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March 30th, 1940...

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TIME Magazine: Eamon de Valera

(TIME Cover: March the 25th, 1940)

 Famous people born on the 30th of March:

1135 - Maimonides, Spanish rabbi and philosopher (d. 1204)
1326 - Ivan II of Russia, Grand Duke of Muscovy (d. 1359)
1432 - Mehmed II, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1481)
1844 - Paul Verlaine, French poet (d. 1896)
1853 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (d. 1890)
1928 - Robert Badinter, French politician
1937 - Warren Beatty, American actor and director
1945 - Eric Clapton, British guitarist/singer
1964 - Tracy Chapman, American singer
1968 - Céline Dion, Canadian singer
1979 - Norah Jones, American singer and pianist

     
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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