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Events on Thursday 5 November 1942 1
1878 – 1942George M. Cohan (1878-1942)Died 5 November 1942, aged 64George M. Cohan was an American entertainer, playwright and songwriter known as "the man who owns Broadway". He wrote "Over There", "Give My Regards to Broadway" and "You're a Grand Old Flag". His life was dramatised in the 1942 film Yankee Doodle Dandy.