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January 3, 1934

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Marpessa Dawn

1934Marpessa Dawn, American-French actress, singer, and dancer (died 2008)[โ€ ]

Marpessa Dawn, also known as Gypsy Marpessa Dawn Menor, was an American-French actress, as well as a singer and dancer. She is best remembered for her role in the film Black Orpheus (1959) by Marcel Camus.

Carla Anderson Hills

1934Carla Anderson Hills, American lawyer and politician, 5th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development[โ€ ]

Carla Anderson Hills is an American lawyer and former government official. A member of the Republican Party, she previously served as the 5th United States secretary of housing and urban development under President Gerald Ford from 1975 to 1977 and as the 10th United States trade representative under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1993. Hills was the first woman to hold each of those posts, the third woman ever to serve in a presidential cabinet, and the first appointed to both cabinet and cabinet-rank positions. Hills is the earliest-serving living former U.S. Cabinet member.