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Amer Legion ceremonies at tomb in Paris
Smith (Gov), A E, and wife escape injury when auto collides with taxi; 2 hurt
Police say he died in plot; widow released on $25,000 bail; investigation
1927Colette Bonheur, Canadian singer (died 1966)[†]
Colette Bonheur was a singer from Montreal, Quebec.
1927John Dankworth, English saxophonist, clarinet player, and composer (died 2010)[†]
Sir John Phillip William Dankworth, CBE, also known as Johnny Dankworth, was an English jazz composer, saxophonist, clarinettist and writer of film scores. With his wife, jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, he was a music educator and also her music director.
1927Red Mitchell, American bassist, composer, and poet (died 1992)[†]
Keith Moore "Red" Mitchell was an American jazz double-bassist, composer, lyricist, and poet.
1927Rachel Roberts, Welsh actress (died 1980)[†]
Rachel Roberts was a Welsh actress. She is best remembered for her screen performances as the older mistress of the central male characters in both Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) and This Sporting Life (1963). For each, she won the BAFTA Award for Best British Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for This Sporting Life. Her other notable film appearances included Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975) and Yanks (1979).
1927George Nichols, American actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1864)[†]
George Nichols, sometimes credited in films as George O. Nicholls, was an American actor and film director. He worked at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios.