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The financial community has received in the last few days the most constructive recognition of its problems from official Washington since before the reform days of 1933. Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission and other Ad
N Y C begins WPA purge of Nazis and aliens
Although the share market on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday was the narrowest since July 8, 1939, and the second dullest since that date, only 204,340 shares of 432 issues being traded, the tone was good and the close was fractionally higher than on Friday.
River House and Campanile apt houses exch of rights of ways for extra land between bldg and drive revealed
MINNEAPOLIS, June 22--Southern California's mighty Trojans handed the rest of the field and the elements a thorough licking today to sweep to their sixth straight National Collegiate A.A. track and field championship.
1940Adam Faith, English singer (died 2003)[†]
Terence Nelhams Wright, known professionally as Adam Faith, was an English singer, actor, and financial journalist. As a British rock and roll teen idol, he scored consecutive No. 1 hits on the UK singles chart with "What Do You Want?" (1959) and "Poor Me" (1960). He became the first UK artist to lodge his initial seven hits in the top 5, and was ultimately one of the most charted acts of the 1960s. He was also one of the first UK acts to record original songs regularly.
1940George Feigley, American sex cult leader and two-time prison escapee (died 2009)[†]
George Feigley was an American church leader. He has been described as a sex cult leader. Feigley called himself "The Light of the World"., a phrase previously used in the self-description of Jesus. Feigley served over 32 years in prison for sex crimes against children, from 1975 to 2008.
1940Derry Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg, Scottish lawyer, judge, and politician, Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain[†]
Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg,, known as Derry Irvine, is a Scottish lawyer and politician who served as Lord Chancellor from 1997 to 2003.
1940Wilma Rudolph, American runner (died 1994)[†]
Wilma Glodean Rudolph was an American sprinter who overcame polio as a child and went on to become a world-record-holding Olympic champion and international sports icon in track and field following her successes in the 1956 and 1960 Olympic Games. Rudolph competed in the 200-meter dash and won a bronze medal in the 4 × 100-meter relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics at Melbourne, Australia. She also won three gold medals, in the 100- and 200-meter individual events and the 4 × 100-meter relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Rudolph was acclaimed as the fastest woman in the world in the 1960s; she became the first American woman to win three gold medals in track and field during a single Olympic Games.
1940Mike Shrimpton, New Zealand cricketer and coach (died 2015)[†]
Michael John Froud Shrimpton was a New Zealand cricketer and coach. A middle-order batsman and leg-spinner, he played 10 Test matches for New Zealand between 1963 and 1974, but was never able to establish himself in the side. He played for Central Districts in New Zealand domestic cricket from 1961–62 to 1979–80, except for 1974–75, when he played for Northern Districts.
1940Stuart Sutcliffe, Scottish painter and musician (died 1962)[†]
Stuart Fergusson Victor Sutcliffe was a British painter and musician from Edinburgh, Scotland, best known as the original bass guitarist of the Beatles. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a painter, having previously attended the Liverpool College of Art. Sutcliffe and John Lennon are credited with inventing the name "Beetles" [sic], as they both liked Buddy Holly's band, the Crickets. They also had a fascination with group names with double meanings, so Lennon then came up with "The Beatles", from the word beat. As a member of the group when it was a five-piece band, Sutcliffe is one of several who are sometimes referred to as the "Fifth Beatle".
1940Diana Trask, Australian singer-songwriter[†]
Diana Roselyn Trask is an Australian singer, songwriter and author. She was considered to be one of the first Australian music artists to find success in the United States, particularly in the genres of pop and country.
1940Adolf Hitler goes on a three-hour tour of the architecture of Paris with architect Albert Speer and sculptor Arno Breker in his only visit to the city.[†]
The city of Paris has notable examples of architecture from the Middle Ages to the 21st century. It was the birthplace of the Gothic style, and has important monuments of the French Renaissance, Classical revival, the Flamboyant style of the reign of Napoleon III, the Belle Époque, and the Art Nouveau style. The great Exposition Universelle (1889) and 1900 added Paris landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower and Grand Palais. In the 20th century, the Art Deco style of architecture first appeared in Paris, and Paris architects also influenced the postmodern architecture of the second half of the century.
1940Henry Larsen begins the first successful west-to-east navigation of Northwest Passage from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[†]
Henry Asbjørn Larsen was a Norwegian-Canadian Arctic explorer. Larsen was born on a small island, Herføl, south of Fredrikstad in Norway. Like his hero, Roald Amundsen, he became a seaman. Larsen immigrated to Canada, and became a British subject in 1927. In 1928, he joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).