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1939George Hamilton, American actor[†]
George Stevens Hamilton is an American actor. For his debut performance in Crime and Punishment U.S.A. (1959), Hamilton won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for a BAFTA Award. He has received one additional BAFTA nomination and two Golden Globe nominations.
1939David Jacobs, American television writer and producer (died 2023)[†]
David Arnold Jacobs was an American television writer, producer, and director. He is most well known as the creator of the CBS primetime series Dallas, Knots Landing, and Paradise.
1939S. Jayakumar, Singaporean politician, 4th Senior Minister of Singapore[†]
Shunmugam Jayakumar, often known as S. Jayakumar, is a Singaporean former politician, diplomat, jurist and author who served as the 5th Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore between 2004 and 2009. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bedok Single Member Constituency between 1980 and 1988, the Bedok division of Bedok Group Representation Constituency between 1988 and 1997, and later East Coast Group Representation Constituency between 1997 and 2011.
1939Pam Kilborn, Australian track and field athlete[†]
Pamela Kilborn née Ryan, AM, MBE is an Australian former athlete who set world records as a hurdler. For three years, she was ranked as the world's top woman hurdler.
1939David King, South African chemist and academic[†]
Sir David Anthony King is a South African-born British chemist, academic, and head of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group (CCAG).
1939Sushil Koirala, Nepalese politician, 37th Prime Minister of Nepal (died 2016)[†]
Sushil Prasad Koirala was a Nepalese politician and the Prime Minister of Nepal from 11 February 2014 to 10 October 2015. He was also President of the Nepali Congress from 2010 to 2016, having earlier served in various capacities in the party.
1939Roy Romanow, Canadian lawyer and politician, 12th Premier of Saskatchewan[†]
Roy John Romanow is a Canadian politician who served as the 12th premier of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. He was the leader of the Saskatchewan New Democratic Party from 1987 until his retirement in 2001. He was the Member of the Legislative Assembly for Saskatoon Riversdale from 1967 to 1982 and from 1986 to 2001.
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On AFL-Assoc Gen Contractors agreement to end jurisdictional disputes
bank suspends payments following death; loan flotations revd; illiquidity rather than insolvency indicated; Netherlands Trading Soc (Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij N V) pres denies serious effects to soc; French Govt issues statement on loans; reaction in London financial circles
Conf with Turkish Pres; returns home
Important moves by the Berlin-Rome Axis were believed imminent yesterday as Foreign Ministers von Ribbentrop and Ciano began their conference at Salzburg.
arrives, Trieste
Castillo Najera says cos stand leaves Mex free to withdraw all proposals and discontinue considering cos' proposals; complete breakdown seen; new plan reptd to have been offered unofficially by U S Govt; Mex City press reaction to cos' refusal; Mex workers demand right to ratify any agreement
Navy planes, 2 dead; Miramar Landing Field
LONDON, Aug. 11.--British "face" in the Far East suffered still another blow today with the news that four Chinese accused of murdering a Japanese-supported Chinese official would be handed ...
urges New Deal continuance, s to Young Dem Clubs of Amer; says he will be candidate if Roosevelt is not
Roosevelt ready to recall Cong to act on neutrality if war threatens