- "Y'know, Dad was born in East Germany. He grew up eating stale crackers, and every other Saturday he had to march in parades and wave flowers at tyrants."
- ―Lex Luthor[src]
This is a timeline of events that occurred during the 1940s.
1940
- Bernard Collins ends his service in the Royal Navy.[1]
February
23rd
June
12th
- Paris and the Louvre Museum are invaded by the Nazis.[4][5]
November
8th
25th
1941
- The Rosemont Theater in Gotham is opened.[10]
March
- The fictional superhero Captain America first appears on comics.[3][11]
June
4th
- The ex-Kaiser Wilhem II dies.[7][12]
September
8th
- Bernie Sanders is born.[7][13]
November
22nd
December
7th
- The Attack on Pearl Harbor occurs. The event is recorded by the Daily Planet.[3][6]
- United States of America enters into World War II.[3][6]
1942
Charlie Rose.
- Thomas Wayne is born.[6]
January
5th
November
1st
- Larry Flynt is born.[7][8][9]
1943
May
17th
- Montagu Love dies.[6][7]
1945
- A Châteux Margaux is bottled that will eventually land in the Waynes' wine cellar.[6]
September
2nd
- World War II ends.[5][14]
17th
- Philip "Phil" Jackson is born.[7][14]
October
1st
Late
- The United States Government decides to forget about what Kane had done during the war.[2]
- Kane returns to the sea and survives by scavenging and using his wits.[2]
1946
- Martha Wayne is born.[6]
- Mr. Sivana is born.[11][15]
1947
January
8th
July
2nd
- The Roswell Incident occours in Roswell, New Mexico.[18][3]
26th
November
17th
- Robert Therrien is born.[7][16]
1948
January
30th
- Mahatma Gandhi dies.[11][7]
1949
October
7th
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aquaman: Arthur's Guide to Atlantis
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Aquaman
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Sometimes the DC Extented Universe alludes to events which happened in our world, and it is assumed they happened on the same dates in the universe, for timeline purposes.
- ↑ Wonder Woman: The Official Movie Novelization
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 This is an event from real world history, referenced in the DC Extended Universe.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
- ↑ 7.00 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 7.06 7.07 7.08 7.09 7.10 Sometimes the DC Extended Universe alludes to people who exists or existed in our world, and it is assumed they were born and died on the same day in the universe, for timeline purposes.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Wonder Woman 1984
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 [1]
- ↑ Time Out Shortlist Gotham and Metropolis (Gotham City) p. 52.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Shazam!
- ↑ Wonder Woman
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Suicide Squad
- ↑ Estimation based on John Glover's age during the filming of Shazam!
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Time Out Shortlist Gotham and Metropolis
- ↑ Justice League
- ↑ Man of Steel: The Official Movie Novelization
- ↑ Suicide Squad CIA files
External links
1940s on Wikipedia
1940s on DC Database
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