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Japanese marines landed at Nanking after 2-hr bombardment of Lion Hill forts; U S S Simpson moves from gun range; U S Consul reptd ready to evacuate Amers; clash at Swatow imminent
U S policy outlined in statement; confers with Amb Lindsay
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1932Arthur Lyman, American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (died 2002)[†]
Arthur Hunt Lyman was a Hawaiian jazz vibraphone and marimba player. His group popularized a style of faux-Polynesian music during the 1950s and 1960s which later became known as exotica. His albums became favorite stereo-effect demonstration discs during the early days of the stereophonic LP album for their elaborate and colorful percussion, deep bass and 3-dimensional recording soundstage. Lyman was known as "the King of Lounge music."
1932Robert Mandan, American actor (died 2018)[†]
Robert Mandan was an American actor, best known for his roles as Sam Reynolds on Search for Tomorrow (1965–1970), Chester Tate, the philandering businessman husband of Jessica Tate on the satirical sitcom Soap (1977–1981) and James Bradford on the short lived Three's Company spin off Three's A Crowd (1984–1985) that lasted for one season.
1932Agha Petros, Assyrian general and politician (born 1880)[†]
Petros Elia of Baz, better known as Agha Petros, was an Assyrian military leader and statesman, best known for his role during World War I. He is considered a national hero for the Assyrians and other Christian minorities in the Middle East, and became a terror to the Kurds, Turks and other Muslims. By 1918, Agha Petros and his Assyrian forces managed to control vast territory of Iranian Azerbaijan, west of Lake Urmia, where they established self-governance.