1940s

The year of 1944 marks the birth of George Lucas Here is a compilation of happenings during the 1940s that have a connection to Star Wars.

Birthdays

1940

January 7 – The birth of Paul Weston occurred.
January 8 – Sidney Ganis was born.
February 28 – The world welcomed Jim Baikie.
April 26 – Harry Fielder entered the world.
May 5 – The birth of Lance Henriksen took place.
May 7 – Wayne Grace was born on this day.
June 28 – Richard Chew's birthday.
July 28 – The birth of Phil Proctor is celebrated.
August 26 – Don LaFontaine was born.
August 31 – The birth of Jack Thompson is marked.
September 11 – Brian De Palma was born.
September 23 – Johnny Weissmuller Jr.'s birthdate.
November 11 – Roy Conrad was born.
November 22 – The birth of Roy Thomas occurred.
November 30 – Graeme Campbell was born.
December 6 – Richard Edlund was born on this day.
? – Hal Barwood was born sometime in this year.

1941

January 12 – Long John Baldry was born.
February 8 – The birth of Nick Nolte occurred.
March 17 – Paul Kantner entered the world.
May 2 – Paul Darrow was born.
May 5 – Jon Foster was born on this day.
June 1 – Richard Donat was born.
June 15 – Neal Adams was born on this day.
June 28 – The birth of Michael W. Royer is celebrated.
July 10 – Robert Pine was born.
July 29 – The birth of David Warner is celebrated.
August 4 – Martin Jarvis was born.
August 6 – Dianne Crittenden was born on this day.
August 16 – Paul Hecht was born.
August 25 – Dan Hennessey was born.
September 26 – The birth of Tom Veitch occurred.
November 11 – Russell Horton was born.
December 10 – Fionnula Flanagan was born.
December 10 – Peter Michael Goetz was born on this day.

1942

January 29 – The birth of Peter Sumner is celebrated.
January 30 – Marty Balin was born.
February 12 – The birth of Terry Bisson occurred.
February 13 – Tom Jung was born.
March 27 – Michael York was born.
April 14 – Robert Dalva was born.
May 11 – Terence McGovern was born.
June 18 – Nick Tate was born.
July 13 – Harrison Ford entered the world.
July 13 – Tom Palmer was born.
September 5 – Werner Herzog was born.
September 19 – Victor Brandt was born.
November 1 – Michael Fleisher was born.
December 6 – Richard Miller was born.
December 26 – Maria De Aragon was born.

1943

March 27 – Grant McCune was born.
May 10 – The birth of David Clennon occurred.
June 7 – Michael Pennington was born.
June 13 – Malcolm McDowell was born.
June 26 – John Beasley was born.
July 12 – Walter Murch was born.
August 11 – Christine Hewett was born.
August 14 – The birth of John Costanza is celebrated.
November 10 – William Hoyland was born.
November 11 – Dave Cockrum was born.
November 16 – Juan Giménez was born.
December 26 – Aggie Guerard Rodgers was born.

1944

January 8 – Terry Brooks was born.
January 13 – Mike Edmonds was born.
January 28 – Andrew Jack was born.
February 3 – Trisha Noble was born.
February 19 – Donald F. Glut was born.
February 25 – Roger Christian was born.
May 12 – Sara Kestelman was born.
May 14 – George Lucas was born.
May 19 – Peter Mayhew was born.
May 25 – Frank Oz was born.
June 18 – Colin Skeaping was born.
June 24 – Julian Holloway was born.
July 14 – Alex Tavoularis was born.
August 11 – Ian McDiarmid was born.
August 25 – Anthony Heald was born.
September 7 – Andy Bradford was born.
October 2 – Larry Ward was born.
November 22 – Paul Brooke was born.
November 26 – Michael Gregory was born.
? – David Acomba was born sometime in this year.

1945

January 4 – Pauline Rennie was born.
February 16 – Jeremy Bulloch was born.
March 31 – Edwin Catmull was born.
April 1 – John Barbata was born.
April 2 – Linda Hunt was born.
April 12 – Laura Esterman was born.
May 22 – Carlos Garzón was born.
June 6 – David Dukes was born.
June 14 – Stephen J. Sansweet was born.
July 20 – Harrison Ellenshaw was born.
August 7 – Graeme Blundell was born.
September 8 – Willard Huyck was born.
September 17 – Bruce Spence was born.
October 4 – Marcia Lucas was born.
October 8 – Bill E. Martin was born.
October 19 – John Lithgow was born.
November 14 – Paul Hirsch was born.
November 26 – Daniel Davis was born.
? – William C. Dietz was born sometime in this year.
? – Robin Scobey was born sometime in this year.

1946

February 14 – Toby Philpott was born.
February 21 – Anthony Daniels was born.
February 25 – Rick Geary was born.
March 12 – Frank Welker was born.
April 7 – Stan Winston was born.
April 19 – Tim Curry was born.
May 12 – L. Neil Smith was born.
May 23 – Anthony May was born.
July 16 – Richard LeParmentier was born.
August 2 – James Howe was born.
August 19 – Christopher Malcolm was born.
September 2 – Walter Simonson was born.
September 26 – Louise Simonson was born.
September 26 – Togo Igawa was born.
October 5 – Vic Armstrong was born.
October 22 – Richard McGonagle was born.
November 1 – Dennis Muren was born.
November 18 – Alan Dean Foster was born.
December 16 – Charles Dennis was born.
December 18 – Steven Spielberg was born.
? – Ernie Fosselius was born sometime in this year.
? – Carol Titelman was born sometime in this year.
? – Ian Gibson was born sometime in this year.

1947

January 10 – George Alec Effinger was born.
January 27 – Peter Burroughs was born.
February 1 – Tony Baxter was born.
March 19 – Dermot Crowley was born.
March 22 – Tony Pope was born.
March 26 – John Morton was born.
April 3 – Pat Proft was born.
April 6 – John Ratzenberger was born.
April 11 – Meshach Taylor was born.
May 2 – David Ankrum was born.
June 29 – Michael Carter was born.
July 23 – John Dicks was born.
August 13 – John Stocker was born.
August 22 – Mark Siegel was born.
August 31 – Steve Perry was born.
September 4 – Jeffery Kissoon was born.
September 6 – Keone Young was born.
September 12 – Christopher Neame was born.
September 20 – Steve Gerber was born.
September 22 – David Jones was born.
September 27 – Denis Lawson was born.
October 16 – Guy Siner was born.
October 27 – Angus MacInnes was born.
November 6 – Carolyn Seymour was born.
November 6 – Vivienne Chandler was born on this day.
November 12 – Carlos Ezquerra was born.
November 17 – James Warwick was born.
December 22 – Brian Daley was born.
December 30 – James Kahn was born.
? – James Luceno was born sometime in this year.

1948

January 7 – Jarion Monroe was born.
January 14 – Carl Weathers was born.
January 23 – Ann Sachs was born.
March 16 – Margaret Weis was born.
April 30 – Perry King was born.
May 3 – Larry Brandenburg was born.
May 6 – David Michelinie was born.
May 27 – Pete Sears was born.
June 12 – Len Wein was born.
July 5 – William Hootkins was born.
July 12 – Ben Burtt was born.
July 25 – David Esch was born.
July 30 – Carel Struycken was born.
August 4 – Ian Liston was born.
August 19 – Ian McElhinney was born.
August 28 – Vonda N. McIntyre was born.
November 23 – Bruce Vilanch was born.
November 24 – John Alvin was born.
December 9 – Robert Blalack was born.
December 21 – Samuel L. Jackson was born.
? – James Sherman was born sometime in this year.

1949

January 7 – George Buza was born.
January 14 – Lawrence Kasdan was born.
January 18 – Jamie Alcroft was born.
February 2 – Brent Spiner was born.
February 17 – Don Scardino was born.
February 18 – Pat Fraley was born.
April 8 – John Madden was born.
April 20 – John Ostrander was born.
April 24 – Peter Friedman was born.
June 7 – Larry Hama was born.
June 11 – Sherman Howard was born.
June 11 – Steve Moore was born on this day.
June 16 – Kale Browne was born.
June 18 – Keith Swaden was born.
June 29 – Greg Burson was born.
July 10 – Winston Rekert was born.
July 18 – John Wagner was born.
July 25 – Alex Wald was born.
August 16 – Barbara Goodson was born.
August 24 – Charles Rocket was born.
September 16 – Ed Begley, Jr. was born.
September 28 – Jim Henshaw was born.
October 30 – Paul Engelen was born.
November 7 – Bennet Guillory was born.
November 22 – Anthony Smee was born.
December 28 – Hilton McRae was born.
? – Pat Mills was born sometime in this year.

Occurrences

May 13 , 1943 – The establishment of ABC took place.
1944 – The founding of Pocket Jeunesse occurred.
1946 – The establishment of Sony took place.
1947 – The founding of Kenner Products occurred.
1948 – The establishment of Toys "R" Us took place.

Resources

Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle
Star Wars Year by Year: A Visual Chronicle (updated edition)
Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, Updated and Expanded Edition
Star Wars Year By Year: A Visual History, New Edition

Further Exploration

1940s on Wikipedia

Appearances