Documents in Year 1940                     

Links of Interest:

• Franklin D Roosevelt, Thirty-second U.S. President

(1933-1945)

• U.S. Census Overview 1940

• U.S. Census Fast Facts 1940

• Statehood

48 Continental United States of America, see 1959 for next addition

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• Food: Pre-cut, pre-packaged meats in cellophane wrappers go on sale in A&Ps.
  Anderson, Jean American Century Cookbook. p 225

• Military:

  Holocaust

was the systematic annihilation of six million Jews by the Nazi regime during 

World War II

• Photography:

  Ansel Adams

(American Scenic Wilderness Photographer 1933-1942)

• Technology: The first freeway in the United States opens in Los Angeles, California.