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List of events
Decades:
1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s See also: Other events of 1940 List of years in Spain
Incumbents [ ] Caudillo: Francisco Franco Events [ ] This section is empty. You can help by . (July 2014 )
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Deaths [ ] February 8 - Antonio Escobar Huertas (born 1879)
26 September — Walter Benjamin , German-Spanish philosopher and critic (born 1892 )October 15 - Lluís Companys , execution by firing squad (born 1882)
November 3 - Manuel Azaña (born 1880) See also [ ] External links [ ]
Years in
Spain (1492–present)
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Years in Spain (1492–present)