James Louis "Jim" Fregosi was an American professional baseball shortstop and manager, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1961 to 1978, primarily for the Los Angeles / California Angels. He also played for the New York Mets, Texas Rangers, and Pittsburgh Pirates.

1942Kitty Kelley, American journalist and biographer^[†]

Katherine Kelley is an American journalist and author of best-selling unauthorized biographies of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Sinatra, Nancy Reagan, the British royal family, the Bush family, and Oprah Winfrey.

1942Elizabeth Levy, American author^[†]

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Headlines from April 4, 1942

BIG CONVOY RAIDED BY 4 U.S. WARSHIPS; Old Destroyers Spread Havoc in Daring Blow on Macassar Supply Line, Navy Reveals

Senators Draft Profit Curb In Bill on All War Contracts; Subcommittee Agrees on a Scale of 10% on $100,000 Down to 2% on More Than 50 Million -- Nelson Plan Is Shelved

FOE BOMBED 3 SHIPS; Aircraft Tender, Other Vessels Sunk in the Last Two Months

NWLB HELPS UNION IN NO-STRIKE STAND; Acts, 8 to 4, to Give Security to Local at Plainfield, N.J., Which Lost Members

U.S. Sailors' Heroism Related By 2 Surviving Commanders; SAILORS' HEROISM RELATED BY CHIEFS

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