This is a timeline of events that occurred in the 1940s.
1940[]
- Hank McCoy is born.[citation needed]
May[]
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp becomes operational.[1][2]
1941[]
- Charles Xavier's mutant abilities start to manifest.[3]
- The atrocities of The Holocaust begin.[1][2]
October[]
21st[]
- Wonder Woman debuts in All Star Comics 8.[1][4]
1943[]
- Ichirō Yashida is photographed in Nagasaki.[5]
1944[]
- While imprisoned at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Erik Lehnsherr's mutant powers start to manifest.[2][6]
- Edie Lehnsherr is murdered in front of Erik under orders from Sebastian Shaw.[6]
- Sebastian Shaw begins experimenting on Erik.[6]
- Charles Xavier and Raven Darkholme meet each other as children in Xavier's mansion. Raven is soon adopted as Charles' foster sister.[6]
June[]
6th[]
- James Howlett and Victor Creed participate in the D-Day Invasion, serving in the U.S. 29th Infantry Division.[7]
9th[]
1945[]
- James Howlett transfers from European theater to the Pacific theater. By August 9th, he is imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp near Nagasaki.[5]
August[]
9th[]
- James Howlett saves Ichirō Yashida's life during the Nagasaki bombing.[5]
1946[]
May[]
20th[]
October[]
1948[]
November[]
12th[]
- Mountain Dew receives its trademark.[1][2]
1949[]
- Erik Lehnsherr visits the United States of America for the first time and sees the Statue of Liberty.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Sometimes the X-Men Movies Wiki alludes to events that happened in our world, and it is assumed they happen on the same dates in the universe, for timeline purposes.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 X-Men
- ↑ X-Men: Days of Future Past
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Deadpool & Wolverine
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Wolverine
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 X-Men: First Class
- ↑ X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- ↑ Sometimes the X-Men Movies Wiki alludes to people who existed in our world, and it is assumed they were born on the same day in the universe, for timeline purposes.
- ↑ Deadpool 2