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November 27, 1932

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Headlines from November 27, 1932

GOSSIP FROM A MIDWEST DRAMA FRONT

By C.C

CHICAGO, Nov. 25. ONE by one the derelict playhouses in Chicago's forlorn Sargasso Sea of the drama are being salvaged and put back into commission. They may be leaky vessels, incapable of long voyages, they may sink with all hands at any moment, but for the time being the battered hulks are afloat and in service.

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Notable Births

Ninoy Aquino

1932Benigno Aquino Jr., Filipino journalist and politician (died 1983)[†]

Benigno Simeón "Ninoy" Aquino Jr., was a Filipino politician who served as a senator of the Philippines (1967–1972) and governor of the province of Tarlac (1963–1967). Aquino was the husband of Corazon Aquino, who became the 11th president of the Philippines after his assassination, and father of Benigno Aquino III, who became the 15th president of the Philippines. Aquino, together with Gerry Roxas and Jovito R. Salonga, helped form the leadership of the Liberal Party-based coalition against ex-President Ferdinand Marcos. Aquino was a significant emotional leader, who, together with the intellectual leader Sen. Jose W. Diokno, led the overall opposition.