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Birth of Shirley Temple

23 April 1928

American actress and diplomat (1928–2014). Shirley Temple was born on 23 April 1928 in what is now the United States. Shirley Temple is remembered as an actor, film actor and singer, a citizen of the United States. Positions held included the United States Ambassador to Czechoslovakia and the United States Ambassador to Ghana.

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