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1940
Chad Varah
married
Susan Whanslaw
in
1940
at: (
51.5,-0.133333333
)
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3
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Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah
married
Khalifa Muhammad Hamidullah
in
1940
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5
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2
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1
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John F. Kennedy
wrote
Why England Slept
in
1940
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5
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2
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0
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Ernest Hemingway
married
Martha Gellhorn
in
1940
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5
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1
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0
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Ernest Hemmingway
wrote
For Whom the Bell Tolls
in
1940
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0
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Mahatma Gandhi
in
1940
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4
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Mahatma Gandhi
in
1940
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4
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Graham Greene
wrote
The Power and the Glory
in
1940
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0
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T. S. Eliot
wrote
East Coker
in
1940
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1
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0
713280
Benjamin, Walter
wrote
Geschichtsphilosophische Thesen/ Theses on the Phi
in
1940
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4
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30
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0
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Christina Stead
wrote
The Man Who Loved Children
in
1940
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0
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Tower Bridge
in
1940
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4
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1
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0
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Richard Wright
wrote
Native Son
in
1940
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0
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Dino Buzzati
wrote
The Tartar Steppe
in
1940
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0
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0
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Vivien Leigh
in
1940
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Kuroki Tamemoto
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Erwin Rommel
in
1940
at: (
27,30
)
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3
-1729772
1
-1729772
0
-1729772
Sacre-Coeur Basilica, Paris
in
1940
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3
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Orson Welles
in
1940
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Hugo Sperrle
in
1940
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3
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Anne Frank
in
1940
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3
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Eiffel Tower
in
1940
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3
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0
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Sacre-Coeur Basilica, Paris
in
1940
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Golden Gate Bridge
in
1940
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George Orwell
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Edward VIII
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Frida Kahlo
with
Self Portrait Dedicated to Sigmund Firestone
in
1940
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3
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0
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George S Halas
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Charlie Chaplin
in
1940
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Anne Shirley
in
1940
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Piccadilly Circus, London
in
1940
at: (
51.5,-0.133333333
)
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3
-1735128
1
-1735128
0
-1735128
Tower Bridge
in
1940
at: (
51.5,-0.133333333
)
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3
-1735127
1
-1735127
0
-1735127
Tower Bridge
in
1940
at: (
51.5,-0.133333333
)
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3
-1735126
1
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0
-1735126
Edith Piaf
in
1940
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3
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St. Pauls
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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St. Pauls
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Mahatma Gandhi
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Tower Bridge
in
1940
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0
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Mahatma Gandhi
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Josephine Baker
in
1940
at: (
48.85,2.35
)
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3
-1728203
1
-1728203
0
-1728203
Mahatma Gandhi
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Edith Piaf
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Bill Brandt
in
1940
at: (
51.5,-0.133333333
)
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3
-1728202
1
-1728202
0
-1728202
Tyrone Power
with
John Ford
in
1940
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0
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Edith Piaf
in
1940
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
in
1940
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Antoine de Saint-Exupery
in
1940
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Barbara Stanwyck
in
1940
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0
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Rosemary Lane
in
1940
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3
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0
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Willem de Kooning
with
Seated Woman
in
1940
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3
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0
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Albert Einstein
in
1940
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William Lyon Mackenzie King
in
1940
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0
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Edward Maufe
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Frank Sinatra
in
1940
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3
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0
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Trafalgar Square
in
1940
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3
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0
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Palace of Westminster
in
1940
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0
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William Faulkner
in
1940
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3
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0
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Lou Thesz
with
Maurice Tillet
in
1940
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1
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0
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Park Chung-hee
in
1940
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3
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0
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Golden Gate Bridge
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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John F. Kennedy
in
1940
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3
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2
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0
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Anne Frank
in
1940
at: (
52.36666667,4.9
)
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3
-1731979
1
-1731979
0
-1731979
Adolf Hitler
in
1940
at: (
52.36666667,9.716666667
)
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3
-1727366
1
-1727366
0
-1727366
Rita Hayworth
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Conchita Cintr?n
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Vivien Leigh
in
1940
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3
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0
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Don McNeill
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Robert Wadlow
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Paul McCartney
in
1940
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3
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Anne Frank
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Arc de Triomphe Paris
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Ernest Hemingway
in
1940
at: (
44.2394,-114.5103
)
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3
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1
-1727821
0
-1727821
Golden Gate Bridge
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Arc de Triomphe Paris
in
1940
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3
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0
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Lana Turner
in
1940
at: (
34.05,-118.25
)
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3
-1728330
1
-1728330
0
-1728330
Arc de Triomphe Paris
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Andr? Mathieu
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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French Indochina
entered
Part of World War II
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Palace of Westminster
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Thailand
entered
Franco-Thai War
in
1940
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3
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1
8895
0
8895
St. Pauls
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
723394
Vichy France
entered
Franco-Thai War
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Piccadilly Circus, London
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Winston Churchill
in
1940
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3
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0
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George LaVatta
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Fred Astaire
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Jesse Cornplanter
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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John F. Kennedy
in
1940
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3
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3
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0
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United States Capitol
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
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Al Jolson
in
1940
at: (
25.78333333,-80.21666667
)
-1728022
3
-1728022
1
-1728022
0
-1728022
Mickey Mouse
in
1940
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3
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1
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0
729835
Lana Turner
in
1940
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3
730603
1
730603
0
730603
Franklin D. Roosevelt
with
Katharine Hepburn
in
1940
at: (
40.66666667,-73.93333333
)
-1722636
3
-1722636
1
-1722636
0
-1722636
Wilhelm Keitel
in
1940
at: (
46,2
)
-1732107
3
-1732107
1
-1732107
0
-1732107
Farouk I
in
1940
at: (
27,30
)
-1729796
3
-1729796
1
-1729796
0
-1729796
Franklin D. Roosevelt
appointed
US Supreme Court Justice
in
1940
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2
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0
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0
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France
fought
Namsos Campaign
in
1940
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2
-94463
0
-94463
0
-94463
Emil Nolde
in
1940
Frühmorgenflug [Early Morning Flight]
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2
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1
746754
0
746754
Harold Wyllie
with
Air and Naval Battle off Spurn Head
in
1940
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2
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1
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0
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