Seigneur John Michael Beaumont was the twenty-second Seigneur of Sark in the Channel Islands. He worked as a civil engineer before succeeding his paternal grandmother, Sibyl Hathaway, the 21st Dame of Sark, in 1974. During his rule, Beaumont saw the loss of many feudal rights enjoyed by the seigneurs, and he was consequently often described as the "last feudal baron".

1927Jim Simpson, American sportscaster (died 2016)^[†]

James Shores Simpson was an American sportscaster, known for his smooth delivery as a play-by-play man and his versatility in covering many different sports. In 1997, he won the Sports Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 2000 he was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame.

1927Kim Young-sam, South Korean soldier and politician, 7th President of South Korea (died 2015)^[†]

Kim Young-sam, often referred to by his initials YS, was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the seventh president of South Korea from 1993 to 1998.

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1927Frederick Semple, American golfer and tennis player (born 1872)^[†]

Frederick Humphrey Semple was an American golfer and tennis player who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Headlines from December 20, 1927

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600 PUT TO DEATH AT ONCE IN CANTON; Nationalists Execute Them as Reds in Reign of Terror Suppressing Revolt. 200,000 FLEE IN FEAR Rumblings of New Warfare Are Heard -- Soviet Trade Mission Is Raided in Shanghai. 600 PUT TO DEATH AT ONCE IN CANTON

UP-STATE STORM TRAPS 200 IN AUTOS; Snowbound Motorists Rescued on Lake Erie Road After Appeal to Governor. UP-STATE STORM TRAPS 200 IN AUTOS

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