Sandy Baron was an American actor and comedian who performed on stage, in films, and on television. He is best known for his recurring role of Jack Klompus on the NBC sitcom Seinfeld.

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1936Italian troops occupy Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.^[†]

Addis Ababa is the capital city of Ethiopia, as well as the regional state of Oromia. With an estimated population of 2,739,551 inhabitants as of the 2007 census, it is the largest city in the country and the eleventh-largest in Africa. Addis Ababa is a highly developed and important cultural, artistic, financial and administrative center of Ethiopia.

Headlines from May 5, 1936

Emperor on Way to Palestine; RAS NASIBA FLEES; NEGUS ON WARSHIP

' Idiot's Delight' a Pulitzer Winner; 'Honey in Horn' Gets Novel Prize; Sherwood Drama and First Work by H.L. Davis on 1936 List -- Lauren D. Lyman, the Late Will Barber and Cedar Rapids Gazette Receive Awards in Journalism.

Germany Is Jubilant Over Week-End Events; League Futility Seen in Ethiopian Collapse; GERMANY PLEASED BY TURN OF EVENTS

PARIS LEFT REGIME TO SEEK ARMS CUTS AND AMITY ABROAD; New Deal With Germany and End of Italian Tension Seen as Goals of Socialists. REDS ARE HELD PATRIOTIC French Securities Slump After Election -- Halt in Outflow of Gold May Be Necessary. PARIS LEFT REGIME TO SEEK ARMS CUTS

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