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| | 1940 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | September - U.S. Army 45th Infantry Division (previously a National Guard Division in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma), activated and ordered into federal service for one year to engage in a training program in Ft. Sill and Louisiana prior to serving in World War II. |
 | | May 20 - Stan Mikita, Slovakian-born hockey player |
 | | December 29 - Franklin D. Roosevelt, in a fireside chat to the nation, declares that the United States must become, "...the great arsenal of democracy." |
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