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* Donald Crowhurst ( 1932 – 69 ), who tried to fake a round-the-world solo yacht journey, set up his business in the town and was a Town Councillor.
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Kusche noted cases where pertinent information went unreported, such as the disappearance of round-the-world yachtsman Donald Crowhurst, which Berlitz had presented as a mystery, despite clear evidence to the contrary.
A later non-fiction treatment of a similar theme can be found in The Last Strange Voyage of Donald Crowhurst by Ron Hall and Nicolas Tomalin.
The Teignmouth Electron, the boat in which Donald Crowhurst attempted to sail round the world single-handed in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, has been left to decay on the south coast of Cayman Brac.
Donald Crowhurst, pictured just before setting out in the Sunday Times Golden Globe Race | Sunday Times Golden Globe Race in 1968.
Knox-Johnston donated his prize money for fastest competitor to the family of Donald Crowhurst, who committed suicide after attempting to fake a round the world voyage.
Donald and 1932
Donald Henry Rumsfeld ( born July 9, 1932 ) is an American politician and businessman.
* 1932 – Donald Rumsfeld, American politician, 13th and 21st United States Secretary of Defense
* 1932 – Donald N. Langenberg, American physicist
* 2004 – Donald Jones, American Dutch actor and dancer ( b. 1932 )
In 1932, Disney received a special Academy Award for the creation of " Mickey Mouse ", a series which switched to color in 1935 and soon launched spin-offs for supporting characters such as Donald Duck, Goofy, and Pluto.
In the Mickey Mouse series he continued to add personalities to his characters ; this resulted in the creation of new characters such as Pluto with The Chain Gang in 1930, Goofy with Mickey's Revue in 1932 and Donald Duck in 1934 with The Wise Little Hen ( under the Silly Symphony series ).
Donald Glenn " Don " Garlits ( born January 14, 1932, Tampa, Florida ) is considered the father of drag racing.
* Donald James Campbell ( 1932 – 1984 ), politician in British Columbia, Canada
A Broadway stage adaptation was produced by the Theatre Guild in 1932, written by the father and son playwriting team of Owen and Donald Davis, but it was poorly received by the critics, and ran only 56 performances.
David Cameron is the younger son of stockbroker Ian Donald Cameron ( 12 October 1932 – 8 September 2010 ) and his wife Mary Fleur ( née Mount, born 1934, a retired Justice of the Peace, daughter of Sir William Mount, 2nd Baronet ).
Sir Donald Charles Hugh Maclean, KBE, PC ( 9 January 1864 – 15 June 1932 ), was a British Liberal politician.
* Donald Alaster Macdonald ( 1859 – 1932 )-Journalist, nature writer and sports commentator.
* Donald Alaster Macdonald ( 1859 – 1932 ), Australian sports journalist and war correspondent
* Donald Stovel Macdonald ( born 1932 ), Canadian politician, cabinet minister in the government of Pierre Trudeau
Donald Stovel Macdonald, PC, CC ( born March 1, 1932 ) is a former Canadian Liberal politician and Cabinet minister.
Jardine is best known for captaining the English team during the 1932 – 33 Ashes tour of Australia, in which his team employed Bodyline tactics against Donald Bradman and other opposing Australian batsmen.
In 1932, Northrop, backed by Donald Douglas of Douglas Aircraft, founded another company, the Northrop Corporation in El Segundo, California.
Franklin was among a family of printers with his brother William Cornelius Hollister ( born in 1861 ), nephew Joseph Cornelius Hollister ( born in 1892 ), and great-nephew Donald Roland Launius ( born 1932 ).
Donald L. Bren ( born May 11, 1932 ) is an American businessman who is Chairman of the Irvine Company, a US-based real estate investment company, which he wholly owns.
In 1932 Sir Donald MacLean died.
Donald Jones ( January 24, 1932 – November 5, 2004 ) was an actor and dancer ; born in Harlem, he went to the Netherlands in his early twenties and became the first Dutch black star.
*" Singin ' in the Rain " Prologue-Cliff Edwards from The Hollywood Revue of 1929 ( 1929 ), Jimmy Durante with Sidney Toler from Speak Easily ( 1932 ), Judy Garland from Little Nellie Kelly and the main title sequence from Singin ' in the Rain ( Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O ' Connor )
She was born Geraldine McKeown on 9 May 1932 in Old Windsor, Berkshire, England, the daughter of Donald McKeown and his wife, Nora ( Burns ).
* Donald Bradman played at the ground for the first time and attracted a crowd in excess of 20, 000 in 1932.
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* 1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American aviation industrialist ( d. 1981 )
* 1908 – Donald Bradman, Australian cricketer ( d. 2001 )
Despite the debut of Donald Bradman, the inexperienced Australians, led by Jack Ryder, were heavily defeated, losing 4 – 1.
* 1935 – Donald Bellisario, American screenwriter and producer
* 1937 – Donald Dewar, Scottish politician, First Minister of Scotland ( d. 2000 )
* 1940 – Donald Jackson, Canadian figure skater
* 1954 – Donald Petrie, American director
* 1925 – Donald O ' Connor, American actor, singer, and dancer ( d. 2003 )
* 1959 – Donald Markwell, Australian social scientist and educator
* 1931 – Donald Barthelme, American author ( d. 1989 )
The Wisden 100 rates Lara's 153 not out against Australia in Bridgetown in 1998 – 99 as the second best innings ever after Sir Donald Bradman's 270 against England in Melbourne in 1936 – 37.
** Donald Maclean, Acting Leader 1919 – 1920
* Donald Wade 1962 – 1964
Notable later editions of the Howard stories include the Donald M. Grant editions ( 1974 – 1989 ); Berkley editions ( 1977 ); Gollancz editions ( 2000 – 2006 ), and Wandering Star / Del Rey editions ( 2003 – 2005 ).
* Mader, Donald " The Entimos Pais of Matthew 8: 5 – 13 and Luke 7: 1 – 10 " Studies in Homosexuality, Vol XII: Homosexuality and Religion and Philosophy.
* – Beautifully illustrated introduction, by a member of Donald McKay's family
* Donald Victor Darwin ( 1896 – 1972 ) Australian road engineer
* Donald E. Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Volumes 1 – 4, Addison-Wesley Professional
* 1933 – Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist ( d. 2001 )
* 1942 – Donald Carcieri, American politician, governor of Rhode Island
* 1933 – Donald J. Kutyna, former United States air force officer
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