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Shot in auto with Detective T Hammill and 2 prisoners, D and P Bianco, as gang tries to free pals
Appeal to Chamber for grant of extraordinary power to King Albert to attempt to solve country's financial troubles
Body found in ruins
1926Wallace Jones, American basketball player and coach (died 2014)[†]
Wallace Clayton "Wah Wah" Jones was an American professional basketball player. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1949 to 1952 with the Indianapolis Olympians.
1926Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician, and singer (died 2017)[†]
Harry Dean Stanton was an American actor. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films including Cool Hand Luke (1967), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Dillinger (1973), The Godfather Part II (1974), Alien (1979), Escape from New York (1981), Christine (1983), Repo Man (1984), One Magic Christmas (1985), Pretty in Pink (1986), The Last Temptation of Christ (1988), Wild at Heart (1990), The Straight Story (1999), The Green Mile (1999), The Man Who Cried (2000), Alpha Dog (2006), Inland Empire (2006), Rango (2011), The Avengers (2012), and Seven Psychopaths (2012). He had rare lead roles in Paris, Texas (1984) and Lucky (2017).
1926Himayat Ali Shair, Urdu poet (died 2019)[†]
Himayat Ali Shair was an Urdu poet, writer, film songwriter, actor and radio drama artist from Pakistan.