Born. To Princess Caroline Mathilde, 27, and Second Son Prince Knud of Denmark. 39: their second child, a son, thus securing the line of succession to the throne, there being no other male heir in the royal family.*
Birthday. Heiress Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt, 16, onetime centre of a custody battle between Mother Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt, widow of Reginald Vanderbilt, and Aunt Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, who won.
Married. Abdicatedt†"King of Swing" Artie Shaw, 30; and film Starlet Lana Turner, 20 (he for the third time, she for the first); at 4 a.m., in Las Vegas, Nev. Surprised were Los Angeles Attorney Gregson...
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