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1940Linda Gray, American model and actress[†]
Linda Ann Gray is an American actress, best known for her role as Sue Ellen Ewing, the long-suffering wife of Larry Hagman's character J.R. Ewing on the CBS television drama series Dallas. The role also earned her a nomination for the 1981 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series as well as two Golden Globe Awards nominations.
1940Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France.[†]
In archaeology, cave paintings are a type of parietal art, found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The term usually implies prehistoric origin. Several groups of scientists suggest that the oldest of such paintings were created not by Homo sapiens, but by Denisovans and Neanderthals.
1940The Hercules Powder plant disaster in the United States kills 51 people and injures over 200.[†]
The Hercules Powder plant disaster was an explosion at an armaments factory owned by the Hercules Powder Company in the Kenvil section of Roxbury, New Jersey, on 12 September 1940. About 52 people were killed and 100 injured.
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southeast coast high tides reptd giving Germans invasion advantage
Ital press ignores Willkie pro-Brit statements, shows him as isolationist
V Gurino seeks haven in ch fearing his murder; gives self up
outlook as seen by F E Gannett
Cong conferees agree on broad outlines of Burke-Wadsworth bill
Churchill warns invasion is near
RAF aids Brit warships in bombing German-held ports and ship concentrations
DNB repts Liverpool and other southern cities bombed with incomplete repts claiming 54 Brit, 18 German planes downed
Brit claim 90 German, 17 Brit planes downed
resolutions; Roosevelt s
palace aide describes bombing