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Chamberlain tells House of Commons of attacks on British and Americans at Nanking
Liquor and malt seized in Sayreville, So River and Newark, N J, and crew of Kilmarnock arrested on telephone tip; Police Chief Gross of Sayreville held on charge of interfering with raids; warrants out for E Cost, W Lillien and W White; liquor said to be part of cargo landed by Kilmarnock at Perth Amboy, N J
F Marbe gets £3,100 damages for being deprived of part in "Yvonne,"
1927Cesar Chavez, American labor union leader and activist (died 1993)[†]
Cesario Estrada Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist. Along with Dolores Huerta and lesser known Gilbert Padilla, he co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA), which later merged with the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) to become the United Farm Workers (UFW) labor union. Ideologically, his worldview combined left-wing politics with Catholic social teachings.
1927William Daniels, American actor[†]
William David Daniels is an American actor, known for his television roles, notably as Mark Craig on the drama series St. Elsewhere, for which he won two Primetime Emmy Awards, the voice of KITT on the television series Knight Rider, and George Feeny on the sitcom Boy Meets World, which earned him four People's Choice Award nominations. He reprised his Knight Rider role in the sequel TV movie Knight Rider 2000 and his Boy Meets World role in the sequel series Girl Meets World. He also portrayed Carter Nash in Captain Nice.
1927Eduardo Martínez Somalo, Spanish cardinal (died 2021)[†]
Eduardo Martínez Somalo was a Spanish prelate of the Catholic Church who spent most of his career in the Roman Curia, first in the Secretariat of State from 1956 to 1975 and from 1979 to 1988, and then leading two of its principal dicasteries: the Congregation for Divine Worship from 1988 to 1992 and the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life from 1992 to 2004.
1927Vladimir Ilyushin, Russian pilot (died 2010)[†]
Vladimir Sergeyevich Ilyushin was a Russian military officer and a test pilot in the former Soviet space program. Ilyushin was a son of the famous aviation designer Sergey Ilyushin, and whose career was mostly as a test pilot for the Sukhoi OKB. After retiring from the space program, Ilyushin became a sports administrator and was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame in 2013.
1927Elmer Diedtrich, American businessman and politician (died 2013)[†]
Elmer Diedtrich was an American politician and businessman.
1927Bud MacPherson, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1988)[†]
James Albert "Bud" MacPherson was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He played 259 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens from 1949 to 1957. With Montreal, he won the Stanley Cup in 1953. The rest of his career lasted from 1947 to 1961 and was spent in the minor leagues. He was inducted to the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2005 as a member of the 1947-48 Edmonton Flyers Hockey Team.
1927Kang Youwei, Chinese scholar and political reformer (born 1858)[†]
Kang Youwei was a political thinker and reformer in China of the late Qing dynasty. His increasing closeness to and influence over the young Guangxu Emperor sparked conflict between the emperor and his adoptive mother, the regent Empress Dowager Cixi. His ideas were influential in the abortive Hundred Days' Reform. Following the coup by Cixi that ended the reform, Kang was forced to flee. He continued to advocate for a Chinese constitutional monarchy after the founding of the Republic of China.