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1928 Chicago Bears season The 1928 Chicago Bears season was their ninth regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted a 7-5-1 record under head coach George Halas earning them a fifth place finish in the team standings their worst record to date with the club finishing only two games above .
1928 International Columbia Graphophone Competition The 1928 International Columbia Graphophone Competition was a competition part-sponsored by the Columbia Record Company in honour of the centenary of the death of Franz Schubert. Its original aim was to encourage composers to produce completions of Schubert's 'Unfinished' Symphony but the rules were modified several times to allow the submission of original symphonic works.
1928 Isle of Man TT In the 1928 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy the newly developed 'positive-stop' foot gear-change by Velocette gave Alec Bennett his fifth TT Race win in the 1928 Junior, in the time of 3 hours, 50 minutes and 52 seconds, at an average speed of 68.65 mph, and setting a lap record at an average speed of 67.
1928 Memorial Cup The 1928 Memorial Cup final was a best of 3 series between the Ottawa Gunners, the Eastern Canadian Champions, and the Regina Monarchs, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at the Mutual Street Arena and Varsity Arena in Toronto, Ontario. Regina won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Ottawa in 3 games.
1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, were held in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had made a bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Belgium and De Coubertin's Paris before finally being awarded with the organisation.
1928 Thames flood The 1928 Thames flood was a disastrous flood of the River Thames that affected much of riverside London, England, on 7 January 1928, as well as places further downriver. Fourteen people were drowned in London and thousands were made homeless when flood waters poured over the top of the Thames Embankment and part of the Chelsea Embankment collapsed.
1929 Atlantic hurricane season The 1929 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1929, and lasted until November 30, 1929. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1929 Florida Hurricane The 1929 Florida Hurricane (also known in the Bahamas as the Great Andros Island Hurricane) was the second hurricane and the only major hurricane during the very inactive 1929 Atlantic hurricane season. The hurricane was the only hurricane to cause any significant damage, resulting in $676,000 (1929 USD, $7.
1929 Isle of Man TT For the 1929 Isle of Man TT Races the Velocette marque that had high expectations of another win in the Junior TT Race. Despite the early lead of Alec Bennett, riding a Velocette, and Wal Handley, now riding an AJS motor-cycle, it was Freddie Hicks that led from the third lap and won the 1929 Junior TT Race at a record average speed of 69.
1929 Memorial Cup The 1929 Memorial Cup final was a best of 3 series between the Toronto Marlboros, the Eastern Canadian Champions, and the Elmwood Millionaires, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at the Mutual Street Arena in Toronto, Ontario. Toronto won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Elmwood in 2 games.
1929 Monaco Grand Prix The 1929 Monaco Grand Prix was the first ever Grand Prix to be run in the Principality. It was set up by wealthy cigarette manufacturer, Anthony Noghes, who had set up the Automobile Club de Monaco with some of his friends.
1929 Palestine riots In the summer of 1929, a long-running dispute between Muslims and Jews over access to the Western Wall in Jerusalem escalated, and erupted into a series of violent demonstrations and riots in late August. During the week of riots, 133 Jews were killed and 339 wounded (mostly by Arabs); 116 Arabs were killed and 232 wounded (mostly by British-commanded police and soldiers).
1929 Timber Workers strike The 1929 Timber Workers strike was a labour dispute in Australia caused by Judge Lukin of the Arbitration Court handing down an industrial award decision on December 23, 1928 to reduce the wages and increase the hours for 20,000 timber workers from a 44 hour week to 48 hour week. It was the first strike in Australia after the onset of the Great Depression.
192nd Battalion, CEF The 192nd Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Blairmore, Alberta, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 in that city and the surrounding district.
1930 Atlantic hurricane season The 1930 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1930, and lasted until November 30, 1930. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1930 Central American and Caribbean Games The 2nd Central American and Caribbean Games were held in La Habana in Cuba from March 15 to April 5, 1930. The sports festival featured 606 athletes from nine countries (Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, and Puerto Rico), competing in nine sports.
1930 Dominican Republic Hurricane The 1930 Dominican Republic Hurricane (Hurricane San Zenon) was a small but intense Category 4 hurricane during the 1930 Atlantic hurricane season. This tropical cyclone killed as many as 8,000 people when it crossed Hispaniola, making it the fifth deadliest Atlantic hurricane on record.
1930 Memorial Cup The 1930 Memorial Cup final was a best of 3 series between the West Toronto Nationals, the Eastern Canadian Champions, and the Regina Pats, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at the Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Regina won their 2nd Memorial Cup, defeating West Toronto in 2 games.
1930s nostalgia films Cycle of films taking place during the 1930s (or occasionally the 1920s) that was started by Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and lasted until the mid-1970s. Many of these films deal with topics originating in Bonnie and Clyde, such as the Great Depression and true crime figures, while others veer into different subjects, such as the Hollywood film industry of the era.
1931 Atlantic hurricane season The 1931 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1931, and lasted until November 30, 1931. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake The Hawke's Bay earthquake, also known as the Napier earthquake, occurred in New Zealand at 10:47 am on Tuesday February 3, 1931, killing 256 and devastating the Hawke's Bay region. Centred 15 km north of Napier, it lasted for two and a half minutes and was estimated to have measured about 7.
1931 Memorial Cup The 1931 Memorial Cup final was a best of 3 series between the Ottawa Primroses, the Eastern Canadian Champions, and the Elmwood Millionaires, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at Mutual Street Arena in Toronto, Ontario and the Ottawa Auditorium in Ottawa, Ontario. Elmwood won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Ottawa in 3 games.
1931 Yellow River flood The 1931 Yellow River flood (Huang He flood) is generally thought to be the deadliest natural disaster ever recorded, and almost certainly of the twentieth century (when pandemics are discounted). Estimates of the number of people killed in the 1931 flooding range from 850,000 to 4,000,000.
1932 Atlantic hurricane season The 1932 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1932, and lasted until November 30, 1932. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1932 Democratic National Convention The 1932 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago, Illinois from June 27 - July 2, 1932. The convention resulted in the nomination of Governor Franklin Roosevelt of New York and Speaker of the House John Nance Garner of Texas.
1932 Isle of Man TT The 1932 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy race meeting was watched by Prince George, Duke of Kent the first royal visitor to the Isle of Man TT Races. The 1932 Junior TT Race was won by Stanley Woods riding a Norton at an average race speed of 77.
1932 Memorial Cup The 1932 Memorial Cup final was a best of 3 series between the Sudbury Cub Wolves, winners of the George Richardson Memorial Trophy, and the Winnipeg Monarchs, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at the Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Sudbury won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Winnipeg in 3 games.
1932 NFL season The 1932 NFL season was the 13th regular season of the National Football League. Even though the Boston Braves joined the NFL before the season, league membership dropped to eight teams, the lowest in NFL history.
1932 Washington Bicentennial A 1932 Washington Bicentennial is a postage stamp issued by the United States government in 1932 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of President George Washington's birth. Twelve stamps were issued as a collection, with each one depicting the President in a different period in his life.
1932 World Series The 1932 World Series was the twenty-ninth edition of Major League Baseball's annual championship. It was played between the New York Yankees (American League) and the Chicago Cubs (National League), with the Yankees holding home field advantage.
1933 Atlantic hurricane season The 1933 Atlantic hurricane season is the second most active Atlantic hurricane season on record, with 21 storms forming during that year. The season, which began on June 1, 1933 and lasted until November 30, 1933, is surpassed only by the 2005 season, which broke the record with its 28 storms.
1933 Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition The Homes of Tomorrow Exhibition was part of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. The Fair's theme that year was a Century of Progress, and celebrated man's innovations in architecture, science, technology and transportation.
1933 Isle of Man TT The winning ways of Stanley Woods continued with the 1933 Isle of Man TT winning the Junior TT Race at an average speed of 78.08 mph and the Norton marque filling the first three places with Tim Hunt and Jimmie Guthrie.
1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game The 1933 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was the first playing of the midseason exhibition baseball game between the all-stars of the American League (AL) and National League (NL), the two leagues comprising Major League Baseball. The game was held on July 6, 1933 at Comiskey Park in Chicago, the home of the Chicago White Sox of the American League.
1933 Memorial Cup The 1933 Memorial Cup final was a best of 3 series between the Newmarket Redmen, winners of the George Richardson Memorial Trophy, and the Regina Pats, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. Newmarket won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Regina in 2 games.
1933 NFL season The 1933 NFL season was the 14th regular season of the National Football League. Due to the success of the 1932 NFL Playoff Game, the league divided its teams into two divisions for the first time, with the winners of each division playing in a championship game to determine the NFL champion.
1933 Outer Banks Hurricane The 1933 Outer Banks Hurricanne was the 13th storm, 6th hurricane and 4th major hurricane of the very active 1933 Atlantic hurricane season. The hurricane formed on September 8, 1933 where it moved in a similar track to the 1933 Chesapeke-Potomac Hurricane a month earlier.
1934 Atlantic hurricane season The 1934 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1934, and lasted until November 30, 1934. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1934 Central America Hurricane The 1934 Central America Hurricane is among the deadliest hurricanes on record. Although a weak hurricane, it killed 1,000-3,000 people, mainly from landslides in Central America, and spawned eight tornadoes when it made landfall in Louisiana.
1934 European Championships in Athletics The 1st European Championships in Athletics were staged at the Stadio Communale in Turin, Italy from September 7 to September 9, 1934 including only men's events. Women's championships were held separately in 1938, but men's and women's events were combined at one venue from 1946.
1934 FIFA World Cup qualification The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the first World Cup where the teams had to qualify, since the first edition in 1930 had no qualification rounds (the participating teams were invited by FIFA). This time, a total of 32 teams entered the competition, so FIFA had to organize qualification (or preliminary) rounds to reduce the field to 16 teams for the final tournament.
1934 Chicago Bears season The 1934 Chicago Bears season was their 15th regular season and 3rd postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted an unprecedented 13-0 record in the second year of George Halas's second tenure.
1934 Isle of Man TT For the 1934 Isle of Man TT Races despite the winning of four TT Races in 2 years, Stanley Woods parted with Norton motor-cycles over the issue of prize money and race tactics and joined Husqvarna alongside Ernie Nott.
1934 Memorial Cup The 1934 Memorial Cup final was a best of 3 series between the Toronto St. Michael's Majors, winners of the George Richardson Memorial Trophy, and the Edmonton Athletics, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at the Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
1934 West Coast Longshore Strike The 1934 West Coast Longshore Strike lasted eighty-three days, triggered by sailors and a four-day general strike in San Francisco, and led to the unionization of all of the West Coast ports of the United States. The San Francisco General Strike, along with the 1934 Toledo Auto-Lite strike led by the American Workers Party and the Minneapolis Teamsters Strike of 1934 (led by the Trotskyist Communist League of America), were important catalysts for the rise of industrial unionism in the 1930s, much of which was organized through the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
1935 Atlantic hurricane season The 1935 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1935, and lasted until November 30, 1935. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1935 Memorial Cup The 1935 Memorial Cup final was a best of 3 series between the Sudbury Cub Wolves, winners of the George Richardson Memorial Trophy, and the Winnipeg Monarchs, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at the Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winnipeg won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Sudbury in 3 games.
1936 24 Hours of Le Mans The 1936 24 Hours of Le Mans was originally planned to be the 14th Grand Prix of Endurance held on June 14 and 15, but was cancelled because workers were going on strike due to the Great Depression in France. A lack of workers to modify the streets for race use as well as officials to run the event meant that it had to be called off.
1936 Atlantic hurricane season The 1936 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1936, and lasted until November 30, 1936. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1936 Democratic National Convention The 1936 Democratic National Convention was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from June 23 - June 27, 1936. The convention resulted in the re-nominatation of President Franklin Roosevelt and Vice President John Nance Garner.
1936 Governor General's Awards The 1936 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit began the tradition of Governor General's awards in Canada. They comprised only two categories: Fiction and Non-Fiction, and excluded French-language books.
1936 Chicago Bears season The 1936 Chicago Bears season was their 17th regular season completed in the National Football League. The club posted an 9-3 record earning them second place in the NFL West and once again failing to play in the championship game.
1936 Isle of Man TT The 1936 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy saw Norton rider Jimmie Guthrie win the Senior, and come fifth in the Junior. The Junior was won by Freddie Frith in his first year on the Norton team, and the Lightweight was won by Bob Foster on a New Imperial.
1936 Memorial Cup The 1936 Memorial Cup final was a best of 3 series between the West Toronto Nationals, winners of the George Richardson Memorial Trophy, and the Saskatoon Wesleys, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. West Toronto won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Saskatoon in 2 games.
1936 NFL season The 1936 NFL season was the 17th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time since the league was founded, there were no team transactions; neither a club folded nor did a new one join the NFL.
1936 Soviet Constitution The 1936 Soviet constitution, adopted on December 5, 1936, and also known as the "Stalin" constitution, redesigned the government of the Soviet Union. The constitution repealed restrictions on voting and added universal direct suffrage and the right to work to rights guaranteed by the previous constitution.
1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games, were celebrated in 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. Germany also hosted the Summer Olympics the same year in Berlin.
1936 Winter Olympics medal count This is the full table of the medal count of the 1936 Winter Olympics, which were held in the villages of Garmisch and Partenkirchen in Bavaria, Germany. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country.
1936-37 AHL season The 1936-37 AHL season was the 1st season of the International-American Hockey League, known in the present day as the American Hockey League. The IAHL was formed following a merger between the International Hockey League and the Canadian-American Hockey League.
1937 Atlantic hurricane season The 1937 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1937, and lasted until November 30, 1937. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1937 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The 1937 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 12-18, 1937 in Chamonix, France. The French city hosted the 1924 Winter Olympics which is considered by the FIS as the first FIS Nordic World Ski Championships.
1937 Governor General's Awards The 1937 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit were the second such awards, and the first to include a category for poetry and drama. The awards had no monetary amount and were just an honour for the authors.
1937 Chicago Bears season The 1937 Chicago Bears season was their 18th regular season and 4th postseason completed in the National Football League. The club posted an 9-1-1 record earning them first place in the NFL West and a trip to the NFL Championship Game.
1937 Memorial Cup The 1937 Memorial Cup final was a best of 5 series between the Copper Cliff Redmen, winners of the George Richardson Memorial Trophy, and the Winnipeg Monarchs, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. Winnipeg won their 2nd Memorial Cup, defeating Copper Cliff in 4 games.
1937 Springbok tour to Australasia The 1937 Springbok Tour to Australasia was one of the most successful Springbok tours in history, so much so that the touring team was nicknamed the "Invincibles". The squad was captained by Philip Nel.
1937 World Series The 1937 World Series featured the defending champion New York Yankees and the New York Giants in a rematch of the 1936 Series. The Yankees won the Series in five games for their second championship in a row and their sixth in 15 years.
1938 Atlantic hurricane season The 1938 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1938, and lasted until November 30, 1938. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1938 Bolivarian Games The I Bolivarian Games (Spanish: Juegos Bolivarianos) were a multi-sport event held in 1938 in Bogotá, Colombia, for the city's 400th anniversary. The Games were organized by the Bolivarian Sports Organization (ODEBO).
1938 Central American and Caribbean Games The 4th Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Panama City, the capital city of Panama. These games were held 3 years after the last games, this was to get the games back to the year they should have been, after a 5 year break on the previous games.
1938 FIFA World Cup qualification A total of 37 teams entered the 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds, competing for a total of 16 spots in the final tournament. For the first time the title holders and the host country were given automatic qualification.
1938 Kyeema Crash The 1938 Kyeema crash occurred on the western face of Mount Dandenong, Victoria, Australia. On October 25, 1938, eighteen people were killed when the Kyeema, an Australian National Airways DC-2, VH-UYC crashed.
1938 Memorial Cup The 1938 Memorial Cup final was a best of 5 series between the Oshawa Generals, winners of the George Richardson Memorial Trophy, and the St. Boniface Seals, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario.
1938 Tennessee Volunteers football team Coach Robert Neyland fielded his third team at Tennessee after returing from active duty in the United States Army. The 1938 team was the first of 3 consecutive teams that had undefeated regular seasons, and win 3 consecutive conference titles before coach Neyland left for World War II.
1938 USDA soil taxonomy The 1938 USDA soil taxonomy was a soil classification system adopted by the United States Department of Agriculture, now obsolete. The classification system used previously was developed and published in 1936 by C.
1938 World Series The 1938 World Series matched the two-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs, with the Yankees sweeping the Series in four games for their record third straight championship and the seventh in their history.
1938 Yellow River flood The 1938 Yellow River flood was a flood created by the Nationalist Government in central China during the early stage of the Second Sino-Japanese War in an attempt to halt the rapid advance of the Japanese forces.
1939 Atlantic hurricane season The 1939 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1939, and lasted until November 30, 1939. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1939 English cricket season The 1939 English cricket season was the last before the Second World War and it was not until 1946 that cricket could resume in England on a normal basis. The season was almost over when war was declared on Sunday 3 September 1939.
1939 Isle of Man TT The 1939 Isle of Man Tourist Trophy was the last race festival until 1947 due to the interruption of World War II. It was the last of ten TT victories for the 34 year old Stanley WoodsMCB A Brief History of the TT Races (Retrieved 28 October 2006) in which he won the Junior TT] on a [[Velocette at 83.
1939 Long Beach Tropical Storm The 1939 Long Beach Tropical Storm, once a hurricane, was the only Eastern Pacific tropical storm to hit California in known history. The only other tropical cyclone to directly affect California is the 1858 San Diego Hurricane.
1939 Memorial Cup The 1939 Memorial Cup final was a best of 5 series between the Oshawa Generals, winners of the George Richardson Memorial Trophy, and the Edmonton Athletic Club Roamers, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto, Ontario. Oshawa won their 1st Memorial Cup, defeating Edmonton in 4 games.
1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 17, 1939, and ended with the championship game on March 27 in Evanston, Illinois.
1939 New York World's Fair The 1939 New York World%27s Fair, located on the current site of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park (also the location of the 1964 New York World's Fair), was one of the largest world's fairs of all time. Many different countries around the world participated in it, and over 25 million people attended its exhibits.
1939 Pacific typhoon season The 1939 Pacific typhoon season has no official bounds; it ran year-round in 1939, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between May and November. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1939 World Series The 1939 World Series featured the three-time defending champion New York Yankees against the Cincinnati Reds, who were making their first Series appearance since the scandal-tainted 1919 World Series. The Yankees swept the Series in four games for their record fourth consecutive title, their eighth in 17 seasons.
1939-40 NHL season The 1939-40 NHL season, was the 23rd for the National Hockey League. Of the league's seven teams, the Boston Bruins were the best in the 48-game regular season, but the Stanley Cup winners were the New York Rangers, who defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs in the best-of-seven Finals 4-2 for their third Stanley Cup in 14 seasons of existence.
193rd (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion, CEF The 193rd (Nova Scotia Highlanders) Battalion, CEF was a unit in the Canadian Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Based in Truro, Nova Scotia, the unit began recruiting during the winter of 1915/16 throughout Nova Scotia.
1940 Atlantic hurricane season The 1940 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1940, and lasted until November 30, 1940. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1940 Democratic National Convention The 1940 Democratic National Convention was held at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois from July 15 - July 18, 1940. The convention resulted in the re-nomination of President Franklin Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term.
1940 Memorial Cup The 1940 Memorial Cup final was a best of 5 series between the Oshawa Generals, winners of the George Richardson Memorial Trophy, and the Kenora Thistles, winners of the Abbott Cup, held at the Shea's Amphitheatre in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Oshawa won their 2nd Memorial Cup in a row, defeating Kenora in 4 games.
1940 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1940 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 20, 1940, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in Kansas City, Missouri.
1940 Summer Olympics The anticipated 1940 Summer Olympics, which were to be officially known as Games of the XII Olympiad and originally programmed to be celebrated between September 21 and October 6 1940 in Tokyo, Empire of Japan, were cancelled due to World War II. The Games were retracted from Tokyo by the IOC due to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937.
1940 Winter Olympics The anticipated 1940 Winter Olympics, what would have been officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, were to be celebrated in 1940 in Sapporo, Japan. The games were cancelled due to the onset of World War II.
1940 World Series The 1940 World Series matched the Cincinnati Reds against the Detroit Tigers, with the Reds winning the Series in seven games for their second championship, their first since the scandal-tainted victory in 1919. Bill Klem worked the last of his record 18 World Series as an umpire.
1940-1944 Pacific typhoon seasons The 1940-1944 Pacific typhoon seasons have no official bounds; it ran year-round each year, but most tropical cyclones tend to form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean between June and December. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
1940-41 AHL season The 1940-41 AHL season was the 5th season of the American Hockey League, which had operated the previous four seasons as the "International-American Hockey League." Nine teams played 56 games each in the schedule.
1940s retro movement The 1940s retro movement was a retro movement craze started in the late 1980s and lasted up till the late 1990s or early 2000s. Many things associated with this retro movement are associated with the 1940s decade, but can also be associated to pop culture of the late-1930s and early-1950s.
1941 Atlantic hurricane season The 1941 Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1, 1941, and lasted until November 30, 1941. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the Atlantic basin.
1941 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships The 1941 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships took place February 1-10, 1941 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The previous championships of 1940 were scheduled for Norway, but were cancelled in the wake of Germany's invasion of Norway during World War II.
1941 Ford The Ford car was thoroughly updated in 1941, in preparation for a decade of unpredictability surrounding World War II. The 1941 design would continue in an aborted 1942 model year and would be restarted in 1946 and produced until the more modern 1949 Fords were ready.

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