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October 5, 1933

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Headlines from October 5, 1933

INCOME TAX CHECK IN WALL ST. ORDERED; Government to Study Records of All Customers for Years 1929-32 Inclusive. 300 AGENTS START HUNT Nation-Wide Drive Begins Soon to Punish Fraudulent Claims of Stock Losses. INCOME TAX CHECK IN WALL ST. ORDERED

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Internal Revenue agents ordered to be ready to begin exhaustive check-up of stock market profits and losses as preliminary to nationwide Fed inquiry aimed at fraudulent returns based on alleged losses sustained through sales of securities, 1929 to 1932

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Notable Births

Doug Bailey

1933Doug Bailey, American political consultant, founded The Hotline (died 2013)[†]

Doug Bailey was an American political consultant and founder of The Hotline, a bipartisan, daily briefing on American politics.

Billy Lee Riley

1933Billy Lee Riley, American rockabilly musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer (died 2009)[†]

Billy Lee Riley was an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. His most memorable recordings include "Rock With Me Baby", "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" and "Red Hot".

Notable Deaths

Renée Adorée

1933Renée Adorée, French-American actress (born 1898)[†]

Renée Adorée was a French stage and film actress who appeared in Hollywood silent movies during the 1920s. She is best known for portraying the role of Melisande, the love interest of John Gilbert in the melodramatic romance and war epic The Big Parade. Adorée's career was cut short after she contracted tuberculosis in 1930. She died of the disease in 1933 at the age of 35.

Nikolai Yudenich

1933Nikolai Yudenich, Russian general (born 1862)[†]

Nikolai Nikolayevich Yudenich was a commander of the Russian Imperial Army during World War I. He was a leader of the anti-communist White movement in northwestern Russia during the Civil War.