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May 25, 1933

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Notable Births

Sarah Marshall (British actress)

1933Sarah Marshall, English-American actress (died 2014)[†]

Sarah Lynne Marshall was a British actress. She received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in Goodbye Charlie.

Basdeo Panday

1933Basdeo Panday, Trinidadian lawyer and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (died 2024)[†]

Basdeo Panday was a Trinidadian statesman, lawyer, politician, trade unionist, economist, and actor, who served as the fifth prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago from 1995 to 2001. He was the first Indo-Trinidadian, along with being the first Hindu, to hold the office of prime minister.

1933Ray Spencer, English footballer (died 2016)[†]

Raymond Spencer was an English professional footballer who made 156 appearances in the Football League playing as a wing half or centre half for Darlington and Torquay United. He began his career with Aston Villa without playing for their first team, and went on to play non-league football for Bath City and Bridgwater Town. He represented England at schoolboy level.

Jógvan Sundstein

1933Jógvan Sundstein, Faroese accountant and politician, 7th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands (died 2024)[†]

Jógvan Sundstein was a Faroese politician and member of the Faroese People's Party.

Historical Events

The Walt Disney Company

1933The Walt Disney Company cartoon Three Little Pigs premieres at Radio City Music Hall, featuring the hit song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"[†]

The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was founded on October 16, 1923, as an animation studio by brothers Walt Disney and Roy Oliver Disney as Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio; it later operated under the names Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before adopting its current name in 1986. In 1928, Disney established itself as a leader in the animation industry with the short film Steamboat Willie. The film used synchronized sound to become the first post-produced sound cartoon, and popularized Mickey Mouse, who became Disney's mascot and corporate icon.

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Headlines from May 25, 1933

MITCHELL APPEALED TO BANK TO PAY LOSS; Swope Testifies Chairman Did Not Tell Directors of Selling Stock to Wife. TRIAL TURNS TO 1930 SALE Altered Records of Copper Deal Shown -- Bookkeeping Error, Says Brokers' Aide. MITCHELL ASKED BANK TO PAY LOSS

By C.E. MITCHELL.C.E. MITCHELL

G Swope testifies Mitchell asked Natl City Bank directors to reimburse him for losses suffered in taking over Natl City Co stock; says he did not tell them of sale of stock to wife; prosecution attempts to prove 1930 income tax was evaded, by fake sale of Anaconda Copper Mining Co stock to W D Thornton

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