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March 21, 1926

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IN AMERICA ALL THINGS CHANGE; Mark Sullivan Begins a Social History of the Years 1900-1925

By Robert L. Duffus

NO doubt every elderly generation since humanity began has looked back to the days of its youth with a painful consciousness of chaage. The world is always in process of revolution, for though Government and social institutions sometimes last a century or two, the really important things of life -- the songs, the by-words, the menus, the style in fur niture, plays and women's clothes -- are forever fugitive.

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Notable Births

André Delvaux

1926André Delvaux, Belgian director and screenwriter (died 2002)[†]

André Albert Auguste Delvaux was a Belgian film director. He co-founded the film school INSAS in 1962 and is regarded as the founder of the Belgian national cinema. Adapting works by writers such as Johan Daisne, Julien Gracq and Marguerite Yourcenar, he received international attention for directing magic realist films.