1940s

The year of George Lucas's birth was 1944. Below is a listing of occurrences during the 1940s that have a connection to Star Wars.

Birthdays

1940

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

1941

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

1942

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

1943

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

1944

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

1945

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

1946

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

1947

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

1948

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

1949

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

Occurrences

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

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

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