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Dismisses cross-suit of 5 "banished" members seeking to restrain K K K from doing business jn Pa
With husband, Viscount Lascelles, arrives in Jerusalem
Roberts offers evidence to show that Fall kept deal hidden weeks; Sinclair profits revealed; H M Blackmer's name called in court
1928Hardy Krüger, German actor (died 2022)[†]
Hardy Krüger was a German actor and author who appeared in more than 60 films from 1944 onwards. After becoming a film star in Germany in the 1950s, Krüger increasingly turned to roles in international films such as The One That Got Away (1957), Hatari!, Sundays and Cybèle, The Flight of the Phoenix (1965), Battle of Neretva, The Secret of Santa Vittoria, The Red Tent, Barry Lyndon (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and The Wild Geese (1978).
1928Jean-François Paillard, French conductor (died 2013)[†]
Jean-François Paillard was a French conductor.
1928The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.[†]
The Bremen is a German Junkers W 33 aircraft that made the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west on April 12 and 13, 1928.