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Plane unsighted for 31 hrs; Miss Elder is member of Quiet Birdmen; her por; J Hollaway, principal backer, gets news of flight while on jury
Mrs Knapp's associates uneasy
Princess Irene of Greece reports engagement
Silence on naval land lease scandal assailed by J A Reed
1927Anita Kerr, American singer and arranger (died 2022)[†]
Anita Jean Kerr was an American singer, arranger, composer, conductor, pianist, and music producer. She recorded and performed with her vocal harmony groups in Nashville, Los Angeles, and Europe.
1927Lee Konitz, American saxophonist and composer (died 2020)[†]
Leon "Lee" Konitz was an American jazz alto saxophonist and composer.
1927Turgut Özal, Turkish engineer and politician, 8th President of Turkey (died 1993)[†]
Halil Turgut Özal was a Turkish politician, bureaucrat, engineer and statesman who served as the eighth president of Turkey from 1989 to 1993. He previously served as the 26th prime minister of Turkey from 1983 to 1989 as the leader of the Motherland Party. He was the deputy prime minister of Turkey in the military government of Bülend Ulusu between 1980 and 1982.