Editing 1940 (section)

===October===
{{Main|October 1940}}
[[File:British Columbia Regiment 1940.jpg|thumb|190px|''[[Wait for Me, Daddy]]'', a photo taken by [[Claude P. Dettloff]] of the [[The British Columbia Regiment (Duke of Connaught's Own) (RCAC)|British Columbia Regiment]] marching in [[New Westminster]], October 1940]] 
*[[October 1]] – The first section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike, the United States' first long-distance [[controlled-access highway]], is opened.
*[[October 11]] – Portuguese-born performer [[Carmen Miranda]] makes her American film debut in ''[[Down Argentine Way]]'', one of the first films produced to promote the [[Good Neighbor policy]].
*[[October 14]] – WWII: At least 66 people are killed when a [[Luftwaffe]] bomb penetrates [[Balham station]] on the [[London Underground]] which is in use as an [[air-raid shelter]] during [[The Blitz]] on England.
*[[October 15]] – [[Charlie Chaplin]]'s ''[[The Great Dictator]]'', a satirical anti-fascist comedy film, premieres in New York City. Written, directed, produced by and starring Chaplin as his first true sound film, it is a critical and commercial success and goes on to become Chaplin's most financially successful work. Filming began in September 1939.
*[[October 16]]
**The draft registration of approximately 16&nbsp;million men begins in the United States.
**Nazi Governor-General [[Hans Frank]] establishes the [[Warsaw Ghetto]].
*[[October 18]]–[[October 19|19]] – WWII: Thirty-two ships are sunk from [[Convoy SC 7]] and [[Convoy HX 79]] by the most effective "[[Wolfpack (naval tactic)|wolfpack]]" of the war, including [[Otto Kretschmer]], [[Günther Prien]] and [[Joachim Schepke]].
*[[October 26]]–[[October 28|28]] – WWII: {{RMS|Empress of Britain|1930|6}}, serving as a [[troopship]] under the British flag, is bombed, torpedoed and sunk off the [[Donegal (town)|Donegal]] coast, with the loss of 45 lives. At 42,348 [[Gross register tonnage|GRT]], she is the war's largest merchant ship loss.
*[[October 28]] – WWII: [[Greco-Italian War]] begins when Italian troops invade Greece, meeting strong resistance from Greek troops and civilians. This action signals the start of the [[Balkan Campaign (World War II)|Balkan Campaign]].
*[[October 29]] – The [[Selective Service System]] lottery is held in Washington, D.C..