Mirella Freni was an Italian operatic soprano who had a career of 50 years and appeared at major international opera houses. She received international attention at the Glyndebourne Festival, where she appeared as Mozart's Zerlina in Mozart's Don Giovanni and Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro, and as Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore.

1935Uri Shulevitz, American author and illustrator^[†]

Uri Shulevitz was an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He won the 1969 Caldecott Medal for U.S. picture book illustration, recognizing The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship, an Eastern European fairy tale retold by Arthur Ransome in 1916.

Headlines from February 27, 1935

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Liners Race to Sinking Ship But Find No Trace in Gale; Europa and Two Other Craft Battle Great Seas to Aid 26 on Freighter -- Stand By All Night to Search for Her.

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Morgan's 900 Miniatures To Be Auctioned in London; Small Paintings on Ivory, Said to Be Worth $600,000, Represent Masters of 4 Centuries -- Sale to Take Place This Spring.

SCHULTZ IN HIDING RAN POLICY RACKET; Addressed Mass Meeting of Aides Here During Federal Hunt for Him in 1934.

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