868/08/04 Age: 71 M Gwinn, George A.
66. 1870/--/-- Age: 70 F Lyons, Martha Ann (Upchurch)
67. 1870/--/-- Age: 70 F Bagby, Annie
68. 1870/--/-- Age: 70 F Ballenger, Armilda J. (Byers)
69. 1870/09/27 Age: 69 F Hopper, Nealie (McKinley)
70. 1870/10/22 Age: 69 M Benson, Richard James
71. 1870/11/15 Age: 69 F Parmley, Margaret L. (Wood)
72. 1870/11/17 Age: 69 M Maupin, Marvin A.
73. 1870/12/14 Age: 69 M Wood, Samuel Armitage
74. 1871/--/-- Age: 69 M Cowan, Allen
75. 1871/06/18 Age: 68 F Bozarth, Mary Elizabeth "Betty" (Goff)
76. 1871/11/04 Age: 68 F Tuggle, Martha Ellen (Upchurch)
77. 1871/12/26 Age: 68 M Lafever, William Thomas
78. 1872/--/-- Age: 68 F Griffin, Margaret Jane (Smith)
79. 1872/02/06 Age: 67 F Wood, Nannie Piera (White)
80. 1872/02/08 Age: 67 F Speck, Hortense (Hortie)
81. 1872/08/13 Age: 67 F Bruton, Ellen (Bristow)
82. 1872/10/12 Age: 67 M Gwinn, Reuben Wood
83. 1872/10/13 Age: 67 M Bray, James Ewel
84. 1873/03/12 Age: 66 M Lyons, Edward
85. 1873/05/05 Age: 66 F Maupin, Myrtie (Gwinn)
86. 1873/10/01 Age: 66 M Bristow, Samuel William
87. 1873/12/16 Age: 66 F Griffin, Mary Alice Elizabeth (Groce)
88. 1874/--/-- Age: 66 F Speck, Almer
89. 1874/04/24 Age: 65 M Lyons, Issac
90. 1875/--/-- Age: 65 M Lafever, Zachariah
91. 1875/--/-- Age: 65 M Garner, John Ellison
92. 1875/01/30 Age: 64 M Zachary, Thomas Marion
93. 1875/02/16 Age: 64 M Grider, George W.
94. 1875/06/14 Age: 64 M Lafever, Andrew J.
95. 1875/10/05 Age: 64 M Griffin, Joseph William
96. 1875/12/19 Age: 64 M Bagby, Roderick
97. 1876/--/-- Age: 64 F Speck, Gertrude
98. 1876/04/01 Age: 63 F Hopper, Lula (Lyons)
99. 1876/04/01 Age: 63 M Franklin, Edward McQuown
100. 1876/04/18 Age: 63 M Ewing, Jesse Chilton
101. 1877/--/-- Age: 63 F Larr, Ora Maude
102. 1877/--/-- Age: 63 M Adler, William F. Sr.
103. 1877/01/17 Age: 62 F Parmley, Eliza Lizzie (Braswell)
104. 1877/04/12 Age: 62 F Bruton, Edna Thomas (Neighbours)
105. 1877/04/22 Age: 62 M Lawson, William Lee "Red Eye Bill"
106. 1877/11/04 Age: 62 M Bristow, Prentice Marshall
107. 1878/--/-- Age: 62 M Speck, Lon
108. 1878/01/12 Age: 61 F Sensbach, Emma
109. 1878/04/06 Age: 61 M Griffin, John Issac
110. 1878/09/14 Age: 61 M Bristow, Walter Monroe
111. 1878/09/15 Age: 61 F Harlan, Louisa Jane (Bray)
112. 1878/12/06 Age: 61 M Hopper, Thomas
113. 1879/08/02 Age: 60 F Bruton, Alice (Franklin)
114. 1879/09/17 Age: 60 M Wright, William R.
115. 1879/11/18 Age: 60 M Lafever, John W.
116. 1880/--/-- Age: 60 M Speck, Orphia
117. 1880/--/-- Age: 60 M Guthrie, James H.
118. 1880/01/16 Age: 59 F Bruton, Cora (Garner)
119. 1880/01/30 Age: 59 F Hopper, Lola
120. 1880/04/07 Age: 59 M Lafever, Eli
121. 1880/04/16 Age: 59 F Lee, Mary Etta (Griffin)
122. 1881/--/-- Age: 59 F Drees, Katherine (Adler)
123. 1881/--/-- Age: 59 M Phillips, Walter Mason
124. 1881/01/08 Age: 58 M Grider, Orestes Smith
125. 1881/02/10 Age: 58 M Braswell, Leander A.
126. 1881/06/07 Age: 58 M Lyons, Thomas Fox
127. 1881/08/07 Age: 58 F Denney, Nancy Brittain
128. 1882/--/-- Age: 58 F Phillips, Mary Susan
129. 1882/--/-- Age: 58 F Loftis, May Belle (Ely)
130. 1882/10/07 Age: 57 M Harlan, John Thomas
131. 1883/01/10 Age: 56 F Carter, Dora Jewell (Wood)
132. 1883/04/08 Age: 56 M Lafever, Levi Lee
133. 1883/04/25 Age: 56 F Lyons, Minnie
134. 1883/10/23 Age: 56 M Wood, Bayless Lemoyn
135. 1884/--/-- Age: 56 M Huddleston, Elvine O.
136. 1884/--/-- Age: 56 M Ely, William Oliver
137. 1884/01/19 Age: 55 F Hopper, Zona (Leveridge)
138. 1884/03/31 Age: 55 F Cook, Isa Lee (Lawson)
139. 1884/08/22 Age: 55 F Duncan, Maggie (Bristow)
140. 1885/--/-- Age: 55 M Bagby, John Hanson
141. 1885/--/-- Age: 55 F Parrigin, Sallie (Grider)
142. 1885/--/-- Age: 55 F Randolph, Mahala (Lafever)
143. 1885/01/17 Age: 54 F Huddleston, Mary Emmaline (Ferguson)
144. 1885/02/06 Age: 54 F Settles, Finnie Mildred (Phillips, Ely)
145. 1885/03/13 Age: 54 F Griffin, Sarah Lou Ella (Zachary)
146. 1885/03/14 Age: 54 M Lafever, Luke Gilliam
147. 1885/04/20 Age: 54 F Lyons, Addie (Hopper)
148. 1886/03/01 Age: 53 F Griffin, Ada Ermon (Harlan)
149. 1886/04/30 Age: 53 F Lester, Laura (Lyons)
150. 1886/07/26 Age: 53 M Ferguson, William Brooks
151. 1886/10/19 Age: 53 F Lollar, Olivia (Ewing)
152. 1886/11/11 Age: 53 F Hopper, Algie
153. 1887/--/-- Age: 53 M Phillips, William Floyd
154. 1887/05/27 Age: 52 F Manning, Mertie (Lyons)
155. 1888/07/16 Age: 51 M Smith, Millard Fillmore
156. 1888/11/14 Age: 51 M Booher, Samuel Porter
157. 1888/12/10 Age: 51 M Lyons, William Henry Harrison
158. 1889/--/-- Age: 51 F Phillips, Nora Ellen
159. 1889/03/01 Age: 50 M Lafever, Winfield
160. 1889/10/30 Age: 50 F Hopper, Pearl
161. 1890/01/08 Age: 49 M Booher, William Leroy
162. 1890/02/17 Age: 49 M Bunch, John W.
163. 1890/03/31 Age: 49 F Higginbotham, Martha Helen
164. 1890/08/07 Age: 49 F Parrigan, Ephriam M.
165. 1890/10/-- Age: 49 M Griffin, Leo R
166. 1890/10/03 Age: 49 M Schmidt, Ferdinand
167. 1890/10/06 Age: 49 F Kuhner, Emma Berta
168. 1890/10/15 Age: 49 M Lafever, Asher
169. 1891/--/-- Age: 49 M Davis, Daniel C.
170. 1891/01/13 Age: 48 F Upchurch, Sallie Ethel (Huddleston)
171. 1891/07/17 Age: 48 F Goff, America Alice (Lafever)
172. 1891/09/04 Age: 48 M Booher, Jesse Severe
173. 1891/10/30 Age: 48 F Warder, Janie Mae (Bagby)
174. 1892/--/-- Age: 48 F Phillips, Annie Lee
175. 1892/03/20 Age: 47 M Hopper, James B.
176. 1892/08/14 Age: 47 F Guffey, Myrtie Elma
177. 1892/09/03 Age: 47 M Upchurch, Obie Cleveland
178. 1892/09/08 Age: 47 M Cowan, Floyd Herbert
179. 1892/11/03 Age: 47 F Booher, Bessie Gladsy
180. 1893/03/05 Age: 46 M Sloan, James Roscoe
181. 1893/04/07 Age: 46 F Goff, Betty Ann (Morris)
182. 1893/07/25 Age: 46 F Griffin, Edna E. (Parrigin, Harlan)
183. 1893/08/06 Age: 46 M Cummings, Odell Ansolem
184. 1893/12/31 Age: 46 M Harlan, Eary W.
185. 1894/--/-- Age: 46 F Phillips, Elizabeth May
186. 1894/01/22 Age: 45 M Cowan, Edward Preston
187. 1894/01/26 Age: 45 F Booher, Mary Nancy Ethel
188. 1894/03/13 Age: 45 F Shipley, Lillie (Ewing)
189. 1894/05/02 Age: 45 F Lafever, Elvira
190. 1894/09/18 Age: 45 F Little, Fannie Ora
191. 1894/10/28 Age: 45 M Speck, Herschel E.
192. 1894/11/11 Age: 45 M Ewing, Matthew Campbell
193. 1895/--/-- Age: 45 M Sherrell, William Jordan
194. 1895/01/30 Age: 44 M Benson, William Richard (Willie)
195. 1895/02/05 Age: 44 M Wood, Chester Paul
196. 1895/04/14 Age: 44 M Goff, Charlie Clay
197. 1895/05/16 Age: 44 M Bristow, Kelly McClain
198. 1895/06/24 Age: 44 F Griffin, Nora Lorene (Allen)
199. 1896/01/02 Age: 43 F Cowan, Fratie Ellen (Sloan)
200. 1896/04/07 Age: 43 M Little, Alford Oscar (Bill)
201. 1896/09/09 Age: 43 M Lafever, Columbus
202. 1897/--/-- Age: 43 M Phillips, Ancil Thomas
203. 1897/01/07 Age: 42 F Bybee, Mattie Lee
204. 1897/01/12 Age: 42 F Baise, Vesta Lee (Harlan)
205. 1897/05/22 Age: 42 F Dick, Velma Ingroma (Upchurch)
206. 1897/05/24 Age: 42 F Lafever, Ella Odell (Goff)
207. 1897/08/18 Age: 42 M Benson, Rufus (Rufe) Danial
208. 1897/08/27 Age: 42 M Upchurch, Stanley Tuggle
209. 1897/09/11 Age: 42 M Gwinn, Washington Herbert
210. 1897/09/23 Age: 42 F Duvall, Mary Severn Ross
211. 1897/11/11 Age: 42 F Goff, Nancy (Pullum)
212. 1897/11/26 Age: 42 M Meeks, Hollie
213. 1898/--/-- Age: 42 M Griffin, John J.
214. 1898/03/10 Age: 41 M Booher, Wellington Virgil
215. 1898/05/28 Age: 41 M Maupin, Wendell Lafayette
216. 1898/06/08 Age: 41 F Cowan, Antha Artema (Shelton)
217. 1898/07/31 Age: 41 M Bray, Hobart
218. 1898/09/06 Age: 41 M Hill, Hezzie K.
219. 1898/09/12 Age: 41 F Farmer, Nellie Jane
220. 1898/10/-- Age: 41 F Griffin, Carrie
221. 1898/10/22 Age: 41 M Benson, Richard Oscar
222. 1899/--/-- Age: 41 F Wood, Lillian P. (Huff, Harlan)
223. 1899/--/-- Age: 41 M Phillips, Harry James
224. 1899/03/12 Age: 40 M Lamastus, Lewis James
225. 1899/07/23 Age: 40 M Farley, John Pascal
226. 1899/08/27 Age: 40 M Upchurch, Hiram Welby
227. 1899/10/15 Age: 40 M Edwards, Colonel Hovie
228. 1899/12/09 Age: 40 M Cross, James Otto
229. 1900/02/29 Age: 39 F Ewing, Nettie Irene
230. 1900/03/08 Age: 39 F Goff, Lena Gertrude (Pullum)
231. 1900/03/16 Age: 39 F Simpson, Jewell (Farley)
232. 1900/04/-- Age: 39 M Meeker, David Olan
233. 1900/05/04 Age: 39 M Booher, Edwin Raymond
234. 1900/08/04 Age: 39 F McKinley, Ida Helen (Upchurch)
235. 1900/09/06 Age: 39 F Benson, Lena May
236. 1901/02/16 Age: 38 F Maupin, Audrey Ester
237. 1901/03/18 Age: 38 F Campbell, Lillie M. (Maupin)
238. 1901/07/18 Age: 38 M Beck, Elbert Herman
239. 1901/10/01 Age: 38 M Ewing, John Bagby
240. 1902/--/-- Age: 38 F Craft, Ruby (Bristow)
241. 1902/01/31 Age: 37 F Goff, Mary Ida (Dilldine)
242. 1902/02/04 Age: 37 F Booher, Sallie Jane
243. 1902/04/27 Age: 37 F Hopper, Lillie (Bristow, Davis)
244. 1902/04/29 Age: 37 M Wright, James Oscar
245. 1902/06/30 Age: 37 F Stewart, Martha (Lafever)
246. 1902/07/07 Age: 37 F Benson, Alcie Jane
247. 1902/11/07 Age: 37 F Burris, Stella E. (Hill)
248. 1903/--/-- Age: 37 F Settles, Hazel June
249. 1903/--/-- Age: 37 F Griffin, Virgie E.
250. 1903/02/07 Age: 36 F Meeker, Esther Naomi
251. 1903/02/11 Age: 36 M Lyons, Doyle
252. 1903/03/28 Age: 36 M Burchett, Joe Ryan
253. 1903/04/26 Age: 36 F Arnold, Flora Belle (Bunch)
254. 1903/05/01 Age: 36 M Arnold, Luther B.
255. 1904/--/-- Age: 36 F Phillips, Hattie Mae
256. 1904/--/-- Age: 36 M Phillips, William Delaney
257. 1904/01/26 Age: 35 M Booher, Jonathan Pickens
258. 1904/02/12 Age: 35 F Byers, Mary N. (McGuffey)
259. 1904/03/07 Age: 35 M Edwards, Roy c.
260. 1904/03/23 Age: 35 F Goff, Martha Ada (Morris, Jones)
261. 1904/03/28 Age: 35 M Zimmermann, Friedrich Eugen
262. 1904/04/11 Age: 35 M Gorsuch, William N.
263. 1904/05/01 Age: 35 M Benson, Roy Lee
264. 1904/07/25 Age: 35 F Ewing, Sophia (Cross)
265. 1904/10/06 Age: 35 F Lawhorn, Ola Lee (Lamastus)
266. 1904/12/27 Age: 35 F Benson, Ella Frances
267. 1905/--/-- Age: 35 F Griffin, Rosa Jane (Cummings)
268. 1905/--/-- Age: 35 M Phillips, Robert Lee
269. 1905/05/10 Age: 34 M Booher, Frank Harlan
270. 1905/06/21 Age: 34 M Bennett, James M.
271. 1905/07/26 Age: 34 M Arnold, John Leslie
272. 1905/08/29 Age: 34 F Hopper, Ollie Vivian (Adler)
273. 1905/09/13 Age: 34 M Harlan, Arthur
274. 1905/11/06 Age: 34 F Ewing, Mary (Booher)
275. 1905/12/23 Age: 34 F Bell, Lelia (Hopper)
276. 1906/--/-- Age: 34 F Glover, Velma Ruth (Forsyth)
277. 1906/02/16 Age: 33 M Adler, William F. Jr.
278. 1906/04/05 Age: 33 F Wright, Minnie Pearl (Smith)
279. 1906/05/20 Age: 33 F Benson, Bonnie Sue
280. 1906/05/27 Age: 33 F Upchurch, Sallie Mae (Dyer)
281. 1906/10/06 Age: 33 M Goff, James Roy "Jimmy"
282. 1907/01/12 Age: 32 F Benson, Emma Louisa
283. 1907/02/28 Age: 32 F Hopper, Zela (Gorsuch)
284. 1907/03/08 Age: 32 F Guffey, Myrtle (Lyons)
285. 1907/03/26 Age: 32 F Guthrie, Alice Ovaleen
286. 1907/04/25 Age: 32 M Booher, Benjamin Horace
287. 1907/09/07 Age: 32 M Harlan, Walter T.
288. 1907/10/06 Age: 32 F Benson, Glendon Lucile
289. 1907/10/24 Age: 32 M Love, James Hosie
290. 1908/--/-- Age: 32 M Phillips, Charles
291. 1908/--/-- Age: 32 M Lafever, Samuel Lee
292. 1908/03/11 Age: 31 F Ewing, Annie (Harlan)
293. 1908/03/16 Age: 31 M Ewing, Hall S.
294. 1908/11/03 Age: 31 F Booher, Georgia Belle
295. 1908/11/11 Age: 31 F Lafever, Myrtle Elvira (Love)
296. 1908/12/09 Age: 31 F Lyons, Minnie Stella (Upchurch)
297. 1908/12/18 Age: 31 F Felkins, Allie Alice Caroline
298. 1909/--/-- Age: 31 F Mansfield, Della G.
299. 1909/01/03 Age: 30 M Goff, Lanis Franklin
300. 1909/01/05 Age: 30 F Bristow, Bertie Bow (Long)
301. 1909/02/05 Age: 30 M Hopper, Jesse Laurel
302. 1909/04/09 Age: 30 M Easterly, Elliot Lotspiech
303. 1909/05/07 Age: 30 M Franklin, George Lance
304. 1909/05/13 Age: 30 F Meeker, Miriam
305. 1909/05/16 Age: 30 F Sumners, Nancy Nurline
306. 1909/08/15 Age: 30 M Lyons, Willie Porter
307. 1909/09/24 Age: 30 M Harlan, Floyd
308. 1909/11/10 Age: 30 M McGuffey, George
309. 1910/--/-- Age: 30 F Phillips, Louise
310. 1910/--/-- Age: 30 M Griffin, Adam
311. 1910/--/-- Age: 30 M Forsyth, Donald D.
312. 1910/01/15 Age: 29 M Stack, Edward Paul
313. 1910/03/01 Age: 29 M Benson, Marvin McKinley
314. 1910/03/05 Age: 29 F Ewing, Martha A. (Glenn)
315. 1910/09/09 Age: 29 F Wright, Exie (Anderson)
316. 1910/09/10 Age: 29 F Benson, Malda Leona
317. 1910/10/08 Age: 29 M Lafever, Charlie Columbus
318. 1911/04/17 Age: 28 F Hopper, Myrta (Easterly)
319. 1911/07/16 Age: 28 M Ledbetter, Balem Caster
320. 1911/07/28 Age: 28 F Denney, Bonnie (Lyons)
321. 1911/10/05 Age: 28 M Booher, Marvin Pauline
322. 1911/10/11 Age: 28 F Lyons, Fairy
323. 1911/11/04 Age: 28 M Harlan, Luther
324. 1911/11/04 Age: 28 F Harlan, Edna
325. 1911/11/06 Age: 28 F Bristow, Jessie Ree (Rix)
326. 1912/--/-- Age: 28 F Phillips, Ruth
327. 1912/--/-- Age: 28 F Shoultz, Clara (Arnold)
328. 1912/01/28 Age: 27 M Carter, Earl
329. 1912/06/16 Age: 27 M White, Johnny Robert
330. 1912/07/04 Age: 27 M Benson, Fred Carlyle
331. 1912/08/17 Age: 27 F Lawson, Ruby Ermon (Harlan)
332. 1912/10/18 Age: 27 M Wood, Walter Baker
333. 1912/10/27 Age: 27 M Benson, Willis Daniel
334. 1912/12/03 Age: 27 M Lafever, Herschel
335. 1913/--/-- Age: 27 M Phillips, Ansel Thomas
336. 1913/01/17 Age: 26 M Ely, Harry Decatur
337. 1913/01/18 Age: 26 M Lyons, James Charlie
338. 1913/03/22 Age: 26 F Meeker, Louise
339. 1913/06/24 Age: 26 F Hopper, Ella Mae (Beck)
340. 1913/11/22 Age: 26 F Booher, Ruby Nell
341. 1914/02/11 Age: 25 F Copenhaver, Ina G. (Lyons)
342. 1914/03/14 Age: 25 F Arnold, Nettie Jewell (Arnold)
343. 1914/04/06 Age: 25 F Benson, Rosa Mae
344. 1914/04/26 Age: 25 F Jackson, Margaret (Franklin)
345. 1914/05/05 Age: 25 F Ewing, Mary Augusta
346. 1914/05/20 Age: 25 M Lyons, Grady
347. 1914/07/14 Age: 25 F Spears, Betty Ann (Lafever)
348. 1914/08/30 Age: 25 M Wright, Frank Dyer
349. 1914/09/13 Age: 25 M Goff, Delbert Hise
350. 1915/01/06 Age: 24 F Goff, Dovie Ellen
351. 1915/01/31 Age: 24 M Upchurch, Ahile Knox
352. 1915/02/06 Age: 24 F Lafever, Ruba Ada (Dilldine)
353. 1915/06/24 Age: 24 M Upchurch, Herbert "Doc"
354. 1915/07/21 Age: 24 M Ely, Howard Edward
355. 1915/09/21 Age: 24 M Neighbors, Kenneth F.
356. 1916/--/-- Age: 24 F Ewing, Mary Elizabeth (Hughes)
357. 1916/01/17 Age: 23 M Wright, General Glenn
358. 1916/02/04 Age: 23 F Hopper, Ruby (Strickland, Hite)
359. 1916/03/10 Age: 23 M Huddleston, Daniel Cleveland
360. 1916/05/02 Age: 23 F OOten, Anna Lee (Upchurch)
361. 1916/08/29 Age: 23 F Arnold, Flossie Beatrice
362. 1916/09/08 Age: 23 F Booher, Mable Imogene
363. 1916/10/16 Age: 23 F Goff, Della Myrtis
364. 1916/12/08 Age: 23 M Booher, Aubrey Orestes
365. 1916/12/23 Age: 23 F Booher, Beatrice Eileen
366. 1917/--/-- Age: 23 M Lyons, Robert
367. 1917/02/14 Age: 22 M Allen, William Paul
368. 1917/03/15 Age: 22 F Harlan, Effie May (Dorsey)
369. 1917/04/07 Age: 22 F McKinney, Lena (Lawson) "Skin" "Lena Rivers"
370. 1917/06/29 Age: 22 M Lafever, Lonnie Oscar
371. 1917/07/14 Age: 22 M Williams, Carl Leon
372. 1917/07/30 Age: 22 F Lyons, Mary Lou (Vitatoe)
373. 1917/08/03 Age: 22 F Hurt, Lola Annis (Upchurch)
374. 1917/08/16 Age: 22 M Schmidt, Karl Ferdinand
375. 1917/09/07 Age: 22 M Benson, Vernon (Jack)
376. 1917/10/14 Age: 22 F Braswell, Artha (White)
377. 1917/11/14 Age: 22 F Upchurch, Willie Alma
378. 1917/11/22 Age: 22 M Hopper, John W.
379. 1917/12/20 Age: 22 M McWhorter, Lloyd Cleveland
380. 1918/05/10 Age: 21 M Ferguson, Jack
381. 1918/05/17 Age: 21 F Booher, Nina Marie
382. 1918/07/-- Age: 21 M Lawson, Homer
383. 1918/10/31 Age: 21 F Bristow, Vinnie M.
384. 1918/11/09 Age: 21 F Wright, Roxie (Bertram)
385. 1918/11/11 Age: 21 M Goff, Bethel Ralph
386. 1919/--/-- Age: 21 M Phillips, Erman Ray
387. 1919/06/02 Age: 20 M Conner, Garlin Murl
388. 1919/06/05 Age: 20 M Farley, Jack
389. 1919/07/26 Age: 20 M Bristow, Prentice Marshall, Jr.
390. 1919/08/02 Age: 20 F Henson, Mildred Louise
391. 1919/10/24 Age: 20 M Duvall, Joe Shelby
392. 1919/11/04 Age: 20 F Benson, Vera Alice (Sis)
393. 1919/11/24 Age: 20 M Lafever, Beecher Franklin
394. 1919/12/27 Age: 20 F Booher, Mildred
395. 1920/03/10 Age: 19 M Bristow, Jesse Willard
396. 1920/03/26 Age: 19 M Allen, James Thomas
397. 1920/03/28 Age: 19 M Bristow, James Monroe
398. 1920/06/19 Age: 19 F Cannon, Clara Francis (Bristow)
399. 1920/08/09 Age: 19 F Goff, Nodie Mae
400. 1920/10/31 Age: 19 F Cummings, Margaret Nell (Claborn)
401. 1920/11/03 Age: 19 F Booher, Mada
402. 1920/11/27 Age: 19 M Morgan, Newman Lee
403. 1921/--/-- Age: 19 M Lyons, John
404. 1921/05/18 Age: 18 F Koger, Clara Denton (Ferguson)
405. 1921/08/12 Age: 18 F Harlan, Nora (Dishon)
406. 1921/09/04 Age: 18 F Booher, Reba Madelene
407. 1921/09/25 Age: 18 F Phillips, Hazel June (Ely, Galbreath, Allen & others)
408. 1921/10/02 Age: 18 F Zachary, Velma Marie (Sanders)
409. 1921/10/15 Age: 18 M Benson, Clyde Little
410. 1922/--/-- Age: 18 F Hill, Corrine
411. 1922/03/14 Age: 17 F Lafever, Nora Linnie (Bristow)
412. 1922/03/14 Age: 17 F Lafever, Lena Dora (Sweet)
413. 1922/10/05 Age: 17 M Gottschling, John
414. 1923/01/09 Age: 16 M Cummings, Joe Frank
415. 1923/01/10 Age: 16 M Lyons, William E.
416. 1923/02/13 Age: 16 F Goff, Elizabeth Jewell (Williams)
417. 1923/04/27 Age: 16 M Maupin, Howard C.
418. 1923/07/15 Age: 16 F Bristow, Hazel Mae (Barber)
419. 1923/07/15 Age: 16 M Allison, Willie Clayburn
420. 1923/07/24 Age: 16 M Upchurch, Clarence Abraham
421. 1923/08/31 Age: 16 F Benson, Glendon Ora
422. 1923/12/03 Age: 16 F Cross, Dorleen (McWhorter)
423. 1924/--/-- Age: 16 M Phillips, William David
424. 1924/05/05 Age: 15 F Simpson, Mary Evelyn
425. 1924/08/25 Age: 15 F Allen, Geneva Mae (Davis)
426. 1924/08/29 Age: 15 F Lafever, Alice Lorene (Allison)
427. 1924/09/14 Age: 15 F Cummings, Mary Elizabeth (Rogers)
428. 1924/12/04 Age: 15 M Overholt, Paul Kenneth
429. 1925/06/04 Age: 14 F Burchett, Jimmie Edith (Maupin)
430. 1925/06/25 Age: 14 F Harlan, Dora Elsie (Upchurch)
431. 1925/07/10 Age: 14 M Summerlin, John Wayburn
432. 1925/07/21 Age: 14 F Huntington, Jerry Avanelle (Lafever)
433. 1925/08/03 Age: 14 F Booher, Patricia Mae
434. 1925/09/15 Age: 14 M Benson, Richard Edgar
435. 1925/10/13 Age: 14 M Booher, George William Randall
436. 1926/--/-- Age: 14 M Phillips, Jesse
437. 1926/02/11 Age: 13 M Cummings, Johnny Anselum
438. 1926/07/18 Age: 13 M Booher, David Oscar
439. 1926/08/20 Age: 13 M Goff, James William Clay
440. 1926/09/05 Age: 13 F Pedigo, Delsie Virginia (Arnold)
441. 1926/09/27 Age: 13 M Harlan, Arthur David
442. 1927/03/21 Age: 12 M Goodwin, Robert -Buddy-
443. 1927/05/24 Age: 12 F Armstrong, Willadean (Cross)
444. 1927/06/18 Age: 12 M Bunch, Gaylord J.
445. 1927/06/20 Age: 12 F Marion, Phyllis June
446. 1927/07/01 Age: 12 F Upchurch, Ila Sue
447. 1927/07/06 Age: 12 F Buchanon, Julia
448. 1927/07/20 Age: 12 M Lafever, Kenneth Edward
449. 1927/10/01 Age: 12 F Zimmermann, Maria Anna
450. 1927/10/20 Age: 12 M Arnold, Maxie
451. 1927/11/16 Age: 12 F Cummings, Eula Mae Sloan "Poodle" (Norris)
452. 1928/02/18 Age: 11 M Cross, John O.
453. 1928/04/19 Age: 11 F Goff, Ida Helen
454. 1928/05/25 Age: 11 M Bristow, Larry Elton
455. 1928/07/14 Age: 11 M Harlan, John Howard
456. 1928/09/10 Age: 11 M Booher, Joseph Pickens
457. 1928/11/02 Age: 11 M Carmichael, John Craig
458. 1929/05/04 Age: 10 F Upchurch, Imogene (Morgan)
459. 1929/09/06 Age: 10 M Bristow, Samuel William
460. 1929/09/12 Age: 10 M Marisco, Francis P. (Frank)
461. 1929/09/13 Age: 10 F Lafever, Treva Lucille (Goodwin)
462. 1929/10/19 Age: 10 F Lamastus, Mildred Volene (Duval)
463. 1929/11/29 Age: 10 F Armstrong, Wilma Jewell (Harlan) "Jay"
464. 1930/01/15 Age:  9 M Goff, Albert Owen
465. 1930/04/22 Age:  9 M Cummings, Bruce Tartar
466. 1930/07/21 Age:  9 F Booher, Sara Alice
467. 1930/08/30 Age:  9 F Huddleston, Betty Alois (Harlan)
468. 1931/--/-- Age:  9 M Bunch, John Walter Jr.
469. 1931/04/14 Age:  8 F Booher, Joyce Clementine
470. 1931/07/15 Age:  8 M Maupin, Marvin C.
471. 1931/11/14 Age:  8 M Upchurch, Jimmy Fox
472. 1932/01/26 Age:  7 M Goff, Joe Hughlee
473. 1932/02/10 Age:  7 M Love, Jimmie Goff
474. 1932/02/20 Age:  7 M Hopper, Norman Dale
475. 1932/03/29 Age:  7 M Cummings, Billy Odell
476. 1932/04/30 Age:  7 M Schultz, Robert Andrew
477. 1932/05/25 Age:  7 F Ewing, Sarah Margaret
478. 1932/07/28 Age:  7 F Bristow, Deloris Mae (Rutherford)
479. 1932/09/22 Age:  7 M Benson, Roy Lee
480. 1933/04/02 Age:  6 F Booher, Doris Evangeline
481. 1933/04/05 Age:  6 F Lafever, Betty Cleo (Cass, McDonald)
482. 1933/10/24 Age:  6 M Burchett, Knox Ryan
483. 1933/12/24 Age:  6 M Spears, Solon
484. 1934/01/16 Age:  5 M Goff, Charlie Leon
485. 1934/04/20 Age:  5 F Cowell, Cynthia Jane
486. 1934/06/06 Age:  5 M Booher, Harold
487. 1934/07/29 Age:  5 M Booher, Edwin Ray
488. 1934/07/30 Age:  5 M Harlan, Baylos Eugene
489. 1934/08/25 Age:  5 F Cummings, Peggy Jane (Creekmore)
490. 1934/09/15 Age:  5 F Harlan, Doris Adajeome (Lewis)
491. 1934/10/16 Age:  5 M Ewing, James Morris
492. 1934/10/30 Age:  5 F Booher, Leah Vorees
493. 1935/--/-- Age:  5 M Dorsey, Royce Leon
494. 1935/03/09 Age:  4 M Fudge, William
495. 1935/04/27 Age:  4 M Huddleston, Ralph Edward
496. 1935/05/12 Age:  4 M Lafever, James E.
497. 1935/06/08 Age:  4 M Lawson, William Lee
498. 1935/06/26 Age:  4 F Davis, Wilma Kathleen (Love)
499. 1935/07/19 Age:  4 F Benson, girl Stillborn
500. 1935/08/22 Age:  4 F Lee, Mabel Gay (Harlan)
501. 1935/09/01 Age:  4 F Rix, Carol Maywood (Todd)
502. 1935/11/12 Age:  4 F Goff, Margaret Viola
503. 1935/11/14 Age:  4 M Cummings, Donald Lee
504. 1935/12/31 Age:  4 M Hill, Edward N.
505. 1936/01/31 Age:  3 F Bristow, Mary Mac (Martin, Evans)
506. 1936/05/25 Age:  3 M Pamplin, Charles Elvin
507. 1936/06/12 Age:  3 F Ewing, Mary Inez
508. 1936/07/18 Age:  3 F McGuffey, Nancy Sharon
509. 1936/08/09 Age:  3 F Preston, Mikel Ann
510. 1937/--/-- Age:  3 F Dorsey, Doris Yvonne (Pamplin)
511. 1937/02/02 Age:  2 M Flowers, Dan
512. 1937/03/20 Age:  2 F Williams, Hazel
513. 1937/05/21 Age:  2 M Myers, Charlie Wilburn
514. 1937/06/19 Age:  2 M Grider, Charles Roy
515. 1937/06/29 Age:  2 M Harlan, Norman Ewing
516. 1937/07/28 Age:  2 M Huddleston, Lane Cleveland
517. 1937/08/03 Age:  2 M Booher, Ralph Ewing
518. 1937/10/30 Age:  2 F Carter, Martha Ann
519. 1937/12/22 Age:  2 F Cummings, Carolyn Ann (Hutchison)
520. 1938/05/16 Age:  1 M Wright, Jimmy Glenn
521. 1938/08/24 Age:  1 F Booher, Elizabeth Ann
522. 1938/10/28 Age:  1 M Jones, Wayne
523. 1938/12/01 Age:  1 F Lawson, Patsy Joe (Bell, Galbreath)
524. 1939/02/09 Age:  0 M Burchett, Troy
525. 1939/06/19 Age:  0 M Harlan, Billy Gayle
526. 1939/07/04 Age:  0 M Stack, Thomas Edward
527. 1939/07/06 Age:  0 F Huff, Roxie
528. 1939/07/25 Age:  0 M Jones, Richard Phillip
529. 1939/08/01 Age:  0 F Booher, Virginia Kaye
530. 1939/10/02 Age:  0 M Galbreath, William Edward (Ely)
531. 1939/10/20 Age:  0 M Booher, Robert Morris
532. 1940/02/14 Age: -1 F Dilldine, Carolyn June (Forsyth)
533. 1940/02/27 Age: -1 F Lafever, Marjorie (Welch)
534. 1940/02/27 Age: -1 M Lafever, Michael
535. 1940/04/19 Age: -1 M Huddleston, Billy Gene
536. 1940/05/21 Age: -1 M Welch, Patrick R.
537. 1940/05/23 Age: -1 F Harlan, Ernestine (Von Holle)
538. 1940/05/24 Age: -1 M White, Bobby Gene
539. 1940/05/28 Age: -1 M Carter, Allen Gene
540. 1940/06/23 Age: -1 M Williams, Hugh Randall
541. 1940/07/16 Age: -1 M Booher, Peter Choate
542. 1940/09/06 Age: -1 F Long, Georgina Bow (Logsdon)

People Born 1940 decade

1. 1940/02/14 F Dilldine, Carolyn June (Forsyth)
2. 1940/02/27 F Lafever, Marjorie (Welch)
3. 1940/02/27 M Lafever, Michael
4. 1940/04/19 M Huddleston, Billy Gene
5. 1940/05/21 M Welch, Patrick R.
6. 1940/05/23 F Harlan, Ernestine (Von Holle)
7. 1940/05/24 M White, Bobby Gene
8. 1940/05/28 M Carter, Allen Gene
9. 1940/06/23 M Williams, Hugh Randall
10. 1940/07/16 M Booher, Peter Choate
11. 1940/09/06 F Long, Georgina Bow (Logsdon)
12. 1941/03/14 M Galbreath, Howard Hugh (real last name Ely)
13. 1941/09/02 M Booher, William Eugene
14. 1941/09/09 F Lafever, Lilly Meirl (Williams)
15. 1941/09/25 M Meeks, Nathan
16. 1941/09/28 F Rix, Connie Amelia (Versiga)
17. 1941/10/10 M Huddleston, Gary Phillip
18. 1941/10/28 F Huber, Doris Mae (Harlan)
19. 1941/12/04 M Carter, Will Ray
20. 1942/--/-- F Easterly, Joan (Cox)
21. 1942/02/07 F Booher, Velma Ruth
22. 1942/02/07 F Booher, Victoria
23. 1942/02/22 F Harlan, Mary Ermon (Flowers)
24. 1942/02/24 M Buchheit, David R.
25. 1942/03/14 M Wright, Jesse Wayne
26. 1942/03/16 F Corcoran, Eileen
27. 1942/05/13 M Terry, Phillip Arthur
28. 1942/07/14 M Jones, Ben Hall
29. 1942/07/18 F Ledbetter, Bonnie Gail (Booher)
30. 1942/08/12 F Williams, Mary Kay
31. 1942/09/08 M Forsyth, Donald Brian
32. 1942/11/13 F Rogers, Carole Elaine
33. 1942/11/24 F Sweet, Delores (Miller)
34. 1942/12/08 M Galbreath, Robert Lee (Ely)
35. 1943/01/14 M Stack, Richard Glenn
36. 1943/04/16 M Booher, James Wendell
37. 1943/05/06 M Lafever, Beecher Jr.
38. 1943/06/21 M Booher, David Larr
39. 1943/08/01 M Neal, Edward Denton
40. 1943/08/15 F Mallory, Sandra Jane
41. 1943/12/13 F Dilldine, Linda (Greenlee)
42. 1943/12/18 F Taylor, Ladonna Cheryl
43. 1944/02/17 M Upchurch, Buel Gayle
44. 1944/03/18 F Pennycuff, Carolyn
45. 1944/04/06 F McWhorter, Nell
46. 1944/04/08 M Goff, Glenn
47. 1944/04/13 F Bristow, Marsha Jean (Todd)
48. 1944/05/25 F Benson, Nancy Sue
49. 1944/08/20 F White, Shirley Maye
50. 1944/09/04 M Lafever, Mitchell Taylor
51. 1944/10/15 M Van Jones, Lyle
52. 1945/07/10 F Ackermann, Claudia Fran (Buchheit)
53. 1945/12/31 F Lowhorn, Hazel
54. 1946/01/02 M Easterly, Ronald David
55. 1946/03/02 F Long, Vinnie Ellen (Boone)
56. 1946/05/19 M Booher, John Paul
57. 1946/09/17 M Selvidge, Billy Roger
58. 1946/10/01 M Lafever, Robert Lonnie
59. 1946/11/01 F Schmidt, Ursula Emma
60. 1946/11/09 F Harlan, Eva Pearl (Bristow)
61. 1946/11/23 F Thompson, Gayle (Dalton)
62. 1946/12/14 M Poore, Jerry Carl
63. 1946/12/28 M Harle, Richard Edward
64. 1947/02/26 F Meece, Patricia Ann
65. 1947/04/05 M Jones, Larry Edward
66. 1947/05/10 M Booher, Steven
67. 1947/06/25 F Booher, Mary Ann
68. 1947/08/29 M Bristow, Roy Duane
69. 1947/12/11 F Guthrie, Maggie (Selvidge)
70. 1948/--/-- M Bunch, Jerry Wayne
71. 1948/01/15 F Upchurch, Virginia Sue
72. 1948/04/23 M Bristow, Timothy Knox
73. 1948/10/30 F Harlan, Betty Josephine (Neal)
74. 1948/11/25 F Poore, Linda Carolyn
75. 1949/02/14 F Booher, Gail Lee
76. 1949/06/06 M Lafever, Gary Leroy
77. 1949/06/06 F Lafever, Terri Sue (Gaston)
78. 1949/08/31 M Booher, Phillip Eugene
79. 1949/11/14 M Sweet, Larry

Deaths 1940 decade

1. ----/--/---1940/--/--........ F Chastene, Eliza (Settles)
2. 1858/04/20-1940/03/14 Age: 81 M Dabney, Daniel Cooper
3. 1868/08/04-1940/06/16 Age: 71 M Gwinn, George A.
4. 1849/--/---1940/10/19 Age: 91 M Cowan, James B.
5. 1865/02/18-1940/11/14 Age: 75 F Reeves, Jennie (Dabney)
6. 1856/07/23-1940/12/06 Age: 84 F Kruell, Susanne
7. 1879/09/17-1941/02/26 Age: 61 M Wright, William R.
8. 1848/10/---1941/02/26 Age: 92 F Owens, Nancy A. (Wright)
9. 1877/01/17-1941/03/04 Age: 64 F Parmley, Eliza Lizzie (Braswell)
10. 1874/04/24-1941/04/18 Age: 66 M Lyons, Issac
11. 1898/10/22-1941/09/11 Age: 42 M Benson, Richard Oscar
12. 1851/12/12-1941/12/17 Age: 90 F Pierce, Sarah "Sally" (Tuggle)
13. 1870/--/---1942/--/-- Age: 72 F Bagby, Annie
14. 1858/--/---1942/03/02 Age: 84 F Armstrong, Susan Bell (Phillips)
15. 1876/04/01-1942/03/22 Age: 65 M Franklin, Edward McQuown
16. 1857/09/05-1942/05/28 Age: 84 F Ewing, Margaret Mariba
17. 1863/10/24-1942/08/18 Age: 78 F Brown, Nancy Carolyn (Lawhorn)
18. 1917/06/29-1942/11/01 Age: 25 M Lafever, Lonnie Oscar
19. 1857/03/15-1942/11/24 Age: 85 F Depp, Loue Hanson (Bagby)
20. 1865/08/25-1942/12/29 Age: 77 F Benson, Eliza Frances
21. ----/--/---1943/--/--........ M Cowan, Andrew P.
22. 1892/09/08-1943/05/03 Age: 50 M Cowan, Floyd Herbert
23. 1877/11/04-1944/--/-- Age: 66 M Bristow, Prentice Marshall
24. 1863/--/---1944/--/-- Age: 81 M Parrigin, Frank Wolford
25. 1897/05/22-1944/03/14 Age: 46 F Dick, Velma Ingroma (Upchurch)
26. 1944/04/08-1944/04/08 Age:  0 M Goff, Glenn
27. 1857/--/---1945/04/01 Age: 88 M Phillips, William M.
28. 1860/12/14-1945/06/06 Age: 84 F Bristow, Frances Ellen (Webb)
29. 1870/11/17-1945/09/20 Age: 74 M Maupin, Marvin A.
30. 1860/09/16-1945/09/23 Age: 85 M Bagby, William Waller
31. 1875/12/19-1945/09/25 Age: 69 M Bagby, Roderick
32. 1856/10/12-1945/11/-- Age: 89 F Simon, Christina
33. 1878/09/15-1946/06/23 Age: 67 F Harlan, Louisa Jane (Bray)
34. 1894/05/02-1946/09/09 Age: 52 F Lafever, Elvira
35. 1866/09/09-1947/02/13 Age: 80 F Ewing, Mariba Augusta (Mackey)
36. 1878/09/14-1947/05/22 Age: 68 M Bristow, Walter Monroe
37. 1948/01/15-1948/01/15 Age:  0 F Upchurch, Virginia Sue
38. 1948/--/---1949/--/-- Age:  1 M Bunch, Jerry Wayne
39. 1851/--/---1949/--/-- Age: 98 M Benson, William Trousdale
40. 1870/12/14-1949/02/27 Age: 78 M Wood, Samuel Armitage
41. 1872/10/12-1949/05/10 Age: 76 M Gwinn, Reuben Wood
42. 1881/02/10-1949/07/11 Age: 68 M Braswell, Leander A.
43. 1868/05/08-1949/07/29 Age: 81 F Wood, Elizabeth Sonora (Maupin)
44. 1949/08/31-1949/09/03 Age:  0 M Booher, Phillip Eugene
45. 1873/05/05-1949/12/07 Age: 76 F Maupin, Myrtie (Gwinn)

Weddings 1940 decade

1. 1922/03/14-1942/03/04 Age: 19 F Lafever, Lena Dora (Sweet)
2. ----/--/---1942/03/04........ M Sweet, Richard
3. 1922/03/14-1942/04/27 Age: 20 F Lafever, Nora Linnie (Bristow)
4. 1920/03/10-1942/04/27 Age: 22 M Bristow, Jesse Willard
5. 1911/04/17-1942/04/29 Age: 31 F Hopper, Myrta (Easterly)
6. 1909/04/09-1942/04/29 Age: 33 M Easterly, Elliot Lotspiech
7. 1919/11/24-1942/09/01 Age: 22 M Lafever, Beecher Franklin
8. 1925/07/21-1942/09/01 Age: 17 F Huntington, Jerry Avanelle (Lafever)
9. 1915/01/31-1943/03/16 Age: 28 M Upchurch, Ahile Knox
10. 1917/08/03-1943/03/16 Age: 25 F Hurt, Lola Annis (Upchurch)
11. 1924/08/29-1944/09/19 Age: 20 F Lafever, Alice Lorene (Allison)
12. 1923/07/15-1944/09/19 Age: 21 M Allison, Willie Clayburn
13. 1923/04/27-1945/--/-- Age: 21 M Maupin, Howard C.
14. 1925/06/04-1945/--/-- Age: 19 F Burchett, Jimmie Edith (Maupin)
15. ----/--/---1945/09/23........ M Poore, Lloyd H.
16. 1925/08/03-1945/09/23 Age: 20 F Booher, Patricia Mae
17. 1917/08/16-1945/12/15 Age: 28 M Schmidt, Karl Ferdinand
18. 1927/10/01-1945/12/15 Age: 18 F Zimmermann, Maria Anna
19. 1925/10/13-1946/04/21 Age: 20 M Booher, George William Randall
20. 1927/07/06-1946/04/21 Age: 18 F Buchanon, Julia
21. 1924/05/05-1946/09/14 Age: 22 F Simpson, Mary Evelyn
22. 1921/10/15-1946/09/14 Age: 24 M Benson, Clyde Little
23. 1917/07/14-1946/12/28 Age: 29 M Williams, Carl Leon
24. 1919/12/27-1946/12/28 Age: 27 F Booher, Mildred
25. 1922/10/05-1947/01/01 Age: 24 M Gottschling, John
26. 1918/05/17-1947/01/01 Age: 28 F Booher, Nina Marie
27. 1916/05/02-1947/01/25 Age: 30 F OOten, Anna Lee (Upchurch)
28. 1892/09/03-1947/01/25 Age: 54 M Upchurch, Obie Cleveland
29. 1923/12/03-1947/02/28 Age: 23 F Cross, Dorleen (McWhorter)
30. 1917/12/20-1947/02/28 Age: 29 M McWhorter, Lloyd Cleveland
31. 1924/12/04-1947/06/21 Age: 22 M Overholt, Paul Kenneth
32. 1923/08/31-1947/06/21 Age: 23 F Benson, Glendon Ora
33. 1927/06/20-1947/11/01 Age: 20 F Marion, Phyllis June
34. 1925/09/15-1947/11/01 Age: 22 M Benson, Richard Edgar
35. 1928/07/14-1947/12/12 Age: 19 M Harlan, John Howard
36. 1930/08/30-1947/12/12 Age: 17 F Huddleston, Betty Alois (Harlan)
37. 1925/07/10-1948/08/28 Age: 23 M Summerlin, John Wayburn
38. 1931/04/14-1948/08/28 Age: 17 F Booher, Joyce Clementine
39. 1926/09/27-1949/--/-- Age: 22 M Harlan, Arthur David
40. 1929/11/29-1949/--/-- Age: 19 F Armstrong, Wilma Jewell (Harlan) "Jay"
41. 1929/09/06-1949/10/22 Age: 20 M Bristow, Samuel William
42. ----/--/---1949/10/22........ F McCreary, Wilma Lee

Events 1940 decade

1920/03/10-1941/12/-- Age: 21 M Bristow, Jesse Willard

Living in Richmond Indiana & drafted into the Army for World War II

1922/03/14-1942/--/-- Age: 19 F Lafever, Nora Linnie (Bristow)

began work in a factory in Richmond, Indiana

1920/03/10-1943/--/-- Age: 22 M Bristow, Jesse Willard

Shipped to fight in the Pacific theatre of World War II

1920/03/10-1945/--/-- Age: 24 M Bristow, Jesse Willard

Discharged from the army and began working for Belden in Richmond, Indiana

1885/03/14-1945/03/05 Age: 59 M Lafever, Luke Gilliam

Luke Gilliam and America Alice Lafever moved to Boiling Springs.

1891/07/17-1948/05/20 Age: 56 F Goff, America Alice (Lafever)

leg broken

1920/03/10-1949/--/-- Age: 28 M Bristow, Jesse Willard

with L. E. Bristow, bought the farm in Clinton County Kentucky from S. W. Bristow and moved there and built a house.

History of these People 1940 decade

• 1940/--/-- F Chastene, Eliza (Settles) died - born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1940/02/14 F Dilldine, Carolyn June (Forsyth) born.
• 1940/02/27 F Lafever, Marjorie (Welch) born.
• 1940/02/27 M Lafever, Michael born.
• 1940/03/14 M Dabney, Daniel Cooper died - born 1858/04/20 Age: 81
• 1940/04/19 M Huddleston, Billy Gene born.
• 1940/05/21 M Welch, Patrick R. born.
• 1940/05/23 F Harlan, Ernestine (Von Holle) born.
• 1940/05/24 M White, Bobby Gene born.
• 1940/05/28 M Carter, Allen Gene born.
• 1940/06/16 M Gwinn, George A. died - born 1868/08/04 Age: 71
• 1940/06/23 M Williams, Hugh Randall born.
• 1940/07/16 M Booher, Peter Choate born.
• 1940/09/06 F Long, Georgina Bow (Logsdon) born.
• 1940/10/19 M Cowan, James B. died - born 1849/--/-- Age: 91
• 1940/11/14 F Reeves, Jennie (Dabney) died - born 1865/02/18 Age: 75
• 1940/12/06 F Kruell, Susanne died - born 1856/07/23 Age: 84
• 1941/02/26 M Wright, William R. died - born 1879/09/17 Age: 61
• 1941/02/26 F Owens, Nancy A. (Wright) died - born 1848/10/-- Age: 92
• 1941/03/04 F Parmley, Eliza Lizzie (Braswell) died - born 1877/01/17 Age: 64
• 1941/03/14 M Galbreath, Howard Hugh (real last name Ely) born.
• 1941/04/18 M Lyons, Issac died - born 1874/04/24 Age: 66
• 1941/09/02 M Booher, William Eugene born.
• 1941/09/09 F Lafever, Lilly Meirl (Williams) born.
• 1941/09/11 M Benson, Richard Oscar died - born 1898/10/22 Age: 42
• 1941/09/25 M Meeks, Nathan born.
• 1941/09/28 F Rix, Connie Amelia (Versiga) born.
• 1941/10/10 M Huddleston, Gary Phillip born.
• 1941/10/28 F Huber, Doris Mae (Harlan) born.
• 1941/12/-- M Bristow, Jesse Willard Age: 21 Living in Richmond Indiana & drafted into the Army for World War II
• 1941/12/04 M Carter, Will Ray born.
• 1941/12/17 F Pierce, Sarah "Sally" (Tuggle) died - born 1851/12/12 Age: 90
• 1942/--/-- F Easterly, Joan (Cox) born.
• 1942/--/-- F Bagby, Annie died - born 1870/--/-- Age: 72
• 1942/--/-- F Lafever, Nora Linnie (Bristow) Age: 19 began work in a factory in Richmond, Indiana
• 1942/02/07 F Booher, Velma Ruth born.
• 1942/02/07 F Booher, Victoria born.
• 1942/02/22 F Harlan, Mary Ermon (Flowers) born.
• 1942/02/24 M Buchheit, David R. born.
• 1942/03/02 F Armstrong, Susan Bell (Phillips) died - born 1858/--/-- Age: 84
• 1942/03/04 F Lafever, Lena Dora (Sweet) wed - Born 1922/03/14 Age: 19
• 1942/03/04 M Sweet, Richard wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1942/03/14 M Wright, Jesse Wayne born.
• 1942/03/16 F Corcoran, Eileen born.
• 1942/03/22 M Franklin, Edward McQuown died - born 1876/04/01 Age: 65
• 1942/04/27 F Lafever, Nora Linnie (Bristow) wed - Born 1922/03/14 Age: 20
• 1942/04/27 M Bristow, Jesse Willard wed - Born 1920/03/10 Age: 22
• 1942/04/29 F Hopper, Myrta (Easterly) wed - Born 1911/04/17 Age: 31
• 1942/04/29 M Easterly, Elliot Lotspiech wed - Born 1909/04/09 Age: 33
• 1942/05/13 M Terry, Phillip Arthur born.
• 1942/05/28 F Ewing, Margaret Mariba died - born 1857/09/05 Age: 84
• 1942/07/14 M Jones, Ben Hall born.
• 1942/07/18 F Ledbetter, Bonnie Gail (Booher) born.
• 1942/08/12 F Williams, Mary Kay born.
• 1942/08/18 F Brown, Nancy Carolyn (Lawhorn) died - born 1863/10/24 Age: 78
• 1942/09/01 M Lafever, Beecher Franklin wed - Born 1919/11/24 Age: 22
• 1942/09/01 F Huntington, Jerry Avanelle (Lafever) wed - Born 1925/07/21 Age: 17
• 1942/09/08 M Forsyth, Donald Brian born.
• 1942/11/01 M Lafever, Lonnie Oscar died - born 1917/06/29 Age: 25
• 1942/11/13 F Rogers, Carole Elaine born.
• 1942/11/24 F Sweet, Delores (Miller) born.
• 1942/11/24 F Depp, Loue Hanson (Bagby) died - born 1857/03/15 Age: 85
• 1942/12/08 M Galbreath, Robert Lee (Ely) born.
• 1942/12/29 F Benson, Eliza Frances died - born 1865/08/25 Age: 77
• 1943/--/-- M Cowan, Andrew P. died - born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1943/--/-- M Bristow, Jesse Willard Age: 22 Shipped to fight in the Pacific theatre of World War II
• 1943/01/14 M Stack, Richard Glenn born.
• 1943/03/16 M Upchurch, Ahile Knox wed - Born 1915/01/31 Age: 28
• 1943/03/16 F Hurt, Lola Annis (Upchurch) wed - Born 1917/08/03 Age: 25
• 1943/04/16 M Booher, James Wendell born.
• 1943/05/03 M Cowan, Floyd Herbert died - born 1892/09/08 Age: 50
• 1943/05/06 M Lafever, Beecher Jr. born.
• 1943/06/21 M Booher, David Larr born.
• 1943/08/01 M Neal, Edward Denton born.
• 1943/08/15 F Mallory, Sandra Jane born.
• 1943/12/13 F Dilldine, Linda (Greenlee) born.
• 1943/12/18 F Taylor, Ladonna Cheryl born.
• 1944/--/-- M Bristow, Prentice Marshall died - born 1877/11/04 Age: 66
• 1944/--/-- M Parrigin, Frank Wolford died - born 1863/--/-- Age: 81
• 1944/02/17 M Upchurch, Buel Gayle born.
• 1944/03/14 F Dick, Velma Ingroma (Upchurch) died - born 1897/05/22 Age: 46
• 1944/03/18 F Pennycuff, Carolyn born.
• 1944/04/06 F McWhorter, Nell born.
• 1944/04/08 M Goff, Glenn born.
• 1944/04/08 M Goff, Glenn died - born 1944/04/08 Age:  0
• 1944/04/13 F Bristow, Marsha Jean (Todd) born.
• 1944/05/25 F Benson, Nancy Sue born.
• 1944/08/20 F White, Shirley Maye born.
• 1944/09/04 M Lafever, Mitchell Taylor born.
• 1944/09/19 F Lafever, Alice Lorene (Allison) wed - Born 1924/08/29 Age: 20
• 1944/09/19 M Allison, Willie Clayburn wed - Born 1923/07/15 Age: 21
• 1944/10/15 M Van Jones, Lyle born.
• 1945/--/-- M Bristow, Jesse Willard Age: 24 Discharged from the army and began working for Belden in Richmond, Indiana
• 1945/--/-- M Maupin, Howard C. wed - Born 1923/04/27 Age: 21
• 1945/--/-- F Burchett, Jimmie Edith (Maupin) wed - Born 1925/06/04 Age: 19
• 1945/03/05 M Lafever, Luke Gilliam Age: 59 Luke Gilliam and America Alice Lafever moved to Boiling Springs.
• 1945/04/01 M Phillips, William M. died - born 1857/--/-- Age: 88
• 1945/06/06 F Bristow, Frances Ellen (Webb) died - born 1860/12/14 Age: 84
• 1945/07/10 F Ackermann, Claudia Fran (Buchheit) born.
• 1945/09/20 M Maupin, Marvin A. died - born 1870/11/17 Age: 74
• 1945/09/23 M Bagby, William Waller died - born 1860/09/16 Age: 85
• 1945/09/23 M Poore, Lloyd H. wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1945/09/23 F Booher, Patricia Mae wed - Born 1925/08/03 Age: 20
• 1945/09/25 M Bagby, Roderick died - born 1875/12/19 Age: 69
• 1945/11/-- F Simon, Christina died - born 1856/10/12 Age: 89
• 1945/12/15 M Schmidt, Karl Ferdinand wed - Born 1917/08/16 Age: 28
• 1945/12/15 F Zimmermann, Maria Anna wed - Born 1927/10/01 Age: 18
• 1945/12/31 F Lowhorn, Hazel born.
• 1946/01/02 M Easterly, Ronald David born.
• 1946/03/02 F Long, Vinnie Ellen (Boone) born.
• 1946/04/21 M Booher, George William Randall wed - Born 1925/10/13 Age: 20
• 1946/04/21 F Buchanon, Julia wed - Born 1927/07/06 Age: 18
• 1946/05/19 M Booher, John Paul born.
• 1946/06/23 F Harlan, Louisa Jane (Bray) died - born 1878/09/15 Age: 67
• 1946/09/09 F Lafever, Elvira died - born 1894/05/02 Age: 52
• 1946/09/14 F Simpson, Mary Evelyn wed - Born 1924/05/05 Age: 22
• 1946/09/14 M Benson, Clyde Little wed - Born 1921/10/15 Age: 24
• 1946/09/17 M Selvidge, Billy Roger born.
• 1946/10/01 M Lafever, Robert Lonnie born.
• 1946/11/01 F Schmidt, Ursula Emma born.
• 1946/11/09 F Harlan, Eva Pearl (Bristow) born.
• 1946/11/23 F Thompson, Gayle (Dalton) born.
• 1946/12/14 M Poore, Jerry Carl born.
• 1946/12/28 M Harle, Richard Edward born.
• 1946/12/28 M Williams, Carl Leon wed - Born 1917/07/14 Age: 29
• 1946/12/28 F Booher, Mildred wed - Born 1919/12/27 Age: 27
• 1947/01/01 M Gottschling, John wed - Born 1922/10/05 Age: 24
• 1947/01/01 F Booher, Nina Marie wed - Born 1918/05/17 Age: 28
• 1947/01/25 F OOten, Anna Lee (Upchurch) wed - Born 1916/05/02 Age: 30
• 1947/01/25 M Upchurch, Obie Cleveland wed - Born 1892/09/03 Age: 54
• 1947/02/13 F Ewing, Mariba Augusta (Mackey) died - born 1866/09/09 Age: 80
• 1947/02/26 F Meece, Patricia Ann born.
• 1947/02/28 F Cross, Dorleen (McWhorter) wed - Born 1923/12/03 Age: 23
• 1947/02/28 M McWhorter, Lloyd Cleveland wed - Born 1917/12/20 Age: 29
• 1947/04/05 M Jones, Larry Edward born.
• 1947/05/10 M Booher, Steven born.
• 1947/05/22 M Bristow, Walter Monroe died - born 1878/09/14 Age: 68
• 1947/06/21 M Overholt, Paul Kenneth wed - Born 1924/12/04 Age: 22
• 1947/06/21 F Benson, Glendon Ora wed - Born 1923/08/31 Age: 23
• 1947/06/25 F Booher, Mary Ann born.
• 1947/08/29 M Bristow, Roy Duane born.
• 1947/11/01 F Marion, Phyllis June wed - Born 1927/06/20 Age: 20
• 1947/11/01 M Benson, Richard Edgar wed - Born 1925/09/15 Age: 22
• 1947/12/11 F Guthrie, Maggie (Selvidge) born.
• 1947/12/12 M Harlan, John Howard wed - Born 1928/07/14 Age: 19
• 1947/12/12 F Huddleston, Betty Alois (Harlan) wed - Born 1930/08/30 Age: 17
• 1948/--/-- M Bunch, Jerry Wayne born.
• 1948/01/15 F Upchurch, Virginia Sue born.
• 1948/01/15 F Upchurch, Virginia Sue died - born 1948/01/15 Age:  0
• 1948/04/23 M Bristow, Timothy Knox born.
• 1948/05/20 F Goff, America Alice (Lafever) Age: 56 leg broken
• 1948/08/28 M Summerlin, John Wayburn wed - Born 1925/07/10 Age: 23
• 1948/08/28 F Booher, Joyce Clementine wed - Born 1931/04/14 Age: 17
• 1948/10/30 F Harlan, Betty Josephine (Neal) born.
• 1948/11/25 F Poore, Linda Carolyn born.
• 1949/--/-- M Bunch, Jerry Wayne died - born 1948/--/-- Age:  1
• 1949/--/-- M Benson, William Trousdale died - born 1851/--/-- Age: 98
• 1949/--/-- M Bristow, Jesse Willard Age: 28 with L. E. Bristow, bought the farm in Clinton County Kentucky from S. W. Bristow and moved there and built a house.
• 1949/--/-- M Harlan, Arthur David wed - Born 1926/09/27 Age: 22
• 1949/--/-- F Armstrong, Wilma Jewell (Harlan) "Jay" wed - Born 1929/11/29 Age: 19
• 1949/02/14 F Booher, Gail Lee born.
• 1949/02/27 M Wood, Samuel Armitage died - born 1870/12/14 Age: 78
• 1949/05/10 M Gwinn, Reuben Wood died - born 1872/10/12 Age: 76
• 1949/06/06 M Lafever, Gary Leroy born.
• 1949/06/06 F Lafever, Terri Sue (Gaston) born.
• 1949/07/11 M Braswell, Leander A. died - born 1881/02/10 Age: 68
• 1949/07/29 F Wood, Elizabeth Sonora (Maupin) died - born 1868/05/08 Age: 81
• 1949/08/31 M Booher, Phillip Eugene born.
• 1949/09/03 M Booher, Phillip Eugene died - born 1949/08/31 Age:  0
• 1949/10/22 M Bristow, Samuel William wed - Born 1929/09/06 Age: 20
• 1949/10/22 F McCreary, Wilma Lee wed - Born ----/--/-- Age: ........
• 1949/11/14 M Sweet, Larry born.
• 1949/12/07 F Maupin, Myrtie (Gwinn) died - born 1873/05/05 Age: 76

Ages at death 1940 decade

1. 1944/04/08-1944/04/08 Age:  0 M Goff, Glenn
2. 1949/08/31-1949/09/03 Age:  0 M Booher, Phillip Eugene
3. 1948/01/15-1948/01/15 Age:  0 F Upchurch, Virginia Sue
4. 1948/--/---1949/--/-- Age:  1 M Bunch, Jerry Wayne
5. 1917/06/29-1942/11/01 Age: 25 M Lafever, Lonnie Oscar
6. 1898/10/22-1941/09/11 Age: 42 M Benson, Richard Oscar
7. 1897/05/22-1944/03/14 Age: 46 F Dick, Velma Ingroma (Upchurch)
8. 1892/09/08-1943/05/03 Age: 50 M Cowan, Floyd Herbert
9. 1894/05/02-1946/09/09 Age: 52 F Lafever, Elvira
10. 1879/09/17-1941/02/26 Age: 61 M Wright, William R.
11. 1877/01/17-1941/03/04 Age: 64 F Parmley, Eliza Lizzie (Braswell)
12. 1876/04/01-1942/03/22 Age: 65 M Franklin, Edward McQuown
13. 1877/11/04-1944/--/-- Age: 66 M Bristow, Prentice Marshall
14. 1874/04/24-1941/04/18 Age: 66 M Lyons, Issac
15. 1878/09/15-1946/06/23 Age: 67 F Harlan, Louisa Jane (Bray)
16. 1878/09/14-1947/05/22 Age: 68 M Bristow, Walter Monroe
17. 1881/02/10-1949/07/11 Age: 68 M Braswell, Leander A.
18. 1875/12/19-1945/09/25 Age: 69 M Bagby, Roderick
19. 1868/08/04-1940/06/16 Age: 71 M Gwinn, George A.
20. 1870/--/---1942/--/-- Age: 72 F Bagby, Annie
21. 1870/11/17-1945/09/20 Age: 74 M Maupin, Marvin A.
22. 1865/02/18-1940/11/14 Age: 75 F Reeves, Jennie (Dabney)
23. 1873/05/05-1949/12/07 Age: 76 F Maupin, Myrtie (Gwinn)
24. 1872/10/12-1949/05/10 Age: 76 M Gwinn, Reuben Wood
25. 1865/08/25-1942/12/29 Age: 77 F Benson, Eliza Frances
26. 1863/10/24-1942/08/18 Age: 78 F Brown, Nancy Carolyn (Lawhorn)
27. 1870/12/14-1949/02/27 Age: 78 M Wood, Samuel Armitage
28. 1866/09/09-1947/02/13 Age: 80 F Ewing, Mariba Augusta (Mackey)
29. 1858/04/20-1940/03/14 Age: 81 M Dabney, Daniel Cooper
30. 1863/--/---1944/--/-- Age: 81 M Parrigin, Frank Wolford
31. 1868/05/08-1949/07/29 Age: 81 F Wood, Elizabeth Sonora (Maupin)
32. 1860/12/14-1945/06/06 Age: 84 F Bristow, Frances Ellen (Webb)
33. 1856/07/23-1940/12/06 Age: 84 F Kruell, Susanne
34. 1857/09/05-1942/05/28 Age: 84 F Ewing, Margaret Mariba
35. 1858/--/---1942/03/02 Age: 84 F Armstrong, Susan Bell (Phillips)
36. 1860/09/16-1945/09/23 Age: 85 M Bagby, William Waller
37. 1857/03/15-1942/11/24 Age: 85 F Depp, Loue Hanson (Bagby)
38. 1857/--/---1945/04/01 Age: 88 M Phillips, William M.
39. 1856/10/12-1945/11/-- Age: 89 F Simon, Christina
40. 1851/12/12-1941/12/17 Age: 90 F Pierce, Sarah "Sally" (Tuggle)
41. 1849/--/---1940/10/19 Age: 91 M Cowan, James B.
42. 1848/10/---1941/02/26 Age: 92 F Owens, Nancy A. (Wright)
43. 1851/--/---1949/--/-- Age: 98 M Benson, William Trousdale

History 1940 decade

• 1940/--/-- Japan joins the Axis alliance and occupies northern French Indochina (Vietnam).
• 1940/--/-- Exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico on Stalin's orders.
• 1940/--/-- King Carol II of Romania abdicates; Romania and Hungary join the Axis forces.
• 1940/--/-- Exiled revolutionary Leon Trotsky is assassinated in Mexico on Stalin's orders.
• 1940/--/-- Prehistoric cave paintings are discovered at Lascaux in France.
• 1940/--/-- Italy declares war on the Allies and invades southern France.
• 1940/--/-- The Tacoma Narrows bridge collapses because of oscillations caused by the wind.
• 1940/--/-- Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Dorothy Lamour star in the film Road to Singapore.
• 1940/--/-- Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn star in the film The Philadelphia Story.
• 1940/--/-- Ernest Hemingway publishes For Whom the Bell Tolls.
• 1940/--/-- American novelist Carson McCullers publishes The Heart is a Lonely Hunter.
• 1940/--/-- Raymond Chandler publishes the detective novel Farewell, My Lovely.
• 1940/--/-- Prehistoric cave paintings are discovered at Lascaux in France.
• 1940/--/-- Japan joins the Axis alliance and occupies northern French Indochina (Vietnam).
• 1940/--/-- British air victory in the Battle of Britain prevents the German invasion of England.
• 1940/--/-- Germany invades Denmark and Norway; Allied forces aid Norway but are defeated.
• 1940/--/-- Japan joins the Axis alliance and occupies northern French Indochina (Vietnam).
• 1940/--/-- The German army begins a blitzkrieg attack on Holland, Belgium, and France.
• 1940/--/-- Winston Churchill becomes British prime minister after Chamberlain resigns.
• 1940/--/-- The British expeditionary force is evacuated from Dunkerque in France.
• 1940/--/-- Italy declares war on the Allies and invades southern France.
• 1940/--/-- German forces reach Paris; Vichy France under Marshal Petain signs an armistice.
• 1940/--/-- General Charles de Gaulle rallies Free French resistance in London.
• 1940/--/-- Radar wins Battle of Britian
• 1940/--/-- British air victory in the Battle of Britain prevents the German invasion of England.
• 1940/--/-- The Soviet Union annexes the Baltic States of Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.
• 1940/--/-- Italian forces invade Egypt but are repulsed; the British invade Libya.
• 1940/10/-- World Series NL CINCINNATI (4) AL DETROIT (3)
• 1941/--/-- Swedish film actress Greta Garbo retires.
• 1941/--/-- Baseball player Joe DiMaggio sets a new record for hitting in 56 consecutive games.
• 1941/--/-- Orson Welles directs the film Citizen Kane.
• 1941/--/-- Churchill and Roosevelt's Atlantic Charter meeting establishes war and peace aims.
• 1941/--/-- The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; America enters World War II.
• 1941/--/-- President Roosevelt talks of Four Freedoms in his State of the Union speech.
• 1941/--/-- The Lend-Lease Act allows the transfer of U.S. war materials to Britain and China.
• 1941/--/-- The German Africa Corps under Erwin Rommel begins an offensive in North Africa.
• 1941/--/-- Germany invades Yugoslavia and Greece; British forces are evacuated to Crete.
• 1941/--/-- A British task force sinks the German pocket battleship Bismarck.
• 1941/--/-- German paratroopers land on Crete and capture the island from the British.
• 1941/--/-- Gutzon Borglum completes the sculptured heads of four presidents at Mount Rushmore.
• 1941/--/-- The German Africa Corps under Erwin Rommel begins an offensive in North Africa.
• 1941/--/-- The Japanese occupy Indochina and move into Cambodia (Kampuchea) and Thailand.
• 1941/--/-- The German Blitz, the nighttime bombing of London, is at its height.
• 1941/--/-- The U.S. freezes Japanese assets in retaliation for Japan's territorial aggression.
• 1941/--/-- German U-boats inflict heavy losses on British shipping in the Battle of the Atlantic.
• 1941/--/-- The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; America enters World War II.
• 1941/--/-- Nazi leader Rudolf Hess flies to England on a quixotic peace mission.
• 1941/--/-- Japanese forces capture Hong Kong and invade Malaya and the Philippines.
• 1941/--/-- U.S. troops occupy Iceland to forestall its occupation by Germany.
• 1941/--/-- Ho Chi Minh organizes the Viet Minh to combat the Japanese in Indochina.
• 1941/--/-- The Japanese occupy Indochina and move into Cambodia (Kampuchea) and Thailand.
• 1941/--/-- The U.S. freezes Japanese assets in retaliation for Japan's territorial aggression.
• 1941/--/-- Germany invades the Soviet Union.
• 1941/--/-- Churchill and Roosevelt's Atlantic Charter meeting establishes war and peace aims.
• 1941/--/-- Ho Chi Minh organizes the Viet Minh to combat the Japanese in Indochina.
• 1941/--/-- Nazi leader Rudolf Hess flies to England on a quixotic peace mission.
• 1941/--/-- The German advance on Moscow is halted by the winter weather.
• 1941/--/-- The Japanese occupy Indochina and move into Cambodia (Kampuchea) and Thailand.
• 1941/--/-- The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor; America enters World War II.
• 1941/--/-- The Lend-Lease Act allows the transfer of U.S. war materials to Britain and China.
• 1941/--/-- Japanese forces capture Hong Kong and invade Malaya and the Philippines.
• 1941/--/-- Ho Chi Minh organizes the Viet Minh to combat the Japanese in Indochina.
• 1941/--/-- Karsh's photographic portrait of Churchill becomes a symbol of British resistance.
• 1941/--/-- Gutzon Borglum completes the sculptured heads of four presidents at Mount Rushmore.
• 1941/--/-- Benchley Park computers sabotage German Enigma
• 1941/--/-- Baseball player Joe DiMaggio sets a new record for hitting in 56 consecutive games.
• 1941/--/-- German playwright Bertholt Brecht writes Mother Courage and Her Children.
• 1941/10/-- World Series NL BROOKLYN (1) AL NEW YORK (4)
• 1942/--/-- Hitler proposes the Final Solution of the Jewish Question; the Holocaust begins.
• 1942/--/-- The Japanese conquer Malaya, Singapore, Indonesia and Burma.
• 1942/--/-- American and Filipino forces retreat to the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines.
• 1942/--/-- American forces in the Philippines surrender; the Bataan death march begins.
• 1942/--/-- General MacArthur is ordered to the leave the Philippines; he vows I shall return.
• 1942/--/-- American B-25 bombers make the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo.
• 1942/--/-- American forces in the Philippines surrender; the Bataan death march begins.
• 1942/--/-- The U.S. government transfers 110,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.
• 1942/--/-- The Soviet southern offensive is halted; the Germans advance on the Caucasus.
• 1942/--/-- American and Filipino forces retreat to the Bataan Peninsula in the Philippines.
• 1942/--/-- The RAF makes the first 1,000 bomber raid on the German city of Cologne.
• 1942/--/-- American B-25 bombers make the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo.
• 1942/--/-- Rommel's Africa Corps capture Tobruk and drive the British back to Egypt.
• 1942/--/-- American forces in the Philippines surrender; the Bataan death march begins.
• 1942/--/-- A U.S. fleet defeats the Japanese at the Battle of Midway.
• 1942/--/-- The U.S. government transfers 110,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.
• 1942/--/-- U.S. Marines invade Guadalcanal, beginning the campaign of re-conquest.
• 1942/--/-- American crooner Bing Crosby records the hit song White Christmas.
• 1942/--/-- Gandhi is arrested after the Quit India movement demands a British withdrawal.
• 1942/--/-- American humorist James Thurber publishes The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
• 1942/--/-- The German advance on Egypt is halted at the Battle of El-Alamein.
• 1942/--/-- The British Eighth Army under Montgomery begins a new drive into Libya.
• 1942/--/-- Rommel's Africa Corps capture Tobruk and drive the British back to Egypt.
• 1942/--/-- U.S. forces under General Eisenhower invade Morocco and Algeria.
• 1942/--/-- German forces occupy Vichy France; the French fleet is scuttled in Toulon harbor.
• 1942/--/-- The German advance in the Caucasus is halted at Stalingrad (now Volgograd).
• 1942/--/-- A Russian counterattack isolates the Sixth Army at Stalingrad; Hitler orders no retreat.
• 1942/--/-- The Japanese conquer Malaya, Singapore, Indonesia and Burma.
• 1942/--/-- Manhattan Project scientists under Fermi produce the first controlled chain reaction.
• 1942/--/-- The U.S. government transfers 110,000 Japanese Americans to internment camps.
• 1942/--/-- V-2 (Vengeance Weapon 2) rockets are tested at Peenemunde in Germany.
• 1942/--/-- A U.S. fleet defeats the Japanese at the Battle of Midway.
• 1942/--/-- French writer Albert Camus publishes The Stranger.
• 1942/--/-- Italian filmmaker Luchino Visconti directs his first film Ossessione.
• 1942/--/-- American crooner Bing Crosby records the hit song White Christmas.
• 1942/--/-- Actor James Cagney wins an Academy Award for the film Yankee Doodle Dandie.
• 1942/--/-- American humorist James Thurber publishes The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.
• 1942/--/-- Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman star in the classic film Casablanca.
• 1942/10/-- World Series NL ST. LOUIS (4) AL NEW YORK (1)
• 1943/--/-- The Russians defeat the Germans at Kursk in the largest tank battle in history.
• 1943/--/-- The Allied armies invade Sicily.
• 1943/--/-- Mussolini is deposed; Marshal Badoglio assumes power in Italy.
• 1943/--/-- American aircraft join the RAF in round the clock bombing of Germany.
• 1943/--/-- The Germans suppress a revolt by Polish Jews; the Warsaw ghetto is destroyed.
• 1943/--/-- The Allies invade the southern tip of Italy.
• 1943/--/-- Marshal Badoglio signs an armistice with the Allies; Italy declares war on Germany.
• 1943/--/-- German paratroopers rescue Mussolini.
• 1943/--/-- The Russian offensive reaches the Dnepr River; Kiev and Smolensk are recaptured.
• 1943/--/-- Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet at the Tehran Conference.
• 1943/--/-- Robert Oppenheimer establishes the Los Alamos laboratory to build the atomic bomb.
• 1943/--/-- Marine explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau invents the Aqualung (scuba).
• 1943/--/-- Singer Paul Robeson stars in the title role of the Broadway production of Othello.
• 1943/--/-- Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical Oklahoma! is produced.
• 1943/--/-- American writer Ayn Rand publishes The Fountainhead.
• 1943/--/-- French existentialist writer Jean Paul Sartre publishes Being and Nothingness.
• 1943/--/-- The British and American armies link up in Africa; 250,000 Axis prisoners are taken.
• 1943/--/-- Churchill and Roosevelt meet at Casablanca to plan their war strategy.
• 1943/--/-- American author Carson McCullers publishes The Ballad of the Sad Cafe.
• 1943/--/-- American aircraft join the RAF in round the clock bombing of Germany.
• 1943/--/-- Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical Oklahoma! is produced.
• 1943/--/-- French writer and feminist Simone de Beauvoir publishes She Came to Stay.
• 1943/--/-- American writer Ayn Rand publishes The Fountainhead.
• 1943/--/-- The British and American armies link up in Africa; 250,000 Axis prisoners are taken.
• 1943/--/-- American author Carson McCullers publishes The Ballad of the Sad Cafe.
• 1943/--/-- Marshal Badoglio signs an armistice with the Allies; Italy declares war on Germany.
• 1943/--/-- Marine explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau invents the Aqualung (scuba).
• 1943/--/-- The German Sixth Army surrenders at Stalingrad; 100,000 are taken prisoner.
• 1943/--/-- Churchill and Roosevelt meet at Casablanca to plan their war strategy.
• 1943/--/-- The British and American armies link up in Africa; 250,000 Axis prisoners are taken.
• 1943/10/-- World Series NL ST. LOUIS (1) AL NEW YORK (4)
• 1944/--/-- The World Bank is established to assist European postwar recovery.
• 1944/--/-- Soviet forces reach the suburbs of Warsaw in Poland.
• 1944/--/-- Polish resistance fighters are defeated by the Germans in the Warsaw Uprising.
• 1944/--/-- The U.S. First Army occupies Aachen -- the first German city to fall to the Allies.
• 1944/--/-- A British airborne landing at Arnhem in the Netherlands is repulsed by the Germans.
• 1944/--/-- The German army launches the Battle of the Bulge, its last counteroffensive.
• 1944/--/-- Communist resistance fighters under Josip Broz-Tito liberate Yugoslavia.
• 1944/--/-- British forces occupy Athens and intervene in a communist inspired civil war.
• 1944/--/-- Roosevelt is reelected for an unprecedented fourth term; Truman becomes vice-president.
• 1944/--/-- The World Bank is established to assist European postwar recovery.
• 1944/--/-- German officers attempt to assassinate Hitler.
• 1944/--/-- The G.I. Bill of Rights is established to provide assistance to war veterans.
• 1944/--/-- Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson dies from an accidental drug overdose.
• 1944/--/-- Oswald Avery determines that DNA is the hereditary material of the cell.
• 1944/--/-- Aaron Copland composes the ballet Appalachian Spring.
• 1944/--/-- Evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson dies from an accidental drug overdose.
• 1944/--/-- Tennessee Williams' play The Glass Menagerie is produced.
• 1944/--/-- Child film actors Mickey Rooney and Elizabeth Taylor star in National Velvet.
• 1944/--/-- French novelist Colette writes Gigi.
• 1944/--/-- English writer Somerset Maugham publishes The Razor's Edge.
• 1944/--/-- The Soviet's relieve the city of Leningrad after a German siege lasting 890 days.
• 1944/--/-- Allied forces in Italy land behind the German Gustav Line at Anzio.
• 1944/--/-- American forces under General Mark Clark occupy Rome.
• 1944/--/-- American aircraft from the Marianas begin the strategic bombing of Japan.
• 1944/--/-- Soviet forces cross the Romanian border and reconquer the Crimea.
• 1944/--/-- British forces begin the reconquest of Burma from the Japanese.
• 1944/--/-- U.S. Marines invade Guam and Saipan in the Marianas.
• 1944/--/-- British forces begin the reconquest of Burma from the Japanese.
• 1944/--/-- Romania and Bulgaria sign an armistice with the Allies and declare war on Germany.
• 1944/--/-- U.S. forces under Admiral Nimitz defeat a Japanese fleet in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
• 1944/--/-- American aircraft from the Marianas begin the strategic bombing of Japan.
• 1944/--/-- Allied D-Day invasion forces land at Normandy in northern France.
• 1944/--/-- V-1 (and later the V-2) weapons of vengeance are launched against London.
• 1944/--/-- English writer Somerset Maugham publishes The Razor's Edge.
• 1944/--/-- The G.I. Bill of Rights is established to provide assistance to war veterans.
• 1944/--/-- German officers attempt to assassinate Hitler.
• 1944/--/-- Allied forces break out from the Normandy enclave and liberate Paris.
• 1944/--/-- An Allied invasion force lands in southern France.
• 1944/--/-- Normandy landings
• 1944/--/-- Romania and Bulgaria sign an armistice with the Allies and declare war on Germany.
• 1944/10/-- World Series NL ST. LOUIS (4) AL ST. LOUIS (2)
• 1945/--/-- Harry S. Truman (Democrat) becomes president of the United States
• 1945/--/-- Japan signs an armistice with the Allies, ending World War II.
• 1945/--/-- U.S. A-bombs Japan
• 1945/--/-- Germany and Austria are divided between the Allies into 4 zones of occupation.
• 1945/--/-- United Nations formed
• 1945/--/-- General MacArthur heads the U.S. occupation forces in Japan.
• 1945/--/-- Korea is divided between U.S. and Soviet occupation forces along the 38th parallel.
• 1945/--/-- Nationalists and Communist forces resume their civil war in China.
• 1945/--/-- Ho Chi Minh proclaims the independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.
• 1945/--/-- Churchill is defeated in the British elections by Labour leader Clement Attlee.
• 1945/--/-- Nationalists and Communist forces resume their civil war in China.
• 1945/--/-- The trial of Nazi war criminals begins at Nuremberg in Germany.
• 1945/--/-- The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
• 1945/--/-- Tito becomes head of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
• 1945/--/-- Romulo Betancourt becomes president of Venezuela for the first time.
• 1945/--/-- Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Yemen form the Arab League.
• 1945/--/-- Indonesian nationalists led by Sukarno proclaim the nation independent.
• 1945/--/-- The trial of Nazi war criminals begins at Nuremberg in Germany.
• 1945/--/-- German rocket engineer Wernher Von Braun continues his research in the U.S.
• 1945/--/-- Charlie "Bird" Parker and Dizzy Gillespie make the first bebop recordings.
• 1945/--/-- German playwright Bertholt Brecht writes The Caucasian Chalk Circle.
• 1945/--/-- British actor Laurence Olivier wins critical acclaim for his portrayal of Richard III.
• 1945/--/-- World War II ends
• 1945/--/-- Singer Frank Sinatra stars in the film musical Anchors Aweigh.
• 1945/--/-- Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker; Germany surrenders to the Allies.
• 1945/--/-- Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin meet at the Yalta Conference.
• 1945/--/-- British author George Orwell publishes the satirical fable Animal Farm.
• 1945/--/-- Singer Frank Sinatra stars in the film musical Anchors Aweigh.
• 1945/--/-- Allied forces cross the Rhine and begin the final assault on Germany.
• 1945/--/-- French dramatist Jean Giraudoux writes the play The Madwoman of Chaillot.
• 1945/--/-- German jet aircraft are unable to prevent mass Allied air attacks.
• 1945/--/-- Advancing Allied armies discover Nazi extermination camps.
• 1945/--/-- Suicide attacks by Japanese kamikaze pilots are unable to stem the U.S. advances.
• 1945/--/-- Mussolini is killed by Italian partisans.
• 1945/--/-- Marshal Zhukov's Soviet troops launch the final attack on Berlin.
• 1945/--/-- Hitler commits suicide in his Berlin bunker; Germany surrenders to the Allies.
• 1945/--/-- Roosevelt dies; Harry S. Truman is inaugurated as the 33rd U.S. president.
• 1945/--/-- Mussolini is killed by Italian partisans.
• 1945/--/-- Churchill, Truman and Stalin hold the last wartime conference at Potsdam.
• 1945/--/-- The United Nations is formed; Trygve Halvdan Lie becomes secretary-general (1946).
• 1945/--/-- Nationalists and Communist forces resume their civil war in China.
• 1945/--/-- U.S. Marines invade the Japanese islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
• 1945/--/-- U.S. forces under MacArthur liberate the Philippines.
• 1945/--/-- Suicide attacks by Japanese kamikaze pilots are unable to stem the U.S. advances.
• 1945/--/-- U.S. Marines invade the Japanese islands of Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
• 1945/--/-- Roosevelt dies; Harry S. Truman is inaugurated as the 33rd U.S. president.
• 1945/--/-- The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
• 1945/--/-- Suicide attacks by Japanese kamikaze pilots are unable to stem the U.S. advances.
• 1945/--/-- The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
• 1945/--/-- The U.S. drops atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
• 1945/--/-- Japan signs an armistice with the Allies, ending World War II.
• 1945/--/-- The Soviet Union declares war on Japan.
• 1945/--/-- Roberto Rosselini's neorealist "Open City"
• 1945/--/-- General MacArthur heads the U.S. occupation forces in Japan.
• 1945/10/-- World Series NL CHICAGO (3) AL DETROIT (4)
• 1946/--/-- Dr. Spock publishes The Commonsense Book of Baby and Child Care.
• 1946/--/-- MacArthur promotes Japanese democracy with the emperor as constitutional monarch.
• 1946/--/-- Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis publishes Zorba the Greek.
• 1946/--/-- American author Robert Penn Warren publishes All the King's Men.
• 1946/--/-- ENIAC, the first successful electronic digital computer, becomes operational.
• 1946/--/-- EAM-ELAS communist forces begin a civil war in Greece.
• 1946/--/-- The Viet Minh begin a guerrilla war against the French in Indochina (Vietnam).
• 1946/--/-- Communists abolish the monarchy in Bulgaria; Georgi Dimitrov becomes premier.
• 1946/--/-- American author Robert Penn Warren publishes All the King's Men.
• 1946/--/-- General De Gaulle resigns as president of France; the Fourth Republic is formed.
• 1946/--/-- Winston Churchill describes the Iron Curtain created in Europe by the Soviets.
• 1946/--/-- The Viet Minh begin a guerrilla war against the French in Indochina (Vietnam).
• 1946/--/-- The Philippines are granted independence with Manuel Roxas y Acuna as president.
• 1946/--/-- Elections in Italy abolish the monarchy in favor of a republic.
• 1946/--/-- MacArthur promotes Japanese democracy with the emperor as constitutional monarch.
• 1946/--/-- Juan Peron is elected president of Argentina.
• 1946/--/-- The Viet Minh begin a guerrilla war against the French in Indochina (Vietnam).
• 1946/--/-- Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini becomes the first U.S. citizen to be canonized.
• 1946/--/-- ENIAC, the first successful electronic digital computer, becomes operational.
• 1946/--/-- Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier designs Unite d'Habitation in Marseilles.
• 1946/--/-- Terence Rattigan's play The Winslow Boy is produced.
• 1946/10/-- World Series NL ST. LOUIS (4) AL BOSTON (3)
• 1947/--/-- English composer Benjamin Britten writes the opera Peter Grimes.
• 1947/--/-- British & French Empires fracture into new 3rd world nations
• 1947/--/-- The United Nations elect to partition Palestine into Arab and Jewish states.
• 1947/--/-- British India becomes Pakistan & India
• 1947/--/-- India becomes independent and is divided into the nations of India and Pakistan.
• 1947/--/-- Marshall Plan
• 1947/--/-- Jawaharlal Nehru becomes the first prime minister of India.
• 1947/--/-- Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, captured from Japan, administered by U.S.
• 1947/--/-- Gheorghiu-Dej heads the Romanian Communist party; King Michael abdicates.
• 1947/--/-- U.S. contains spread of communism
• 1947/--/-- The U.S. Marshall Plan for economic recovery in Europe is established.
• 1947/--/-- The story of a Jewish victim of the Nazis, The Diary of Anne Frank, is published.
• 1947/--/-- Baseball player Jackie Robinson becomes the first black to play in the major leagues.
• 1947/--/-- French literary figure Andre Gide wins the Nobel Prize for literature.
• 1947/--/-- English composer Benjamin Britten writes the opera Peter Grimes.
• 1947/--/-- French fashion designer Christian Dior opens his own couture house.
• 1947/--/-- Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire is produced.
• 1947/--/-- Conductor Sir Thomas Beecham forms the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London.
• 1947/--/-- Edwin Land demonstrates the single-step Polaroid Land Camera.
• 1947/--/-- Dennis Gabor invents holography, a means of producing a three-dimensional image.
• 1947/--/-- American pilot Kenneth Arnold makes the first alleged sighting of flying saucers.
• 1947/--/-- Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier for the first time in an X-1 rocket plane.
• 1947/--/-- British atomic bomb scientist Klaus Fuchs is arrested for giving information to the USSR.
• 1947/--/-- Baseball player Jackie Robinson becomes the first black to play in the major leagues.
• 1947/--/-- Artist Jackson Pollock produces Full Fathom Five using drip paint techniques.
• 1947/--/-- Artist Mark Rothko begins experimenting with Color-field painting.
• 1947/--/-- English composer Benjamin Britten writes the opera Peter Grimes.
• 1947/--/-- The Dead Sea Scrolls, a collection of ancient Hebrew documents, are discovered.
• 1947/--/-- American pilot Kenneth Arnold makes the first alleged sighting of flying saucers.
• 1947/--/-- Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl sails on the balsa raft Kon Tiki from Peru to Polynesia.
• 1947/--/-- Dennis Gabor invents holography, a means of producing a three-dimensional image.
• 1947/--/-- The first India-Pakistan War begins when Pakistani tribesmen invade Kashmir.
• 1947/10/-- World Series NL BROOKLYN (3) AL NEW YORK (4)
• 1948/--/-- The Malayan Communist party begins an insurrection against British rule.
• 1948/--/-- Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu fanatic.
• 1948/--/-- Dutch track star Fanny Blankers-Koen wins four gold medals in the Olympic Games.
• 1948/--/-- The Republic of Korea (S. Korea) is inaugurated, Syngman Rhee becomes president.
• 1948/--/-- Communist leader Kim Il Sung establishes the People's Republic of Korea (N. Korea).
• 1948/--/-- The apartheid policy of racial segregation is made official in South Africa.
• 1948/--/-- The transistor is invented at Bell Laboratories in the U.S.
• 1948/--/-- The U.S. Air Force begins the Project Blue Book study of the UFO phenomenon.
• 1948/--/-- Alfred Kinsey publishes his report on Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.
• 1948/--/-- Dutch track star Fanny Blankers-Koen wins four gold medals in the Olympic Games.
• 1948/--/-- Bell Labs invent transistor
• 1948/--/-- American opera singer Beverly Sills debuts in Bizet's Carmen.
• 1948/--/-- Communism quashed in US
• 1948/--/-- George Balanchine's Ballet Society is renamed the New York City Ballet.
• 1948/--/-- Israel created
• 1948/--/-- Alec Guinness stars as Fagin in the film of Dicken's Oliver Twist.
• 1948/--/-- NATO formed; Cold War begins
• 1948/--/-- Italian filmmaker Vittorio De Sica directs The Bicycle Thieves.
• 1948/--/-- American writer Norman Mailer publishes the war novel The Naked and the Dead.
• 1948/--/-- The apartheid policy of racial segregation is made official in South Africa.
• 1948/--/-- American opera singer Beverly Sills debuts in Bizet's Carmen.
• 1948/--/-- American writer Norman Mailer publishes the war novel The Naked and the Dead.
• 1948/--/-- The transistor is invented at Bell Laboratories in the U.S.
• 1948/--/-- Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated by a Hindu fanatic.
• 1948/--/-- Britain grants independence to Burma.
• 1948/--/-- Palestinian Jews proclaim the independent state of Israel.
• 1948/--/-- American writer Norman Mailer publishes the war novel The Naked and the Dead.
• 1948/--/-- Arab armies invade Israel in the first Arab-Israeli War.
• 1948/--/-- The Soviets blockade West Berlin; Britain and the U.S. begin the Berlin Airlift.
• 1948/--/-- The Communist party assumes power in Hungary under Matyas Rakosi.
• 1948/--/-- Stalin expels Yugoslavia from the Communist bloc.
• 1948/10/-- World Series NL BOSTON (2) AL CLEVELAND (4)
• 1949/--/-- Civil war ends in Greece with the defeat of the Communist forces.
• 1949/--/-- Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman is produced.
• 1949/--/-- The Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies).
• 1949/--/-- Abstract-Expressionism breaks out in NYC
• 1949/--/-- Kurchatov develops first Soviet A-bomb
• 1949/--/-- Communists under Mao defeat the Nationalists and form the People's Republic of China.
• 1949/--/-- Nationalist Chinese forces under Chiang Kai-shek flee to the island of Taiwan.
• 1949/--/-- The Republic of Germany (West Germany) is established by the Western powers.
• 1949/--/-- Konrad Adenauer becomes the first chancellor of West Germany.
• 1949/--/-- The Soviets establish the German Democratic Republic (East Germany).
• 1949/--/-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is formed to deter Soviet aggression.
• 1949/--/-- The Hashimite Kingdom of Transjordan is renamed as Jordan.
• 1949/--/-- The first India-Pakistan War ends with the partition of Kashmir.
• 1949/--/-- Arthur Miller's play Death of a Salesman is produced.
• 1949/--/-- Civil war ends in Greece with the defeat of the Communist forces.
• 1949/--/-- The Netherlands grants independence to Indonesia (formerly the Dutch East Indies).
• 1949/--/-- Abstract artist Robert Motherwell begins his series Elegy to the Spanish Republic.
• 1949/--/-- The Soviet Union detonates its first atomic bomb.
• 1949/--/-- British abstract sculptor Henry Moore completes the bronze Family Group.
• 1949/--/-- Miles Davis makes the first "cool" jazz records.
• 1949/--/-- Rogers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical South Pacific is produced.
• 1949/--/-- Abstract artist Robert Motherwell begins his series Elegy to the Spanish Republic.
• 1949/--/-- Architect Philip Johnson designs the Glass House in New Caanan, Conn.
• 1949/--/-- British abstract sculptor Henry Moore completes the bronze Family Group.
• 1949/--/-- Communists under Mao defeat the Nationalists and form the People's Republic of China.
• 1949/--/-- Rogers and Hammerstein's Broadway musical South Pacific is produced.
• 1949/--/-- Nationalist Chinese forces under Chiang Kai-shek flee to the island of Taiwan.
• 1949/--/-- British author George Orwell publishes the futuristic novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.
• 1949/10/-- World Series NL BROOKLYN (1) AL NEW YORK (4)