Duke Poao Kahanamoku, longtime (1912-32) Olympic swimmer, celebrated his 60th birthday by paddling in the winning boat in two outrigger canoe races. Now in his eighth term as sheriff of Honolulu, the Duke also hinted that he might run for mayor on the Republican ticket this fall.
At 5:30 o'clock on the morning of her 70th birthday, Princess Wilhelmina, Queen of The Netherlands from 1898 to 1948, gathered together her paints and easel, silently left Het Loo palace to work on a half-finished landscape. Later in the day she joined Queen Juliana, Prince Bernhard...
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