This is a list of various things that took place in 1940.
Births
February
- 5 - Grady Johnson (Union Point, Georgia)
- 11 - Espanto III
March
- 24 - Don Jardine (Moncton, New Brunswick)
- 25 - Jim Breaks (Bradford, Yorkshire)
April
- 20 - El Matemático
May
- 18 - Masio Koma
August
- 10 - Chucho Villa
October
- 17 - Baron Von Raschke (Omaha, Nebraska)
- 28 - Les Thatcher (Cincinnati, Ohio)
November
December
- 5 - Bello Adrián
Title changes
June
- 23 - Ray Steele defeats Bronko Nagurski to win the World Heavyweight Championship (National Wrestling Association).
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