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1934Johnny Burnette, American singer-songwriter (died 1964)[†]
John Joseph Burnette was an American singer and songwriter of rockabilly and pop music. In 1952, Johnny, his brother Dorsey Burnette, and their mutual friend Paul Burlison, formed the band that became known as the Rock and Roll Trio. His career was cut short on August 14, 1964, when he drowned following a boat accident, aged 30.
1934Bernard King, Australian actor and chef (died 2002)[†]
Bernard James King was an Australian stage actor, celebrity chef, and television personality.
1934Karlheinz Schreiber, German-Canadian businessman[†]
Karlheinz Schreiber is a German and Canadian citizen, an industrialist, lobbyist, fundraiser, arms dealer, businessman, and convicted criminal. He has been in the news regarding his alleged role in the 1999 CDU contributions scandal in Germany, which damaged the political legacy of former Chancellor of Germany Helmut Kohl and involves the former Federal Minister of Finance of Germany Wolfgang Schäuble as well as the Airbus affair in Canada, which was linked through allegation to former prime minister of Canada Brian Mulroney. He was extradited to Germany on 2 August 2009, and convicted of tax evasion.
1934Gloria Steinem, American feminist activist, co-founded the Women's Media Center[†]
Gloria Marie Steinem is an American journalist and social-political activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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French note seen as attempt to line up Gt Britain and Italy in anti-German bloc to bar large German army
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 24. -- By way of giving assurances to the folks back home that there is still no serious cause for alarm, the Giants performed in their best championship manner today, leaving the Browns with very little to say and even less to do about the outcome.
Per capita wealth of prisoners reptd as $4.90; total bank accts of prisoners decreased
Unions reject plan for R Rs
Plans for meeting
SEAN O'CASEY'S newest play, "Within the Gates," is about to be purchased by some one in this country and is intended to be shown here next season. The identity of the producer has not been disclosed; before he puts on the play in New York he will pay a visit to Mr. O'Casey and talk it over.
CAMDEN, S.C., March 24. -- One of the greatest fields ever to go to the post in a timber race in the United States started in the Carolina Cup today over the Springdale course. When the last barrier had been passed the victor was Mrs. Thomas E. Proctor's Charioteer.
Snow rang down the curtain on the international flower show last night. The six-day exhibition in the Grand Central Palace closed on the dot of 10:30 P.M. and the last of the 130,000 visitors who attended the show during the week were compelled to turn their back upon the pseudo-Springtime within and meet the joker snowstorm outside the building.
Cal scientists use 3,000,000-volt gun to transmute elements