On June 7, 1940, Daisy Duck made her debut in the cartoon, ‘Mr. Duck Steps Out’

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Dear Commanders,
Here comes another big sister to take care of the Dolls of small stature in Griffin! Meet the energetic 3-star AR T-Doll StG-940, who will be the login reward for June! Whenever you feel down, she will be here to cheer you up!

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"Unlike some fashionable, thus mega-rich artists who claim they believe in nothing, I am the opposite"

Painting with conviction; the potent politically motivated art of Maureen Scott (b.1940, English), https://t.co/xKtvkce5PF

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This day in 1940, John Steinbeck was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for The Grapes of Wrath. The novel would be cited prominently when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1962.

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Ik heb weer twee affiches met bijzonder kleurrijke details aan m'n verzameling kunnen toevoegen. Allebei rond 1940, door Emmanuel Gaillard en Otto Baumberger.

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in 1940, British entomologist and illustrator Margaret Fountaine died, with a butterfly net in her hands, from a heart attack in Trinidad.

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Art Deco motorcycles. Clockwise from top left: Henderson KJ Streamline, 1930. BMW R7, 1934. Indian Motorcycle, Chief, 1940, Indian 441, 1941.

📸 Peter Harholdt

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the History of Parliament has a long history itself?

In the late 1920s MP Josiah Wedgwood proposed a project to write a biography of every MP who'd sat in the Commons. Given a Deed of Charter in 1940, in 1951 the govt granted funding to resume the project as we know it.

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On February 10, 1940, Tom and Jerry made their debut in the cartoon, ‘Puss Gets the Boot’

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Today we remember

GEORGE A ROMERO



Born on this day in 1940, the king of the flicks sadly left us nearly 4 years ago

Here’s some 4 panel styled we made, in tribute to the man

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Edmund Charles Tarbell, Salvador Dalí - Lago di Garda 1940, William James.
🌎🌵🌹🌻Happy New Year🌻❤️🌴🐚

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Propulsée malgré elle, Kiku se retrouve dans les années 1940, enfermée dans un centre de détention nippo-américain. Elle y découvre la souffrance vécue par toute une génération, dont sa grand-mère.

Les Indésirables de Kiku Hughes en librairie le 6 janvier prochain ! 📚

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You can see the bed in this painting she did in 1940, The Dream (picture: https://t.co/cQAA3XXv7L).

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In May 1940, plans began for new FANTASIA segments that never came to be. One sequence, set to Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries, was abandoned due to the music’s association with the Nazis. These sketches from artist Kay Nielsen give us an idea of what it may have looked like.

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The 'Emergency Fighter', that was never called up.
The Miles M20, a simple (but heavily armed) fighter, designed to supplement RAF Hurricanes and Spitfires in 1940, should Luftwaffe bombing destroy their factories.
Government ingenuity and planning, (😲) meant it was not needed.

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On November 13th 1940, ‘Fantasia’ premiered in New York!
Here’s a rough sketch of Mickey from ‘The Sorcerer’s Apprentice’ segment!
Happy 80th anniversary, Fantasia! 😊X

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in 1940, the Government of Canada banned the import of comic books, paving the way for the development of home-grown war-time heroes like Johnny Canuck.

https://t.co/Swo068HIAn

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Eenzame boom, 1940, Dorus Roovers
In ‘Vermoorde Noord-Veluws

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