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December 1, 1926

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Antonia Brenner

1926Mother Antonia, American-Mexican nun and activist (died 2013)[โ€ ]

Mother Antonia Brenner, better known as Mother Antonia was an American religious sister and activist who chose to reside and care for inmates at the notorious maximum-security La Mesa Prison in Tijuana, Mexico. As a result of her work, she founded a new community called the Eudist Servants of the 11th Hour.

Allyn Ann McLerie

1926Allyn Ann McLerie, Canadian-American actress, singer, and dancer (died 2018)[โ€ ]

Allyn Ann McLerie was a Canadian-born American actress, singer and dancer who worked with many of Golden Age musical theatre's major choreographers, including George Balanchine, Agnes de Mille, and Jerome Robbins.

Keith Michell

1926Keith Michell, Australian actor (died 2015)[โ€ ]

Keith Joseph Michell was an Australian actor who worked primarily in the United Kingdom, and was best known for his television and film portrayals of King Henry VIII. He appeared extensively in Shakespeare and other classics and musicals in Britain, and was also in several Broadway productions. He was an artistic director of the Chichester Festival Theatre in the 1970s and later had a recurring role on Murder, She Wrote as the charming thief Dennis Stanton. He was also known for illustrating a collection of Jeremy Lloyd's poems Captain Beaky, and singing the title song from the associated album.

1926Robert Symonds, American actor (died 2007)[โ€ ]

Robert Symonds was an American actor. He was the associate director of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center from 1965 through 1972.

Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner

1926Colin Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, Scottish businessman (died 2010)[โ€ ]

Colin Christopher Paget Tennant, 3rd Baron Glenconner, was a British peer, landowner and socialite. He was the son of Christopher Tennant, 2nd Baron Glenconner, and Pamela Winifred Paget. He was also the nephew of Edward Tennant and Stephen Tennant, and the half-brother of the novelist Emma Tennant.

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Headlines from December 1, 1926

KING OF RUMANIA CALLS ON STATESMEN TO PROTECT THRONE; Ferdinand in Proclamation Says He Is Recovering and Will Do His Duty to End. ALLUDES TO PRINCE CAROL Recalls Sacrifices and That He Called Halt to "Unhappy Errors of Beloved Child." QUEEN ARRIVES IN PARIS Court Official Is First to See Her on Liner With News of Situation at Home. CALLS ON STATESMEN TO PROTECT THRONE

By Lincoln Eyre.copyright, 1926, By the New York Times Company.special Cable To the New York Times.by Lincoln Eyre

King Ferdinand's proclamation alludes to him as "beloved child"; interviewed by Gen Angelescu, who says he got Prince's promise that he would not return by illegal method; denies interview has anything to do with succession question

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