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Ruin and decay threaten one of the country's "potential historic shrines," the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society announced yesterday, in an appeal to...
Will present medal to C Coolidge for his services in bringing about prison legis
500 whisky bottles containing mailing directions if found thrown overboard by British ships as experiment in charting currents
Sgt Bottriell quits after nearly 500 successful jumps
1929Bob Denard, French soldier (died 2007)[†]
Robert Denard was a French mercenary. He served as the de facto military leader of the Comoros twice with him first serving from 13 May 1978 to 15 December 1989 and again briefly from the 28 September to 5 October in 1995. Sometimes known under the aliases Gilbert Bourgeaud and Saïd Mustapha Mhadjou, he was known for having performed various jobs in support of Françafrique—France's sphere of influence in its former colonies in Africa—for Jacques Foccart, co-ordinator of President Charles de Gaulle's African policy.
1929Joe Gallo, American gangster (died 1972)[†]
Joseph Gallo, also known as "Crazy Joe", was an Italian-American mobster and a captain in the Colombo crime family of New York City.