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Maj C B McDaniel completes 1st all blind flight with bomber, Mitchel Field, L I, to Langley Field, Va; illus
Conscription planned
Lauds Hull plan to arbitrate Mex oil question
N Y C parade; illus
1940Marju Lauristin, Estonian academic and politician, 1st Estonian Minister of Social Affairs[†]
Marju Lauristin is an Estonian politician, and former Member of the European Parliament and Minister of Social Affairs. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists. Lauristin is currently a member of the Tartu city council.
1940Booker T. Washington becomes the first African American to be depicted on a United States postage stamp.[†]
Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, and orator. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the primary leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite.