Pop Culture Trivia Quiz: What Happened In 1940?40 Trivia Questions for 1940 History(answers)1. Who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award (Best Supporting Actress)2. This man hosted the 1940 Oscars and went on to host it 19 times. Who was he?3. What is the name of the 1940 American comedy-western film featuring Mae […]
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1948 Oscars 20th Academy AwardsWinners Announced: March 20, 1948Venue: Shrine Auditorium, Los Angeles, CaliforniaHosts: Agnes Moorehead and Dick PowellEligibility Year: Films released in 1947Major Wins:Gentleman’s Agreement nabbed the Best Picture award, a film that tackled the issue of anti-Semitism in America.Ronald Colman won Best Actor for A Double Life, and Loretta Young scored Best Actress
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“Blood, Sweat, and Tears”by Winston ChurchillMay 13, 1940; House of Commons, London, EnglandMister Speaker, on Friday evening last I received His Majesty’s commission to form a new Administration. It was the evident wish and will of Parliament and the nation that this should be conceived on the broadest possible basis and that it should include
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1940 Trivia, Fun Facts, and Pop Culture History Quick Facts from 1940Miraculous Event: Between May 26 and June 4, 1940, the British military evacuated 338,226 Allied troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, France, using a flotilla of over 800 military vessels and hundreds of civilian boats — fishing boats, pleasure craft, lifeboats, and river ferries. It
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“For Whom the Bell Tolls” by Ernest Hemingway Published“For Whom the Bell Tolls” is a novel written by American author Ernest Hemingway. The novel is set during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and tells the story of Robert Jordan, an American dynamite fighting with the International Brigades on the side of the Republican forces. The
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1940 Popular Music: Big Bands, Disney Magic, Jazz Standards, Country Classics, Latin Flavor, Blues, and the Soundtrack Before Wartime America1940 popular music still belonged largely to big bands, romantic vocal groups, movie songs, jazz standards, country and Western voices, novelty records, blues, and Latin-influenced dance music. Songs like When You Wish Upon a Star, I’ll
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“The Appeal of 18 June”by Charles de Gaulle, on June 18, 1940President Hoover, Mr. Chief Justice, my friends:This is a day of national consecration. And I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency, I will address them with a candor and a decision which the
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“Their Finest Hour”by Winston Churchill, on June 18, 1940, at House of Commons, LondonI spoke the other day of the colossal military disaster which occurred when the French High Command failed to withdraw the northern Armies from Belgium at the moment when they knew that the French front was decisively broken at Sedan and on
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We Shall Fight on the Beachesby Winston Churchill, on June 4, 1940 at The House of Commons, LondonFrom the moment that the French defenses at Sedan and on the Meuse were broken at the end of the second week of May, only a rapid retreat to Amiens and the south could have saved the British
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1940 Oscars 12th Academy AwardsThe 12th Academy Awards were held on February 29, 1940, at the Cocoanut Grove in the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles.This year’s Oscars were hosted by the iconic comedian Bob Hope.Films released in the eligibility year of 1939 were the show’s stars.Significant Moments:Gone with the Wind dominated the awards, scooping up
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