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System up as issue in several States; slush fund revelations in Ill and Pa cause move for reform
Conf with Calles opens way to peace
Mulai Yussef, Sultan of Morocco, bewildered in France by changes of Premiers
Zeithu, A, hurt as ??? hits live wire
1926Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist and academic (died 2006)[†]
Clifford James Geertz was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology and who was considered "for three decades ... the single most influential cultural anthropologist in the United States." He served until his death as professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton.
1926Gyula Hernádi, Hungarian author and screenwriter (died 2005)[†]
Gyula Hernádi was a Hungarian writer and screenwriter. He wrote for 36 films between 1965 and 2005, mostly for director Miklós Jancsó. He also wrote many novels, mostly surrealistic science fiction or horror stories with unique twists.
1926Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (born 1895)[†]
Rodolfo Pietro Filiberto Raffaello Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguella, known professionally as Rudolph Valentino and nicknamed The Latin Lover, was an Italian actor who starred in several well-known silent films including The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, The Sheik, Blood and Sand (1922), The Eagle (1925), and The Son of the Sheik (1926).