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CIO backs its members' resignations
CIO backs mediation and conciliation
S on AEF, Chicago Union League Club
hope to drive Axis from Africa and remove threat to Suez
1941Oliver Sipple, U.S. Marine and Vietnam War veteran (died 1989)[†]
Oliver Wellington "Billy" Sipple was an American man known for intervening to prevent an assassination attempt against U.S. President Gerald Ford on September 22, 1975. A decorated U.S. Marine and disabled Vietnam War veteran, he grappled with Sara Jane Moore as she fired a pistol at Ford in San Francisco, causing her to miss. The subsequent public revelation that Sipple was gay turned the news story into a cause célèbre for LGBTQ rights activists, leading Sipple to sue, unsuccessfully, several publishers for invasion of privacy, and causing his estrangement from his parents.
1941Dr. John, American singer and songwriter (died 2019)[†]
Malcolm John Rebennack Jr., better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. His music combined New Orleans blues, jazz, R&B, soul and funk.
1941Elmar Muuk, Estonian linguist and author (born 1901)[†]
Elmar Muuk was an Estonian linguist and author of a number of dictionaries and textbooks of the Estonian language, and was, together with Johannes Voldemar Veski and Johannes Aavik, responsible for development of Estonian as a modern European language.