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September 12, 1940
On September 12, 1940, cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France. Susan Howatch, Willie John McBride, Tom Jones would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · September 12, 1940
Cave 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.
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The year in brief
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 September 12, 1940
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1940 Cave paintings are discovered in Lascaux, France. Paintings, often prehistoric, on cave walls and ceilings
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.
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1940 The Hercules Powder plant disaster in the United States kills 51 people and injures over 200. 1940 explosion of an armaments factory in Roxbury, New Jersey, US
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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- April 14 World War II: Royal Marines land in Namsos, Norway, preceding a larger force which will arrive two days later.
- April 23 The Rhythm Club fire at a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi, kills 198 people.
- April 7 Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.
- April 8 The Central Committee of the Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party elects Yumjaagiin Tsedenbal as General Secretary, marking the beginning of his 44-year-long tenure as de facto leader of Mongolia.
- April 9 World War II: Operation Weserübung: Germany invades Denmark and Norway.
- April 9 Vidkun Quisling seizes power in Norway.
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