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October 15, 1940

On October 15, 1940, president Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government. Susan Howatch, Willie John McBride, Tom Jones would arrive in the same year.

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President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.

Lluís Companys i Jover was a Catalan politician from Spain who served as president of Catalonia from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War.

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1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1940th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 940th year of the 2nd millennium, the 40th year of the 20th century, and the 1st year of the 1940s decade.

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On October 15, 1940

  1. 1940 President Lluís Companys of Catalonia is executed by the Francoist government.

    Spanish lawyer and politician (1882–1940)

    Lluís Companys i Jover was a Catalan politician from Spain who served as president of Catalonia from 1934 and during the Spanish Civil War.

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The class of 1940

Others born in 1940

Susan Howatch 1940– English author and academic
Willie John McBride 1940– Northern Irish rugby player who toured with the British Lions five times
Tom Jones 1940– Welsh singer and actor
Ronald Pickup 1940– English actor (died 2021)
James L. Brooks 1940– American director, producer, and screenwriter
Susan Howatch 1940– English author and academic

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