David Ashworth Gates is a retired American singer-songwriter, guitarist, musician and producer, frontman and co-lead singer of the group Bread, which reached the top of the musical charts in Europe and North America on several occasions in the 1970s. The band was inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame.

1940Donna Mills, American actress and producer^[†]

Donna Mills is an American actress. She began her television career in 1966 with a recurring role on The Secret Storm, and in the same year appeared on Broadway in Woody Allen's comedy Don't Drink the Water. She made her film debut the next year in The Incident. She then starred for three years on the soap opera Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (1967–70), before starring as Tobie Williams, the girlfriend of Clint Eastwood's character in the 1971 thriller Play Misty for Me. Mills played the female lead in the heist film Murph the Surf (1975), and had starring roles in a number of made-for-television movies during the 1970s.

Headlines from December 11, 1940

Britain Bars Hoover Food Plan As Aiding German War Effort; BRITISH REJECT HOOVER FOOD PLAN

MIAMI CROWD GIVES WINDSORS OVATION; Thousands at Pier and Along Way to Hospital Hail Their Arrival From Bahamas

METALS RESTRICTED; Ores, Alloys and Some Manufactures Put on License List DEFENSE BASIS FOR ACTION Tokyo Is Not Mentioned in Proclamation, but Purport Is Believed Clear

ROOSEVELT CALLS BUSINESS AND U.S. PARTNERS IN CRISIS; A DISCUSSION ON DEFENSE AT THE ECONOMIC CLUB

SIDI BARRANI IN NET; Italians Driven to the Coast Within Range of Warship's Guns COMMONS CHEERS NEWS Churchill Tells How Fleet and Air Force Blasted Path for 75-Mile Thrust

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