Rupert Holmes is a British-born American composer, singer-songwriter, dramatist and author. He is widely known for the hit singles "Escape " (1979) and "Him" (1980). He is also known for his musicals The Mystery of Edwin Drood, which earned him two Tony Awards, and Curtains, his AMC television series Remember WENN, and his novel Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide.

1947Edward James Olmos, American actor and director^[†]

Edward James Olmos is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Detective Gaff in Blade Runner (1982) and its sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Lieutenant Martin "Marty" Castillo in Miami Vice (1984–1989), high school math teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver (1988), Montoya Santana in American Me (1992), William Adama in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica (2004–2009), and the voice of Mito in the 2005 English dub of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.

Headlines from February 24, 1947

Prussia Dissolved Under Allied Law

ROUND-UP THWARTS BUDDING NAZI PLOT FOR WAR ON SOVIET; ROUND-UP THWARTS BUDDING NAZI PLOT

DEWEY PROPOSES 45-MILLION A YEAR AS WAR BONUS TAX; DEWEY PROPOSES A WAR BONUS TAX

ARMY FLIERS FOUND WITH DOWNED B-29 SAFE IN THE ARCTIC; Search Craft From Alaska Drop Food to Eleven Men Missing for Two Days

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