The Year - 1940
The Family News..:

William B. was born to Marie (Nolan) & James Canty on Apr. 27 in Chicago.

The #1 Songs Were .....
All the Things You AreTommy Dorsey
Blueberry HillGlenn Miller
The Breeze and I Jimmy Dorsey
CarelessGlenn Miller
Ferry Boat SerenadeAndrews Sisters
Fools Rush InGlenn Miller
FrenesiArtie Shaw
I'll Never Smile AgainTommy Dorsey
ImaginationGlenn Miller & Tommy Dorsey
In the MoodGlenn Miller
Indian SummerTommy Dorsey
Make Believe IslandMitchell Ayres
Only ForeverBing Crosby
Sierra SueBing Crosby
There I GoVaughn Monroe
Trade WindsBing Crosby
When You Wish Upon A StarGlenn Miller
Where Was I?Charlie Barnet
The Woodpecker SongGlenn Miller


AT THE MOVIES....
Rebecca (Selznick International Pictures, United Artists) ****Outstanding Production
All This, and Heaven Too (Warner Bros.)
Foreign Correspondent (Walter Wanger; United Artists)
The Grapes of Wrath (Twentieth Century-Fox)
The Great Dictator (Charles Chaplin Productions; United Artists)
Kitty Foyle (RKO Radio)
The Letter (Warner Bros.)
The Long Voyage Home (Argosy-Wanger; United Artists)
Our Town (Sol Lesser; United Artists)
The Philadelphia Story (MGM)

Acacamy Awards..:
James Stewart, The Philadelphia Story - *****Best Actor
Ginger Rogers, Kitty Foyle - *****Best Actress
Walter Brennan, The Westerner - *****Supporting Actor
Jane Darwell, The Grapes of Wrath - *****Supporting Actress
John Ford, The Grapes of Wrath - *****Directing

Music Song - "When You Wish Upon a Star," - Pinocchio, Leigh Harline, music; Ned Washington, lyrics
Short Subjects Cartoon - The Milky Way (Rudolph Ising Series) (MGM)

IN THE NEWS . . . . .
Hitler invades Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) becomes Britain's Prime Minister.
Trotsky assassinated in Mexico.
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania annexed by U.S.S.R.
U.S. trades 50 destroyers for leases on British bases in Western Hemisphere.
Selective Service Act signed.
The first official network television broadcast is aired by NBC.

Last updated on February 17, 2000