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To be organized at suggestion of Fed Farm Bd by com of 16 chosen by 650,000 wheat growers; W Settle named chmn; statement
Calls special session of Gen Assembly to re-enact bills
Briand credited with having won ratification for France; summary of ratification efforts
1929Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, American journalist and socialite, 37th First Lady of the United States (died 1994)[†]
Jacqueline Lee Kennedy Onassis, also known as Jackie O, was the first lady of the United States from 1961 to 1963, as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. During her lifetime, she was regarded as an international icon for her unique fashion choices, and her work as a cultural ambassador of the United States made her popular globally.
1929Shirley Ann Grau, American novelist and short story writer (died 2020)[†]
Shirley Ann Grau was an American writer. Born in New Orleans, she lived part of her childhood in Montgomery, Alabama. Her novels are set primarily in the Deep South and explore issues of race and gender. In 1965 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature for her novel The Keepers of the House, set in a fictional Alabama town.