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Opposes cotton export subsidy; offers cotton bill amendment, Sen
I N Feigin strangled by safety line in climbing Break Neck Mt, N Y
To succeed father
Offers resolution to bar Communists and Nazis from City Council
J Tharaud, French writer, warns France Parliament may vote to unite with Turkey
1939JoAnne Carner, American golfer[†]
JoAnne Gunderson Carner is an American former professional golfer. Her 43 victories on the LPGA Tour led to her induction in the World Golf Hall of Fame. She is the only woman to have won the U.S. Girls' Junior, U.S. Women's Amateur, and U.S. Women's Open titles, and was the first person to win three different USGA championship events. Tiger Woods is the only man to have won the equivalent three USGA titles. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Carol Semple Thompson have also won three different USGA titles.
1939Darlene Hooley, American educator and politician[†]
Darlene Kay Olson Hooley is an American politician and former Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon who represented the state's 5th congressional district.
1939Hugh Masekela, South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, composer, and singer (died 2018)[†]
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring Him Back Home". He also had a number-one US pop hit in 1968 with his version of "Grazing in the Grass".