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CHUNGKING, China, Nov. 14--That Manchuria may already be irretrievably lost to the Chungking government seems evident from what little is public knowledge about events in China's northeast. According to recent statements by Central Government ...
Maritime Comm plan to build 11 luxury liners realizes Roosevelt ambition; Land to seek authority to use Comm funds; ship features discussed
O'Dwyer testifies before grand jury regarding crime prosecution; said to have been questioned by Beldock on waterfront investigation
Switzerland charged with aiding Gers dispose of looted gold, US Sen (Kilgore) com
Sec Byrnes cites lack of council success because of unanimity rule
1945Roger Donaldson, Australian director, producer, and screenwriter[†]
Roger Lindsey Donaldson is an Australian and New Zealand film director, screenwriter, and producer. His 1977 debut film, Sleeping Dogs, is considered a landmark work of New Zealand cinema, as one of the country’s first films to attract large-scale critical and commercial success. He has subsequently directed 17 feature films, working in Hollywood and the United Kingdom, as well as his native country.
1945Bob Gunton, American actor and singer[†]
Robert Patrick Gunton Jr. is an American character actor of stage and screen. He is known for playing strict authoritarian characters, including Warden Samuel Norton in the 1994 prison drama The Shawshank Redemption, Chief George Earle in 1993's Demolition Man, Dr. Walcott, the domineering dean of Virginia Medical School in Patch Adams, and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance in Argo. He also played Leland Owlsley in the Daredevil television series, Secretary of Defense Ethan Kanin in 24, and Noah Taylor in Desperate Housewives.
1945Anni-Frid Lyngstad, Norwegian-Swedish singer[†]
Anni-Frid Synni Lyngstad, also known simply as Frida, is a Swedish singer who is best known as one of the founding members and lead singers of the pop band ABBA. Born in Bjørkåsen, Norway, to a Norwegian mother and a German father, she grew up in Torshälla, Sweden, and started her solo career there, as a jazz singer in 1967, through a talent competition called New Faces.
1945Frank Chapman, American ornithologist and photographer (born 1864)[†]
Frank Michler Chapman was an American ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides.