September 4th, 1940

September 4th, 1940...

Today is Wednesday !

Number-one song in the charts today
	In the USA: "I'll Never Smile Again" by Tommy Dorsey

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TIME Magazine cover this week

TIME Magazine: Earl of Athlone

(TIME Cover: September the 2nd, 1940)

Famous people born on the 4th of September:

1241 - Alexander III of Scotland (d. 1286)
1563 - Wanli, Emperor of China (d. 1620)
1913 - Mickey Cohen, American gangster (d. 1976)
1917 - Henry Ford II, American industrialist (d. 1987)
1927 - John McCarthy, American computer scientist
1949 - Martin Chambers, English drummer (The Pretenders)
1974 - Carmit Bachar, American musician (Pussycat Dolls)
1981 - Beyoncé Knowles, American singer

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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