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Knox conf with newspapers pubs on news presentation; Wash, D C, reporters fingerprinted and photographed
Visits Leviton Mfg Co strike rally; por
Ital retreat In Libya verges on rout; Brit push on in Eritrea; RAF harries foe to Bengazi; Rome admits losses in Ethiopia; Germans raid Malta, lose 3 planes
1941Stephen Albert, American pianist and composer (died 1992)[†]
Stephen Joel Albert was an American composer. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning Symphony No. 1 RiverRun (1983) and his Cello Concerto (1990), written for Yo-Yo Ma. He died suddenly in a 1992 automobile accident, having just sketched out his Second Symphony. The work was subsequently completed by Sebastian Currier, and his death sparked musical tributes from composer colleagues such as Aaron Jay Kernis and Christopher Rouse.
1941Dave Berry, English pop singer[†]
Dave Berry is an English rock singer and former teen idol during the 1960s. His best-remembered hits are "Memphis, Tennessee", "The Crying Game" (1964) and his 1965 hit "Little Things", a cover version of Bobby Goldsboro's Stateside Records top 40 success.
1941Gigi Perreau, American actress and director[†]
Ghislaine Elizabeth Marie Thérèse Perreau-Saussine, known professionally as Gigi Perreau, is an American film and television actress.