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Events on Sunday 11 February 1940 1
1875 – 1940John Buchan (1875-1940)Died 11 February 1940, aged 64Scottish novelist, author of "The Thirty-Nine Steps", and Governor General of Canada as Lord Tweedsmuir from 1935. He died in office in Montreal after a stroke.