Steve Forrest was an American actor who was well known for his role as Lt. Hondo Harrelson in the hit television series S.W.A.T., which was broadcast on ABC from 1975 to 1976. He was also known for his performance in Mommie Dearest (1981).

1925Paul MacCready, American engineer, founded AeroVironment (died 2007)^[†]

Paul Beattie MacCready Jr. was an American aeronautical engineer. He was the founder of AeroVironment and the designer of the human-powered aircraft that won the first Kremer prize. He devoted his life to developing more efficient transportation vehicles that could "do more with less".

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1925Léon Bourgeois, French police officer and politician, 64th Prime Minister of France, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1851)^[†]

Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois was a French statesman. His ideas influenced the Radical Party regarding a wide range of issues.

1925Runar Schildt, Finnish author (born 1888)^[†]

Ernst Runar Schildt was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author from Helsinki. His son was art historian and author Göran Schildt. Although Schildt wrote his books in Swedish, they have also been translated into Finnish, English, French and German.

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PARIS PRESS RAILS AT UNITED STATES; Some Papers Deride Idea That France Will Pay Debts for Sixty-two Years. WANT CAILLAUX TO QUIT Much Bitterness Shown Over Rejection of First Debt Offer Made by French Delegation. PARIS PRESS RAILS AT UNITED STATES

CHAPMAN WITNESS SHOT AT IN MERIDEN; Bullet Wounds One of Two Men Kubeck Is Conversing With. ASSAILANT MAKES ESCAPE Intended Victim Is Proprietor of an Inn Where Chapman and Shean Stopped.

NEW DEBT PROPOSAL IS MADE TO FRENCH BY OUR DELEGATES; It Is Said to Be More Lenient Than Terms First Stated and Rejected.

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