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July 3rd, 1940...

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TIME Magazine: Admiral Richardson

(TIME Cover: July the 1st, 1940)

 Famous people born on the 3rd of July:

1423 - King Louis XI of France (d. 1483)
1442 - Emperor Go-Tsuchimikado of Japan (d. 1500)
1883 - Franz Kafka, Czech writer (d. 1924)
1935 - Harrison Schmitt, astronaut
1957 - Laura Branigan, American singer (d. 2004)
1960 - Vince Clarke, British songwriter (Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure)
1962 - Tom Cruise, American actor

     
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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