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With the exception of a few observation posts the French had completely withdrawn from German soil, they conceded yesterday in disclosing that they had abandoned the Warndt forest days ago but by a ruse had kept this from the knowledge of the ...
German planes fly over Eng East Coast; 1 downed; 5 fliers in previous raid rescued by trawlers; Brit communique
RIGA, Latvia, Oct. 22--Combining a new nationalism with its old bolshevism as joint instruments of an imperialistic foreign policy, and backing the two by armed might, Soviet Russia today is moving into the Baltic States in force at the same time that the Baltic Germans, ...
USSR sees Brit as chief enemy
Domei comment on boundary conf
1939Charlie Foxx, American R&B/soul singer and guitarist (died 1998)[†]
Inez Foxx and her elder brother Charlie Foxx were an American rhythm and blues and soul duo from Greensboro, North Carolina. Inez sang lead vocal, while Charlie sang backing vocals and played guitar. Casey Kasem, and doubtless many others, mistakenly thought that the two were husband and wife.
1939C. V. Vigneswaran, Sri Lankan lawyer, judge, and politician, 1st Chief Minister of the Northern Province[†]
Canagasabapathy Visuvalingam Vigneswaran, PC is a Sri Lankan Tamil lawyer, judge, politician and Member of Parliament. After practising law for more than 15 years, Vigneswaran was a member of the judiciary for 25 years. He was a magistrate and a judge of the District Court, High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. He was Chief Minister of the Northern Province from October 2013 to October 2018. He was elected to the Parliament of Sri Lanka in August 2020. Vigneswaran is leader of the Tamil People's Alliance and the Tamil People's National Alliance.
1939Zane Grey, American dentist and author (born 1872)[†]
Zane Grey was an American author. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his best-selling book.