1954 Sydney Greenstreet, age 74 - British actor (Casablanca, The Maltese Falcon, They Died With Their Boots On, The Woman in White)

What an original he was!

1943 A wartime ban on the sale of pre-sliced bread in the US, which was aimed at reducing bakeries' demand for metal replacement parts, went into effect

Mom told me she was so afraid of having to give up her aluminum cookware set for the war effort. I guess they'd come around house to house and ask people to give up things like that.