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Eden, at special meeting of Brit Cabinet, confirms Paris repts of Italy's threats, and Flandin's reproof
King Edward VIII visits Glasgow slums
Joint criminal indictment bill
1936Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (died 2002)[†]
Robert Macomber "Bob" Akin, III was an American business executive, journalist, television commentator and champion sports car racing driver.
1936Marion Barry, American lawyer and politician, 2nd Mayor of the District of Columbia (died 2014)[†]
Marion Shepilov Barry was an American politician who served as mayor of the District of Columbia from 1979 to 1991 and 1995 to 1999. A Democrat, Barry had served three tenures on the Council of the District of Columbia, representing as an at-large member from 1975 to 1979, in Ward 8 from 1993 to 1995, and again from 2005 to 2014.
1936Choummaly Sayasone, Laotian politician, 5th President of Laos[†]
Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone is a Laotian politician who was General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos from 2006 to 2016.