Marie-Claire Blais was a Canadian writer, novelist, poet, and playwright from the province of Quebec. In a career spanning seventy years, she wrote novels, plays, collections of poetry and fiction, newspaper articles, radio dramas, and scripts for television. She was a four-time recipient of the Governor General’s literary prize for French-Canadian literature, and was also a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship for creative arts.

1939A. R. Penck, German painter and sculptor (died 2017)^[†]

Ralf Winkler was a German painter, printmaker, sculptor, and jazz drummer. A neo-expressionist, he became known for his visual style, reminiscent of the influence of primitive art.

1939Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Filipino lawyer and jurist^[†]

Consuelo Ynares-Santiago is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She was appointed to the Court by President Joseph Estrada.

Headlines from October 5, 1939

Russo-Turkish Climax Seen; TURKEY RESISTING SOVIET BALKAN AIM

YANKEES TOP REDS BY 2 TO 1 IN OPENER OF WORLD SERIES; Dickey Singles After Keller Triples in Ninth to End Tense Duel on Mound RUFFING GIVES ONLY 4 HITS Shades Derringer, Who Also Is Brilliant--Notables Among 58,541 at the Stadium

Rumania Irked at Soviet

LABORITES OF CITY BRAND COMMUNISTS FOES OF WORKERS; Delegates at Rally Adopt a Resolution Denouncing Both 'Red and Brown' Regimes BITTER DEBATE IS HELD Foes of Stand Finally Lose at Stormy Session--Policy of Roosevelt is Praised

U-Boat Lands Its Victim's Crew in Ireland; Reich Again Warns Britain; More Ships Sunk; SUBMARINE LANDS VICTIMS IN IRELAND

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