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1927Ray Barrett, Australian actor and singer (died 2009)[†]
Raymond Charles Barrett was an Australian actor. During the 1960s, he was a leading actor on British television, where he was best known for his appearances in The Troubleshooters (1965–1971). From the 1970s, he appeared in lead and character roles in Australian films and television series.
1927Michael Broadbent, British wine critic and writer (died 2020)[†]
John Michael Broadbent, MW, was a British wine critic, writer and auctioneer in a capacity as a Master of Wine. He was an authority on wine tasting and old wines.
1927Ernest Starling, English physiologist and academic (born 1866)[†]
Ernest Henry Starling was a British physiologist who contributed many fundamental ideas to this subject. These ideas were important parts of the British contribution to physiology, which at that time led the world.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 1 (AP). -- The sure remedy for present flood conditions in the Mississippi Valley is the construction of levees which will hold the stream, says a joint statement issued here by Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover and Major Gen. Jadwin, Chief of Army Engineers.
Mrs Snyder to continue her story on stand; temporary insanity to be Gray's defense; demand of Mrs Snyder's counsel for indictment of H Gray and H L Platt is refused by Dist Atty of Syracuse
Kuo Tai-chi, Foreign Comr of Chiang Kai-shek, notifies senior Consul at Shanghai that Political Council of Executive Com of party has passed resolution making Nanking the capital of Nationalist govt
May Day demonstration in London
West 37th St, 32; C W Sveesson killed, 7 hurt
French, W B, wife wins divorce
Labor elements vow war on Trades Union bill and urge dissolution of Baldwin govt, at May Day meetings; anti-Socialist demonstration in defense of the bill
Chosen for seat in French Academy
Rescue crews hampered by fire; known dead reach 16