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retires as Mayor
applauds Pres Truman s, Princeton Univ; illus
conf changes passed by House
Speedboat explodes, Whitestone, NYC; 2 dead, 6 hurt
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.
1947Bernard Giraudeau, French actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2010)[†]
Bernard René Giraudeau was a French sailor, actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer.
1947Linda Thorson, Canadian actress[†]
Linda Thorson is a Canadian actress known for playing Tara King in The Avengers (1968–69).
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.