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May 7, 1943

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Notable Births

Terry Allen (artist)

1943Terry Allen, American singer and painter[†]

Terry Allen is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist from Lubbock, Texas. Allen's musical career spans several albums in the Texas country and outlaw country genres, and his visual art includes painting, conceptual art, performance, and sculpture, with a number of notable bronze sculptures installed publicly in various cities throughout the United States. He currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

John Bannon

1943John Bannon, Australian academic and politician, 39th Premier of South Australia (died 2015)[†]

John Charles Bannon was an Australian politician and academic. He was the 39th Premier of South Australia, leading the South Australian Branch of the Australian Labor Party from a single term in opposition back to government at the 1982 election.

Peter Carey (novelist)

1943Peter Carey, Australian novelist and short story writer[†]

Peter Philip Carey AO is an Australian novelist.

Notable Deaths

Fethi Okyar

1943Fethi Okyar, Turkish colonel and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1880)[†]

Ali Fethi Okyar was a Turkish diplomat and politician, who also served as a military officer and diplomat during the last decade of the Ottoman Empire. He was also the second Prime Minister of Turkey (1924–1925) and the second Speaker of the Turkish Parliament after Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.