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N Thomas urges watching Tammany if Amendment wins
Pres Henry attacks Sec Mellon's tax stand, at House Ways and Means Com hearing
18% decline in 15 yrs
Mob revolts against Soviet Consulate in Shanghai
1927L. K. Advani, Indian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India[†]
Lal Krishna Advani is an Indian politician and statesman who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. He is one of the co-founders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organisation. He is the longest serving Minister of Home Affairs serving from 1998 to 2004. He is also the longest serving Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, as well as the longest serving President of the BJP, the current ruling party of India. He was the party's prime ministerial candidate during the 1989, 1991, and 2009 general elections.
1927Chris Connor, American singer (died 2009)[†]
Mary Jean Loutsenhizer, known professionally as Chris Connor, was an American jazz singer.
1927Ken Dodd, English singer and comedian (died 2018)[†]
Sir Kenneth Arthur Dodd was an English comedian, actor and singer. He was described as "the last great music hall entertainer" and was primarily known for his live stand-up performances.
1927Nguyễn Khánh, Vietnamese general and politician, 4th President of the Republic of Vietnam (died 2013)[†]
Nguyễn Khánh was a South Vietnamese military dictator and Army of the Republic of Vietnam general who served in various capacities as head of state and prime minister of South Vietnam while at the head of a military junta from January 1964 until February 1965. He was involved in or against many coup attempts, failed and successful, from 1960 until his defeat and exile from South Vietnam in 1965. Khánh lived out his later years with his family in exile in the United States. He died in 2013 in San Jose, California, at age 85.
1927Patti Page, American singer and actress (died 2013)[†]
Clara Ann Fowler, better known by her stage name Patti Page, was an American singer. Primarily known for pop and country music, she was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling female artist of the 1950s, selling over 100 million records during a six-decade-long career. She was often introduced as "the Singin' Rage, Miss Patti Page". New York WNEW disc-jockey William B. Williams introduced her as "A Page in my life called Patti".