James Henry Cotton was an American blues harmonica player, singer and songwriter, who performed and recorded with many fellow blues artists and with his own band. He also played drums early in his career.

1935David Prowse, English actor (died 2020)^[†]

David Charles Prowse was an English actor, bodybuilder, strongman and weightlifter. He portrayed Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy and a manservant in Stanley Kubrick's 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. In 2015, he starred in two documentaries concerning his Darth Vader role, one titled The Force's Mouth, which included Prowse voicing Darth Vader's lines with studio effects applied for the first time, and the other titled I Am Your Father, covering the subject of the fallout between Prowse and Lucasfilm.

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1935Regina, Saskatchewan, police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police ambush strikers participating in the On-to-Ottawa Trek.^[†]

Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province, and is a commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. As of the 2021 census, Regina had a city population of 226,404, and a metropolitan area population of 249,217. It is governed by Regina City Council. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Sherwood No. 159.

Headlines from July 1, 1935

Mexico Said to Plan Easing Church Policy;

CONFESSES HE SHOT DICKINSON ON PARTY WITH GIRLS IN CAR; William Ferris, Petty Detroit Racketeer, Says He Slew Lawyer in a Scuffle.

ROOSEVELT DEFEAT EXPECTED IN HOUSE; Test Vote Today May Throw Out 'Death Sentence' on Holding Companies.

Cardinal Mercier Statue Unveiled by King Leopold

NAZI PRISON CAMPS SOFTEN DISCIPLINE; Brutality Charged During the Regime's First Months Is Said to Have Disappeared.

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