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On alien ship seisures
Algeria shore batteries and Brit warships trade shots when latter tried to halt French merchant convoy
German press and radio heighten attacks on Serbia
Roosevelt authorizes new shipment to Brit and Greece; will not divulge items until deliveries are complete
1941Franco Bonvicini, Italian author and illustrator (died 1995)[†]
Bonvi, pen name of Franco Bonvicini, was an Italian comic book artist, creator of the comic strips Sturmtruppen and Nick Carter.
1941Faith Leech, Australian swimmer (died 2013)[†]
Faith Yvonne Leech was an Australian freestyle swimmer who won a gold medal in the 4×100–metre freestyle relay and bronze in the 100-metre freestyle at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.