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German communique repts Brit freighter loss
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Denies Sen Johnson is no longer a liberal
comment on application of Roosevelt's embargo on defense materials
1940Coriún Aharonián, Uruguayan composer and musicologist (died 2017)[†]
Coriún Aharonián was an Uruguayan composer and musicologist of Armenian ethnicity.
1940Robin Harper, Scottish academic and politician[†]
Robin Charles Moreton Harper, is a Scottish politician, who was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Lothians region (1999–2011).
1940Larry Knechtel, American bass player and pianist (died 2009)[†]
Lawrence William Knechtel was an American keyboard player and bassist who was a member of the Wrecking Crew, a collection of Los Angeles–based session musicians who worked with such renowned artists as Simon & Garfunkel, Duane Eddy, the Beach Boys, the Mamas & the Papas, the Monkees, the Partridge Family, Billy Joel, the Doors, the Byrds, the Grass Roots, Jerry Garcia, and Elvis Presley. He also was a member of the 1970s band Bread.
1940Frances Stewart, English economist and academic[†]
Frances Julia Stewart is professor emeritus of development economics and director of the Centre for Research on Inequality, Human Security and Ethnicity (CRISE), University of Oxford. A pre-eminent development economist, she was named one of fifty outstanding technological leaders for 2003 by Scientific American. She was president of the Human Development and Capability Association from 2008 to 2010.
1940Timi Yuro, American singer-songwriter (died 2004)[†]
Rosemary Victoria Yuro, known professionally as Timi Yuro, was an American singer. Sometimes called "the little girl with the big voice", she is considered to be one of the first blue-eyed soul stylists of the rock era. Yuro possessed a contralto vocal range. According to one critic, "her deep, strident, almost masculine voice, staggered delivery and the occasional sob created a compelling musical presence".
1940Ze'ev Jabotinsky, Ukrainian-American general, journalist, and activist (born 1880)[†]
Ze'ev Jabotinsky was a Russian-born author, poet, orator, soldier, and founder of the Revisionist Zionist movement and the Jewish Self-Defense Organization in Odessa.