November 20th, 1940

November 20th, 1940...

Today is Wednesday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "Only Forever" by Bing Crosby

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Leopold Stokowski

(TIME Cover: November the 18th, 1940)

Famous people born on the 20th of November:

270 - Maximinus, Roman Emperor (d. 313)
1750 - Tipu Sultan, Indian ruler (d. 1799)
1761 - Pope Pius VIII (d. 1830)
1851 - Queen Margherita of Italy (d. 1926)
1889 - Edwin Hubble, American astronomer (d. 1953)
1912 - Otto von Habsburg, Austrian royal
1948 - Barbara Hendricks, American-born singer
1956 - Bo Derek, American actress
1965 - Mike D, American musician (Beastie Boys)

Oscar of the best picture in 1940

Rebecca
directed by Alfred Hitchcock
with Laurence Olivier (Maxim de Winter) and Joan Fontaine (Mrs de Winter)

Designed in 1940

The Pelican chair
by Finn Juhl

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