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Seabury aide goes to Mex City to serve subpoena on Sherwood; property will be seized unless he returns
1931Ed Emberley, American author and illustrator[†]
Edward Randolph Emberley is an American artist and illustrator, best known for children's picture books.
1931John le Carré, English intelligence officer and author (died 2020)[†]
David John Moore Cornwell, better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a British author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer", he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Near the end of his life, le Carré became an Irish citizen.
1931Atsushi Miyagi, Japanese tennis player (died 2021)[†]
Atsushi Miyagi was a Japanese tennis player.