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resolution of sympathy for King George passed at Chicago Methodist Ministers' meeting
A E Fitkin gives $1,000,000 for hosp in Shrewsbury Township, N J
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On San Francisco as likely meeting place for Repub Natl Convention
L E Eddy, R W Tallman and A W Ambrose testify that Sec Fall was dominating figure in drafting lease; Justice Siddons seeks more data before ruling on Sinclair evidence
1927Barbara Cook, American singer and actress (died 2017)[†]
Barbara Cook was an American actress and singer who first came to prominence in the 1950s as the lead in the original Broadway musicals Plain and Fancy (1955), Candide (1956) and The Music Man (1957) among others, winning a Tony Award for the last. She continued performing mostly in theatre until the mid-1970s, when she began a second career as a cabaret and concert singer. She also made numerous recordings.
1927Jorge Batlle Ibáñez, Uruguayan lawyer and politician, 32nd President of Uruguay (died 2016)[†]
Jorge Luis Batlle Ibáñez was a Uruguayan politician and lawyer, who served as the 38th president of Uruguay from 2000 to 2005. A member of the Colorado Party, he previously served as National Representative from 1959 to 1967, and as Senator of the Republic from 1985 to 1990 and from 1990 to 1999.
1927Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and author (died 1987)[†]
Lawrence Kohlberg was an American psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development.
1927Lauretta Masiero, Italian actress and singer (died 2010)[†]
Lauretta Masiero was an Italian actress and singer.
1927The Italian luxury liner SS Principessa Mafalda sinks off the coast of Brazil, killing 314.[†]
SS Principessa Mafalda was an Italian transatlantic ocean liner built for the Navigazione Generale Italiana (NGI) company. Named after Princess Mafalda of Savoy, second daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III, the ship was completed and entered NGI's South American service between Genoa and Buenos Aires in 1909. Her sister ship SS Principessa Jolanda sank immediately upon launching on 22 September 1907.