What is 1940s?
{{decadebox|194}} The '''1940s''' (also known as the '''<nowiki/>'40s''') was the decade that began on January 1, 1940 and ended on December 31, 1949. == Events == * [[1940]] – [[Retreat]] at [[Dunkirk]] * 1941; Attack on [[Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam|Pearl Harbor]], which followed by U.S. join the war then. * [[1944]] – [[Normandy invasion]] * [[1945]] (August 6 and 9) – first use of the [[atomic bomb]] in warfare. * [[1945]] – [[World War II]] ends * [[1945]] – Start of the [[Cold War]] * [[1945]]-[[1946]] – [[Nuremberg Trials]] * [[1946]] – [[Baby boomer|baby boom]] begins in the [[United States]]. * [[1947]] – [[Independence]] for [[India]] and other [[colony|colonies]]. * [[1947]]-[[1949]] – [[First Kashmir War|Indo-Pakistani War]] * [[1948]]-[[1949]] – [[Arab-Israeli War]] * [[1949]] – [[Communism|Communists]] take power in [[China]]. == People == === Actor === * [[Cary Grant]], British-American actor * [[Charles Boyer]], French actor * [[Dana Andrews]], American actor * [[Fred Astaire]], American actor * [[Fred MacMurray]], American actor * [[Gene Reynolds]], American actor * [[Humphrey Bogart]], American actor * [[James Stewart]], American actor * [[Kirk Douglas]], American actor * [[Lionel Barrymore]], American actor * [[Melvyn Douglas]], American actor * [[Robert Taylor]], American actor * [[Spencer Tracy]], American actor * [[Toshirō Mifune]], Japanese actor * [[William Holden]], American actor === Actress === * [[Audrey Hepburn]], British-Belgian actress * [[Ava Gardner]], American actress * [[Barbara Stanwyck]], American actress * [[Bibi Ferreira]], Brazilian actress * [[Deborah Kerr]], British actress * [[Donna Reed]], American actress * [[Doris Day]], American actress * [[Fay McKenzie]], American actress * [[Gene Tierney]], American actress * [[Ginger Rogers]], American actress * [[Gloria Swanson]], American actress * [[Grace Kelly]], American actress * [[Greta Garbo]], Swedish-American actress * [[Ingrid Bergman]], Swedish actress * [[Janet Leigh]], American actress * [[Judy Garland]], Amer