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SS Pres Roosevelt to sail for Ireland to bring back Amers; belligerents warned not to molest ship; rept on number of Amers in danger zones; flow of Amers from Brit to Ireland expected to speed up
100% excess-profits tax: included in Emergency Powers Defense bill
Roosevelt and Landon conf; Landon statement ends coalition possibility; Roosevelt replies
Sen Vandenburg urges new law; Sen Harrison says Treas recommendations are awaited
1940Bjørn Johansen (musician), Norwegian saxophonist (died 2002)[†]
Bjørn John Johansen was a Norwegian jazz musician, known from a number of recordings and international cooperation. He has been one of the most influential Norwegian saxophonists of all time and has been the inspiration for a generations of musicians, among them Jan Garbarek.
1940Gérard Larrousse, French race car driver[†]
Gérard Gilles Marie Armand Larrousse is a former sports car racing, rallying and Formula One driver from France. His greatest success as a driver was winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1973 and 1974, driving a Matra-Simca MS670. After the end of his career as racing car driver, he continued to be involved in Formula One as a team manager for Renault. He later founded and ran his own Formula One team, Larrousse, from 1987 to 1994.
1940Cora Sadosky, Argentinian mathematician and academic (died 2010)[†]
Cora Susana Sadosky de Goldstein was an Argentine mathematician and Professor of Mathematics at Howard University.