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Events on Friday 23 February 1940 2
1940 – 2019Peter Fonda (1940-2019)Died 16 August 2019, aged 79Peter Fonda was an American actor and filmmaker who co-wrote, produced, and starred in the 1969 counterculture film Easy Rider. He came from a celebrated acting family, the son of Henry Fonda and brother of Jane Fonda. He died at his home in Los Angeles from complications of lung cancer.
1940Woody Guthrie writes This Land Is Your LandNew YorkAn answer to Irving Berlin's God Bless America.