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Marks 70th birthday
Gov Dewey and NYS Legis leaders map dissent from platform
M L Ernst retained to defend Vogeler; seeks visa to enter Hungary; US State Dept says it will issue passport despite ban on travel
MacArthur hdqrs bars Mrs Sanger from visiting Japan to give talks; she scores move; blames RC opposition
Comment on problems facing O'Dwyer on return from Fla
1950Vera Baird, English lawyer and politician[†]
Dame Vera Baird is a British barrister and politician who has held roles as a government minister, police and crime commissioner, and Victims' Commissioner for England and Wales.
1950Peter Gabriel, English singer-songwriter and musician[†]
Peter Brian Gabriel is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single. After releasing four successful studio albums, all titled Peter Gabriel, his fifth studio album, So (1986), became his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the US. The album's most successful single, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards. A 2011 Time report said "Sledgehammer" was the most played music video of all time on MTV.
1950Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (born 1875)[†]
Rafael Sabatini was an Italian-born British writer of romance and adventure novels.
In 1950, the world population was approximately 2,499,322,157 people[†]