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Roosevelt expected to welcome talks with all nations on principle that debtor should always have access to creditor for discussion
Crain advises Bd of Elections to halt investigation in order not to interfere with grand jury
S on war debts, to Leeds Chamber of Commerce
vetoes bill
£ rises on improved outlook for war-debt solution
1933Corazon Aquino, Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines (died 2009)[†]
María Corazón "Cory" Sumulong Cojuangco-Aquino was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th president of the Philippines and the first woman president in the country, from 1986 to 1992. She was the most prominent figure of the 1986 People Power Revolution, which ended the two-decade rule of President Ferdinand Marcos and led to the establishment of the current democratic Fifth Philippine Republic.
1933Anne Innis Dagg, Canadian zoologist and author (died 2024)[†]
Anne Christine Innis Dagg was a Canadian zoologist, feminist, and author of numerous books. A pioneer in the study of animal behaviour in the wild, Dagg is credited with being the first person to study wild giraffes. Her impact on current understandings of giraffe biology and behaviour were the focus of the 2011 CBC radio documentary Wild Journey: The Anne Innis Story, the 2018 documentary film The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, and the 2021 children's book The Girl Who Loved Giraffes and Became the World's First Giraffologist.