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Chinese-Japanese relations
Chinese-Japanese relations
Tax rate announced as $2.59 per $100, 2 points over 1931, to meet budget rise; contradicts Mayor Walker's prediction of cut; P Grimm expresses disapproval of real-estate owners
Dems create economy com to investigate expenditures of all depts
1932Michel Legrand, French pianist, composer, and conductor (died 2019)[†]
Michel Jean Legrand was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), and additional Oscars for Summer of '42 (1971) and Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983).
1932Zell Miller, American sergeant and politician, 79th Governor of Georgia (died 2018)[†]
Zell Bryan Miller was an American politician who served as the 79th governor of Georgia from 1991 to 1999 and as a United States senator representing the state from 2000 to 2005. He was a member of the Democratic Party and before 2021 was the last Democratic senator from Georgia. He is also the last Democrat as of 2025 to be elected twice as Governor of Georgia.
1932John Vernon, Canadian-American actor (died 2005)[†]
John Keith Vernon was a Canadian actor. He made a career in Hollywood after achieving initial television stardom in Canada. He was best known for playing Dean Wormer in Animal House, the Mayor in Dirty Harry, and Fletcher in The Outlaw Josey Wales.