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1926Newton N. Minow, American lawyer and politician (died 2023)^[†]

Newton Norman Minow was an American attorney who served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. He is famous for his 1961 speech referring to television as a "vast wasteland". While still maintaining a law practice, Minow served as the honorary consul general of Singapore in Chicago, beginning in 2001.

1926Moira Shearer, Scottish-English ballerina and actress (died 2006)^[†]

Moira Shearer King, Lady Kennedy was a Scottish ballet dancer and actress. She was famous for her performances in Powell and Pressburger's The Red Shoes (1948) and The Tales of Hoffman (1951), and Michael Powell's Peeping Tom (1960).

1926Clyde Walcott, Barbadian cricketer (died 2006)^[†]

Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott OBE KA GCM was a West Indian cricketer. Walcott was a member of the "three W's", the other two being Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell: all were very successful batsmen from Barbados, born within a short distance of each other in Bridgetown, Barbados in a period of 18 months from August 1924 to January 1926; all made their Test cricket debut against England in 1948. In the mid-1950s, Walcott was arguably the best batsman in the world. He was the manager of the West Indian squads which won the 1975 Cricket World Cup and the 1979 Cricket World Cup. In later life, he had an active career as a cricket administrator, and was the first non-English and non-white chairman of the International Cricket Council.

Headlines from January 17, 1926

Modern Tailored Attire Worn By Coolidge's Indian Callers

SOLVING INDUSTRY'S PARADOX; More Money for More People in the New Economic Era PROFITS. By William Trufant Foster and Waddill Catchings. 465 pp. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.

Tomb of d'Aubeny, Crusader, Who Died in 1236, Is Found in Courtyard in Jerusalem

1,000 to 5,000 a Year Is Made at Bridge In London Clubs Which Cannot Stop Play

COAL RELIEF DEMAND GROWS IN CONGRESS; Copeland Asks Senate to Give Authority to Coolidge to Operate the Mines. HOUSE ACTION IS URGED Four of New York Members Seek Drafting of Legislation Requested by President. COAL RELIEF DEMAND GROWS IN CONGRESS

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