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- Vesey O'Davoren was born on 8 December 1888 in Dublin, Ireland, UK. He was an actor, known for Raffles (1939), My Son, My Son! (1940) and Ladies in Love (1936). He was married to Ivey de Verey. He died on 30 May 1989 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Giuseppe Patanè was born on 1 January 1932 in Naples, Campania, Italy. He is known for Weekend at Bernie's (1989), Norma (1974) and La Traviata (1967). He died on 30 May 1989 in Munich, Bavaria, Germany.- John Moore was born on 8 May 1900 in Ballygrainey, Bangor, County Down, Ireland. He was an actor, known for The Hayseeds (1933) and Hawaiian Romance (1930). He was married to Shirley Dale. He died on 30 May 1989 in Boulder, Colorado, USA.
- Zinka Milanov was born on 17 May 1906 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia. She was married to Ljubo Ilic (diplomat) and Predrag Milanov. She died on 30 May 1989 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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Roland Eiworth was born on 9 December 1919 in Sweden. He was a writer and composer, known for Hjälpsamma herrn (1954), Flicka med melodi (1954) and Vingslag i natten (1953). He died on 30 May 1989.- Claude Pepper was born on 8 September 1900 in Dudleyville, Alabama, USA. He died on 30 May 1989 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
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James 'Ginger' Lacey was born in Wetherby, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the 1st of February 1917. After being educated at King James Grammar School in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, he worked as a dispenser before joining the RAF Volunteer Reserve in 1937. He also worked as a flying instructor with the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club. On the outbreak of the Second World War Lacey joined the Royal Air Force. A member of the 501 Squadron he served in France until Dunkirk in June 1940. During the Battle of Britain Lacey, flying his Hawker Hurricane, became the RAF's leading flying ace with 18 victories. This included shooting down a Heinkel He111 that bombed Buckingham Palace on 13th September, 1940. Promoted to Flight Lieutenant, Lacey converted to flying a Spitfire while in the 501 Squadron. In November 1942 he was appointed chief instructor of the Special Attack Instructors' School. In March 1943, Lacey was posted to India before returning to Europe in November 1944. Soon afterwards he took command of 17 Squadron where he scored his final victory. This took his total to 28 destroyed and nine damaged. After the Second World War Lacey remained in the Royal Air Force where he reached the rank of Squadron Leader. After retiring from the RAF in March 1967 Lacey ran an air freight business. James 'Ginger' Lacey died on 30th May 1989.- Champion diver and swimmer Jane Fauntz was born on December 19, 1910 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Fauntz grew up in Chicago, Illinois, where she attended Hyde Park Academy High School and competed as a teenager for the Illinois Women's Athletic Club swimming and diving teams. Jane set new world records in both the 100-yard breaststroke and the 100-meter breaststroke at a dual meet against a Canadian team in March, 1928. Fauntz subsequently placed fifth in the women's 200-meter breaststroke at the 1928 Olympics and won the bronze medal in women's springboard diving at the 1932 Olympics. Moreover, Jane won both the one-meter springboard and 100-meter breaststroke events at the Amateur Athletic Union swimming indoor national championships in Chicago in 1929.
In addition, Fauntz not only used her Olympic success to eke out a career in modeling (she was one of the first female athletes to be featured on Wheaties cereal boxes and worked as a model for the department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue), marketing, and professional aquatic exhibitions, but also was an artist with a Bachelor's Degree in art education from the University of Illinois who specialized in paintings and sculptures. Jane was married to professional football player Edgar "Eggs" Manske, who she met in 1933 while appearing in exhibitions at the Chicago World's Fair and eventually wed in 1936. Fauntz taught high school art classes as well as was a boys' diving team coach at Las Lomas High School in Walnut Creek, California for twenty years. Jane died at age 78 from leukemia on May 30, 1989 in Escondido, California. She was posthumously inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1991.