In 1948, the Pumpkin Papers came to light as the House
Un-American Activities Committee announced that Whittaker Chambers, a former communist spy, had produced microfilm of secret documents from inside a hollow pumpkin on his Maryland farm. (Chambers claimed he had gotten the documents from former State Department official Alger Hiss - a charge Hiss denied.)
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Country singer Ferlin Husky (1927)
Singer Andy williams (1928)
Movie director Jean Luc Godard (1930)
Singer Jaye P. Morgan (1931)
Rock singer Ozzy Osbourne (1948)
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"As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly."