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September 27, 1936

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BOGOTA LOAN MOVE DEMANDED BY BANK; Hanover Bank, Trustee of Power and Light Issue, Writes Colombian City's Council. BONDHOLDERS URGED STEP Committees Win Promise to Press Plea to Earmark Funds for Service.

By Unknown Author

Formal demand has been made the President of the upon Municipal Council of the city of Bogota, Colombia, by the Central Hanover Bank and Trust Company, as trustee for Bogota's consolidation power and light dollar loan, to take immediate steps to place in escrow to the account of the trustee all moneys received from the revenues pledged for the servicing of these bonds.

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Don Cornelius

1936Don Cornelius, American television host and producer (died 2012)[†]

Donald Cortez Cornelius was an American television show host and producer widely known as the creator of the nationally syndicated dance and music show Soul Train, which he hosted from 1970 until 1993. Cornelius sold the show to MadVision Entertainment in 2008. On November 3, 2023, he was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Ahmet Ertegun Award.

1936Gordon Honeycombe, English actor, playwright, and author (died 2015)[†]

Ronald Gordon Honeycombe was a British newscaster, author, playwright and stage actor.