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1939Kate O'Mara, English actress (died 2014)[†]
Kate O'Mara was an English film, stage and television actress, and writer. O'Mara made her stage debut in a 1963 production of The Merchant of Venice. Her other stage roles included Elvira in Blithe Spirit (1974), Katherina in The Taming of the Shrew, Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (1982), Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra (1982), Goneril in King Lear (1987), and Marlene Dietrich in Lunch with Marlene (2008).
1939Charlie Rose, American lawyer and politician (died 2012)[†]
Charles Grandison Rose III was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for North Carolina's 7th congressional district from 1973 to 1997.
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Conf with A Foerster
von Ribbentrop conf with Min Csaky on possibility of Hungary joining Axis mil alliance
Freighter Pipestone County, cargo afire, southeast of Halifax
King revs Reserve Fleet; blackout put off because of bad weather; raids by bombers restricted; 1 crashes off Yarmouth
cuts rates to fair
Announces War Resources Bd formation
U S Fed grand jury accuses French diplomatic officials, French Line officers and French Govt Tourist Bur of aiding A De La Varre in smuggling film into U S; presentment sent to State Dept; French Amb comments
text of circular; D C employes solicited; Md has $5,000 quota
Amb Craigie instructed to protest