1940

«	1940	»

The year 1940 (MCMXL) predates the launch of the Transformers brand by forty-four years.

Non-Fiction

Events

• Joe Rosen begins his lettering career.

Births

February

• February 11 — Kinryū Arimoto

April

• April 19 — Francisco José

May

• May 4 — John Ridgway
• May 5 — Lance Henriksen
• May 28 — Kyōhei Tsutsumi

June

• June 15 — Aron Kincaid

November

• November 2 — Hiroshi Arikawa