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1934Raymond Briggs, English author and illustrator (died 2022)[†]
Raymond Redvers Briggs was an English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author. Achieving critical and popular success among adults and children, he is best known in Britain for his 1978 story The Snowman, a book without words whose cartoon adaptation is televised and whose musical adaptation is staged every Christmas.
1934Joseph Devlin, Northern Irish political leader of the Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) (born 1871)[†]
Joseph Devlin was an Irish journalist and influential nationalist politician. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Irish Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Later Devlin was an MP and leader of the Nationalist Party in the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He was referred to as "the duodecimo Demosthenes" by the Irish politician Tim Healy which Devlin took as a compliment.
Witnesses tell of Nazi violence; cases cited
Extends dead-line on return of gold; orders payment at face value until further notice; text of order
Urges house-to-house canvass to collect back income taxes
City to join forces with Citizens' Budget Comm to restrain payment of pension to F X McQuade
726-carat pure white diamond found on his claim; 4th largest ever discovered
B A Pyrke advocates socialization
Testifies at Sen inquiry on air-mail contracts
Introduces gold bill in House
Alamyth (yacht) sinks off N J coast; passengers and crew rescued; illus
Resigns as sec of Dem Natl Com