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September 20, 1947

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NEW ORLEANS HIT, HURRICANE HOWLS ON TO ARKANSAS; 90-Mile Winds Batter the City as Tidal Waves Flood Bayou Area -- Fury Is Dropping SIX DEAD AND 400 HURT Gulf port Destruction Is Heavy -- Thousands Are Homeless Along Stricken Coast HURRICANE HOWLS ON TO ARKANSAS DESTRUCTION LEFT IN WAKE OF HURRICANE AT NEW ORLEANS

By the Associated Press

tornado strikes Apalachicola, Fla; 14 hurt; 90-mi winds and tidal waves batter New Orleans and other gulf ports; damage estimate; Biloxi and Gulfport, Miss, heavily damaged; thousands homeless; 6 dead, 400 hurt; scenes in other areas described

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LA GUARDIA SINKING; DOCTORS ABANDON HOPE OF ANY RALLY; Former Mayor Has Been in Coma 3 Days, Losing Ground Despite a Valiant Battle BULLETINS MARK DECLINE Many Former Associates Are Visitors to Home -- Thousands Ask Information by Phone La Guardia, in Coma, Is Sinking; Doctors Abandon Hope of Rally

By Unknown Author

Fiorello H. La Guardia was nearing death early today in his home at 5020 Goodridge Avenue in Riverdale. Dr. George Baehr, his personal physician, announced at 8:10 P.M. yesterday that New York's former Mayor was "sinking rapidly" and might live only a brief time longer.

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Notable Births

Mia Martini

1947Mia Martini, Italian singer (died 1995)[†]

Domenica Rita Adriana "Mimì" Bertè, known professionally as Mia Martini, was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician. She is considered, by many experts, one of the most important and expressive female voices of Italian music, characterised by her interpretative intensity and her soulful performance.

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor

1947Patrick Poivre d'Arvor, French journalist and author[†]

Patrick Poivre d'Arvor is a French TV journalist and writer. He is a household name in France, and nicknamed "PPDA". With over 30 years and in excess of 4,500 editions of television news to his credit, he was one of the longest serving newsreaders in the world until he was fired in 2008. He presented his last newscast on TF1 on 10 July 2008. Since 2021, a total of 27 women have accused Patrick Poivre d'Arvor of sexual assault or rape that would have allegedly happened during decades prior. Seventeen women filed a formal complaint. Among them, eight did so for alleged rape.

Notable Deaths

Fiorello La Guardia

1947Fiorello H. La Guardia, American lawyer and politician, 99th Mayor of New York City (born 1882)[†]

Fiorello Henry La Guardia was an American attorney and politician who represented New York in the U.S. House of Representatives and served as the 99th mayor of New York City from 1934 to 1946. He was known for his irascible, energetic, and charismatic personality and diminutive, rotund stature. A member of the Republican Party, La Guardia was frequently cross-endorsed by parties other than his own, especially parties on the left under New York's electoral fusion laws. A panel of 69 scholars in 1993 ranked him as the best big-city mayor in American history.

Jantina Tammes

1947Jantina Tammes, Dutch biologist, geneticist, and academic (born 1871)[†]

Jantina "Tine" Tammes was a Dutch botanist and geneticist and the first professor of genetics in the Netherlands.