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M F De Rosa, juror, stricken with appendicitis; mistrial likely
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Barter and subsidies discussed
1939Jorge Fons, Mexican director and screenwriter (died 2022)[†]
Jorge Fons Pérez was a Mexican film director.
1939Bill Hagerty, English journalist[†]
Bill Hagerty is a British former newspaper editor, now chairman emeritus of British Journalism Review.
1939Lee Majors, American actor[†]
Harvey Lee Yeary, known professionally as Lee Majors, is an American actor. He portrayed the characters of Heath Barkley on the American television Western series The Big Valley (1965–1969), Colonel Steve Austin on the American television science-fiction action series The Six Million Dollar Man (1973–1978), and Colt Seavers on the American television action series The Fall Guy (1981–1986).
1939Ray Peterson, American pop singer (died 2005)[†]
Ray Peterson was an American pop singer who is best remembered for singing "Tell Laura I Love Her". He also scored numerous other hits, including "Corrine, Corrina" and "The Wonder of You".