Rut Birgitta Dahl was a Swedish politician of the Social Democratic Party. Dahl was a Member of Parliament from 1969 to 2002. She served as Minister for Energy from 1982 to 1990, as Minister for the Environment from 1986 to 1991, and as Speaker of the Parliament from 1994 to 2002. She was the chairman of the Swedish section of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) between 2005 and 2011.

1937Garry Johnson, English general^[†]

General Sir Garry Dene Johnson, is a retired British Army officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces Northern Europe from 1992 to 1994.

1937Monica Zetterlund, Swedish actress and singer (died 2005)^[†]

Monica Zetterlund was a Swedish jazz singer and actress. She represented Sweden in the 1963 Eurovision Song Contest with the jazz ballad "En gång i Stockholm". Through her lifetime, she starred in over 10 Swedish film productions and recorded over 20 studio albums. She gained international fame through her collaborative album with Bill Evans, Waltz for Debby.

Headlines from September 20, 1937

COLMERY WARNS LEGION ON PERILS TO DEMOCRACY; CONVENTION OPENS TODAY; ALIEN 'ISMS' SCORED

TRY HIJACK IN BREST OF MADRID WARSHIP; Franco Sympathizers Invade Loyalist Submarine but Can't Start Enginess

Japanese Labeling Goods 'Made in U. S. A.' To Evade Import Quotas in Latin America

15,000 ON THE MALL HAIL CONSTITUTION; Weather Fails to Quell Their Ardor as Youth Groups Hold Colorful Rally

PASTORS SEE LEGION AS PEACE BULWARK; Sermons From Many Pulpits Stress Nation's Reliance on Spirit of Organization

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