Karl Lehmann was a German prelate and cardinal of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Mainz from 1983 to 2016, being elevated to the cardinalate in 2001.

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1936Leonidas Paraskevopoulos, Greek general and politician (born 1860)^[†]

Leonidas Paraskevopoulos was a Greek military officer and politician. He played a major role in Greece's war effort during the First World War, and was the commander-in-chief of the Army of Asia Minor during the Greco-Turkish War (1919–1922). In his later life, he was a member of the Greek Senate and served as its speaker in 1930–32.

Headlines from May 16, 1936

1,700 Reinforcements Arrive; CHINA PROTESTING ON JAPAN'S TROOPS

Hopkins, Tugwell to Talk Relief on Roosevelt Yacht

ROBINSON ASKS END OF SESSION JUNE 6; Floor Leader Tells the Senate of Aim, Putting Four Bills on the 'Must' List. BYRNS FORESEES NO DELAY Wagner Vainly Seeks Promise of Action on His $876,000,000 Housing Measure. ROBINSON ASKS END OF SESSION JUNE 6

Amy Mollison Smashes All Air Records For Flight to Cape and Return to England

Schuschnigg Assumes Full Power; Will Combine Austrian Armies; Chancellor Takes Leadership of Fatherland Front -- Aide Becomes Chief of Militia -- Absent Prince Starhemberg Is Appointed Patron of Women's Section of Political Organization. SCHUSCHNIGG GETS INCREASED POWERS

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