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1927John Chancellor, American journalist (died 1996)[†]
John William Chancellor was an American journalist who spent most of his career with NBC News. He is considered a pioneer in television news. Chancellor served as anchor of the NBC Nightly News from 1970 to 1982 and continued to do editorials and commentaries for NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw until 1993.
1927Mike Esposito, American author and illustrator (died 2010)[†]
Michael "Mike" Esposito, who sometimes used the pseudonyms Mickey Demeo, Mickey Dee, Michael Dee, and Joe Gaudioso, was an American comic book artist whose work for DC Comics, Marvel Comics and others spanned the 1950s to the 2000s. As a comic book inker teamed with his childhood friend Ross Andru, he drew for such major titles as The Amazing Spider-Man and Wonder Woman. An Andru-Esposito drawing of Wonder Woman appears on a 2006 U.S. stamp.
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Says Amalgamated Assn of Street and Electric Ry Employes has undivided support of A F L in organizing I R T employes
Station WABC bars talk by F B Shaw in defense of use of worms
Questioned at rapid transit readjustment hearing on advisability of adding Bklyn City R R Co surface lines to unification scheme
M Morris and T R Edwards fight at Council meeting; Police Chief Whitehead injures Edwards with blackjack
57% of soldiers honorably discharged re-enlist
Rescues 2 girls, in Bronx River
Canfield, (Lt) D, hurt in crash
Delegation in Rapid City; will see him tomorrow; Miss A Pollitzer outlines Natl Woman's Party program
Bridgeman expected to return home after plenary session today; his return foreshadows temporary abandonment of Geneva parleys pending direct negotiations between capitals; new compromise on 12-12-8 ratio of heavy cruisers mooted
Buys $10,000,000 meat business from G Kern
Alexander Theatre Ticket Office, and O and E Alexander found guilty; prison sentence unlikely