" The term made an impact into English pulp science fiction starting from Jack Williamson's The Cometeers ( 1936 ) and the distinction between mechanical robots and fleshy androids was popularized by Edmond Hamilton's Captain Future ( 1940 – 1944 ).

* 1940 – Homero Aridjis, Mexican writer and diplomat

* 1940 – Pedro Armendáriz Jr., Mexican actor

* 1874 – William B. Bankhead, American politician ( d. 1940 )

* 1892 – Johnny Dodds, American jazz clarinetist and saxophonist ( d. 1940 )

* 1940 – John Hagee, American pastor and televangelist

* 1940 – Herbie Hancock, American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer

* 1857 – Eugen Bleuler, Swiss psychiatrist ( d. 1940 )

* 1940 – Burt Young, American actor

* 1874 – Carl Bosch, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1940 )

* 1940 – Sonny Sharrock, American guitarist ( Last Exit ) ( d. 1994 )

* 1940 – Estonia was illegally annexed by the Soviet Union.

* 1940 – Mukhu Aliyev, Russian politician

* 1940 – Louise Sorel, American actress

* 1857 – Manuel de Escandón, Mexican polo player ( d. 1940 )

* 1940 – Bill Musselman, American basketball coach ( d. 2000 )

* 1940 – Beko Ransome-Kuti, Nigerian doctor and activist ( d. 2006 )

2 # 1 ( Jan., 1940 ), pp. 87 – 104 in JSTOR

* 1881 – Otto Toeplitz, German mathematician ( d. 1940 )

* 1940 – Mervyn Kitchen, English cricketer and umpire

* 1940 – Ram Loevy, Israeli screenwriter and director

* 1940 – World War II: Italian forces begin the invasion of British Somaliland.

* 1940 – Lance Alworth, American football player

* 1940 – Martin Sheen, American actor

Inspired by his father's love of newspaper comic strips, particularly Hal Foster's Prince Valiant, Ditko found his interest in comics accelerated by the introduction of superhero Batman in 1940, and by Will Eisner's The Spirit, which appeared in a tabloid-sized comic-book insert in Sunday newspapers.

In the 1940 film A Plumbing We Will Go, the trio were cast as plumbers who nearly destroy a socialite's mansion, causing water to exit every appliance in the home.

In 1940, he joined Will Eisner's studio, where he wrote and drew for the Quality Comics line.

Hanna and Barbera also produced / directed for MGM cartoon studio half a dozen one-shot theatrical shorts besides Tom and Jerry series, including Gallopin ' Gals ( 1940 ), Officer Pooch ( 1941 ), War Dogs ( 1943 ) and Good Will to Men ( 1955 ).

* Murder Will Out ( 1940 )

From 1939, the Will Bradley orchestra, had a string of boogie hits such as the original versions of " Beat Me Daddy ( Eight To The Bar )" and " Down The Road A-Piece ", both 1940, and " Scrub Me Mamma With A Boogie Beat ", in 1941.

In the original version of the song " Down the Road a Piece ", recorded in 1940 by the Will Bradley Orchestra, Slack is mentioned in the lyrics:

* Will Tura ( b. 1940 ), Belgian singer

Pete Seeger and Guthrie had met at Will Geer's Grapes of Wrath Evening, a benefit for displaced migrant workers, in March 1940.

* 1940 – Das Herz der Königin, with Willy Birgel, Axel von Ambesser, Will Quadflieg, Margot Hielscher

* Murder Will Out ( 1940 )

* A Plumbing We Will Go ( 1940 )

In 1940 he made a Codicil to his Will, leaving various documents and papers relating to these matters, to the British Museum.

* Road Will Cut Bus Fare, New York Times June 27, 1940 page 41

After the production of their first feature-length animation Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, with its highly successful score by Frank Churchill and Larry Morey, which included the songs ' Whistle while you work ', ' Some Day My Prince Will Come ', and ' Heigh-Ho ', the mould for a combination of animation, fairy tale and distinctive songs was set that would carry through to the 1970s with songs from films such as Pinocchio ( 1940 ) and Song of the South ( 1946 ).

On October 28, 1964, he married Betty Kay Overman ( b. October 9, 1940 ), with whom he had a son, actor Will Ferrell and from whom he divorced in 1975.

Ebony White is a fictional character from the 1940 comics series The Spirit, created by Will Eisner.

* Youth Will Be Served ( 1940 )

Uncle Sam first appeared in National Comics # 1 ( July, 1940 ) and was created by Will Eisner.

* And I Will Be Heard: Two Talks to the American People, Twice A Year Press, 1940