Passions of Hate by Freda Macdonald6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Top recordings of the year were Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 12 weeks at the top, Bing Crosby's "Only Forever" - 9 weeks at the top, and Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" - 12 weeks at the top. ![]() In 1940, she was 23 years old when in July, Billboard published its first Music Popularity Chart. There is still controversy about her guilt although her name has become synonymous with a seductive female spy. Her travels (and her romantic entanglements) raised suspicion and she was arrested by the French and found guilty. Since Mata Hari, born Margaretha Geertruida "Margreet" MacLeod, was a citizen of the Netherlands (which remained neutral in World War 1), she could travel freely in Europe. In 1917, in the year that Freda L Mcdonald was born, Dutch exotic dancer Mata Hari was convicted and executed as a German spy. Refresh this page to see various historical events that occurred during Freda's lifetime. ![]()
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