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discussed at meeting of U S Chamber of Commerce by H Sibley, J D Black, J W Hook and B C Heacock; amendment sought
Sued by Mrs G Bernstein for alleged skin injuries from using free samples of cosmetics
map of Insurgent advance on Bilbao
At White House conf on power
trial opens; M J Blessington, former venireman, testifies; "fixing" charge; inquiry begun
1937Saddam Hussein, Iraqi general and politician, 5th President of Iraq (died 2006)[†]
Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until he was overthrown in 2003 during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. He previously served as the vice president from 1968 to 1979 and also as the prime minister from 1979 to 1991 and later from 1994 to 2003. A leading member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, he was a proponent of Ba'athism, a mix of Arab nationalism and Arab socialism. The policies and political ideas he championed are collectively known as Saddamism.
1937Jean Redpath, Scottish singer-songwriter (died 2014)[†]
Jean Redpath MBE was a Scottish folk singer.
1937John White, Scottish international footballer (died 1964)[†]
John Anderson White was a Scottish international football midfielder and sometime inside right who played a significant role for Tottenham Hotspur (Spurs) during their Double winning season in 1960–61. He had two brothers, Eddie and Tom, who were also professional footballers. White was killed by a lightning strike at the age of 27.
1937South African medical researcher Max Theiler develops the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City.[†]
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres, the country has a population of over 63 million people. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament, is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is regarded as the judicial capital. The largest, most populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and Durban.