Caroll Edwin Spinney was an American puppeteer, cartoonist, author, artist and speaker, most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street from its inception in 1969 until 2018.

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1933Mary Ann Bevan, English nurse who, after developing acromegaly, toured the circus sideshow circuit as "the ugliest woman in the world" (born 1874)^[†]

Mary Ann Bevan was an English nurse, who, after developing acromegaly, toured the circus sideshow circuit as "the ugliest woman in the world".

1933Anatoly Lunacharsky, Russian journalist and politician (born 1875)^[†]

Anatoly Vasilyevich Lunacharsky was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and the first Soviet People's Commissar (minister) of Education, as well as an active playwright, critic, essayist, and journalist throughout his career.

1933Henry Watson Fowler, English lexicographer and educator (born 1858)^[†]

Henry Watson Fowler was an English schoolmaster, lexicographer and commentator on the usage of the English language. He is notable for both A Dictionary of Modern English Usage and his work on the Concise Oxford Dictionary, and was described by The Times as "a lexicographical genius".

Headlines from December 26, 1933

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CUBA RELEASES 300 OF CIVILIAN REBELS; Acts After Threat of Hunger Strike -- 32 of the Former Army Officers Freed. AMERICAN OFFICERS DINED Col. Batista Is Host to Navy Men -- Student Leader Sees Roosevelt's Envoy.

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Madrid Expects Difficulties.; MACIA DIES VOICING FEAR FOR COUNTRY

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