October 24, 1942

1942Stephen R. Bloom, English physician and academic^[†]

Sir Stephen Robert Bloom FRS is a British Professor of Medicine at Imperial College London where he leads the Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism division.

1942Maggie Blye, American actress (died 2016)^[†]

Margaret Jane Blye was an American actress, also sometimes billed as Margaret Bly. She was best known for playing Michael Caine's character Charlie's girlfriend Lorna in The Italian Job (1969).

1942Frank Delaney, Irish journalist and author (died 2017)^[†]

Francis James Joseph Raphael Delaney was an Irish novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He was the author of The New York Times best-seller Ireland, the non-fiction book Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea and many other works of fiction, non-fiction and collections.

1942Rafael Cordero Santiago, Puerto Rican politician, 132nd Mayor of Ponce (died 2004)^[†]

Rafael Cordero Santiago, better known as "Churumba", was the Mayor of Ponce, Puerto Rico, from 1989 to 2004. Many considered him as a synonym of Ponce, being baptized as "El León Mayor", an allusion to the city's official symbol, the lion. Mayor Cordero was a firm believer in the government decentralization process.