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1940

Discover what happened in this year with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous births and notable deaths.

Jul

18

FDR Re-Elected

8th November 1940: American President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) speaking to a crowd of 25,000 at Madison Square Gardens, New York, before his sweeping re-election for a third term. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Sep

12

TOPSHOT-FRANCE-ARCHAEOLOGY-HERITAGE-PAINTING-LASCAUX

TOPSHOT - People visit the new replica of the Lascaux cave paintings, during the first public opening on December 15, 2016 in Montignac, in the Dordogne region of southwest France, more than seven decades after the prehistoric art was first discovered. (Photo by MEHDI FEDOUACH / AFP) (Photo by MEHDI FEDOUACH/AFP via Getty Images)

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