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Ellsworth and pilot, H Hollick-Kenyon, take off on flight to Little Amer; Ellsworth describes plans
Dr V W von Hagen finds skeleton of man on Santa Cruz Indefatigable Island, believed to be that of Philipson, companion of Baroness de Wagner
named by Pres Roosevelt as member
N Y Ct of Appeals rules that devaluation of dollar, and voiding of gold clause, extends to foreign debts and credits; case of Compania de Inversiones vs Indus Mortgage Bank of Finland
1935Leo Falcam, Micronesian politician and 5th President of Micronesia (died 2018)[†]
Leo Amy Falcam was a Micronesian political figure. He was born in Pohnpei. He served as the first elected Governor of Pohnpei from 1979 to 1983 and as Vice President of Micronesia from May 1997 to May 1999. He then served as the fifth president of the Federated States of Micronesia, holding the position from May 11, 1999, to May 11, 2003. In March 2003 he lost his parliamentary seat during elections, denying him a chance at a second term.
1935Imre Makovecz, Hungarian architect (died 2011)[†]
Imre Makovecz was a Hungarian architect active in Europe from the late 1950s onward.
1935John Jellicoe, Royal Navy officer (born 1859)[†]
Admiral of the Fleet John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Anglo-Egyptian War and the Boxer Rebellion and commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in May 1916 during the First World War. His handling of the fleet at that battle was controversial. Jellicoe made no serious mistakes and the German High Seas Fleet retreated to port, at a time when defeat would have been catastrophic for Britain, but the public was disappointed that the Royal Navy had not won a more dramatic victory given that they outnumbered the enemy. Jellicoe later served as First Sea Lord, overseeing the expansion of the Naval Staff at the Admiralty and the introduction of convoys, but was relieved at the end of 1917. He also served as the governor-general of New Zealand in the early 1920s.