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1927Lee Allen, American saxophone player (died 1994)[†]
Lee Francis Allen was an American tenor saxophone player. Phil Alvin, Allen's bandmate in The Blasters, called him one of the most important instrumentalists in rock'n'roll. Allen's distinctive tone has been hailed as "one of the defining sounds of rock'n'roll" and "one of the DNA strands of rock."
1927James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Scottish lawyer and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain[†]
James Peter Hymers Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern is a British lawyer. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, Lord Advocate, and Lord Chancellor (1987–1997). He was formerly an active member of the House of Lords, where he sat as a Conservative; he retired from the House on 22 July 2022.
1927Brock Peters, American actor (died 2005)[†]
Brock Peters was an American actor, best known for playing the villainous "Crown" in the 1959 film version of Porgy and Bess, and Tom Robinson in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird. He made his Broadway debut in the 1965 Norman Rosten play Mister Johnson. He was nominated for a Tony Award and won a Drama Desk Award and an Outer Critics Circle Award for his lead role as Rev. Stephen Kumalo in the 1972 Broadway revival of the musical Lost in the Stars. He received the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 1991 and a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1992.
Drops dead in court after assailing daughter, Mrs L Clifford
I Zweiffler testifies, at Mayor's inquiry, that death record of child was chanced, and his name forged to it; L D Gross reads 26 complaints of anti-Semitism into record; L Borow, Jewish interne, testifies; Walker will leave hazing case for courts
British plan to ask twice global cruiser tonnage outlined in U S proposals; crisis looms; Gibson may call plenary session; experts agree on 5-in gun as maximum for submarines, during discussion of characteristics of submarines and each country's requirements; Viscount Saito, Japanese delegate, gets new instructions; statement by U S Repr Timberlake in support of big navy for U S if conf fails
Byrd, R E, landing in sea at Ver-sur-Mer, after transatlantic flight, and events following
CAEN, France, July 1. -- Commander Byrd, Bert Acosta, Lieutenant Noville and Lieutenant Balchen are sleeping here tonight as the guests of the municipality of this ancient city. A score of miles away on the beach near the little fishing village of Ver-sur-Mer rests their airplane, the America, crippled but not dead. In the morning the aviators will go to the French capital.
Comment on Comdr Byrd's transatlantic flight
VER-SUR-MER, July 1. -- A correspondent for The Associated Press asked Commander Byrd today whether he was satisfied from his experience that commercial transatlantic aviation was feasible.
C Grosvenor, Pres, sends message to Comdr Byrd on accomplishment of transatlantic flight
VER-SUR-MER, July 1. -- The little village of Ver-sur-Mer, soundly asleep at 2 o'clock this morning, expected no such sudden thrust into fame as came to it half an hour later when the four missing American aviators dived out of the fog and beckoned for hospitality 200 yards from its shore.