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June 18, 1947

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Notable Births

Ivonne Coll

1947Ivonne Coll, Puerto Rican-American model and actress, Miss Puerto Rico 1967[†]

Ivonne Coll Mendoza is a Puerto Rican actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was crowned Miss Puerto Rico 1967 and competed in the Miss Universe 1967 pageant but did not place. She later became an actress, appearing in films such as The Godfather Part II and Lean on Me and television series including Switched at Birth, Glee, and Teen Wolf. From 2014 to 2019, Coll starred as Alba Villanueva in the CW comedy-drama series Jane the Virgin.

Bernard Giraudeau

1947Bernard Giraudeau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)[†]

Bernard René Giraudeau was a French sailor, actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer.

Linda Thorson

1947Linda Thorson, Canadian actress[†]

Linda Thorson is a Canadian actress known for playing Tara King in The Avengers (1968–69).

Notable Deaths

Shigematsu Sakaibara

1947Shigematsu Sakaibara, Japanese admiral (born 1898)[†]

Shigematsu Sakaibara was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Japanese garrison commander on Wake Island during World War II, and a convicted war criminal. He was responsible for ordering the Wake Island massacre, in which 98 American civilians were murdered by Japanese soldiers. Following Japan's surrender, Sakaibara was tried for war crimes and executed for his involvement.

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Headlines from June 18, 1947

NAGY BIDS US CHECK SOVIET 'AGGRESSION'; Former Premier Holds Himself 'Trustee' of Hungary's Cause -- Says Russia Rules Area NAGY BIDS US CURB SOVIET 'AGGRESSOR'

By Bertram D. Hulenspecial To the New York Times

Smallholders pol com refuses to repudiate US protest note; Sulyok protests to Allied Control Comm against breaking up of Liberty party meeting; Socialist and Communist newspapers quarrel; envoy resigns; Nagy appeals to world to take action against USSR domination; says Allied Control Comm is used as USSR agency, to work in US

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Bevin, in Paris, Accepts Proposal For Committees on European Aid; Bevin, in Paris, Accepts Proposal For Committees on European Aid

By Harold Callenderspecial To the New York Times

PARIS, June 17 -- After a long after-dinner talk tonight between British Foreign Secretary Bevin and French Premier Ramadier and Foreign Minister Bidault, Paris officials said the British had accepted the French suggestion for a series of committees to assess European assets and needs.

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