Alan James Beith, Baron Beith, is a British Liberal Democrat politician who represented Berwick-upon-Tweed as its Member of Parliament (MP) from 1973 to 2015.

1943John Eliot Gardiner, English conductor and director^[†]

Sir John Eliot Gardiner is an English conductor, particularly known for his performances of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach, especially the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage of 2000, performing Bach's church cantatas in liturgical order in churches all over Europe, and New York City, with the Monteverdi Choir, and recording them at the locations.

Headlines from April 20, 1943

ALLIES SHOOT 96 AXIS PLANES OUT OF AIR; DOWN 68 TRANSPORTS IN MASS SWOOPS ON NAZI ARMADAS FLYING FROM TUNISIA; U.S. FLIERS BAG 58

7 Sea Scouts Die, 3 Missing As Boat Upsets Off Sayville; Skipper, Lone Survivor, Tells of Gale-Driven Waves Flooding Craft of the Rockville Centre Troop in Great South Bay

President to Speak To Nation Tonight

PUBLISHERS URGED TO SEEK FREEDOM OF WORLD'S PRESS; Kent Cooper of The Associated Press Proposes Crusade to Include It in Peace Treaty

Reich Is Now Inferior in Air Though Using All Its Planes; REICH IS INFERIOR IN EUROPE AIR WAR

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