Robert Henry Best
Robert Henry Best was an American foreign correspondent who covered events in Europe for American media outlets during the interwar period. He later became a supporter of the Nazis and a well known broadcaster of Nazi propaganda during World War II. After the war, Best was arrested and returned to the United States to stand trial for collaboration. In 1948, Best was convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment. He died in prison in 1952.
16 April 1896
Born on the same birth date (16 April 1896): Árpád Weisz
Born on the same birth day (16 April): Ellen Barkin • Ellis Marsalis Sr. • Kandukuri Veeresalingam • Lise-Marie Morerod • Marcel Carrière • Matthieu Proulx • Osman Achmatowicz • Paweł Kieszek • Petrus Apianus • Pierre Fabre (businessman) • Pope Benedict XVI • Shinji Okazaki • Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet • Tony McQuay
Born in the same month (April 1896): Einar Lundborg • Ernst Udet • Fred Barnett (English footballer) • Fred Haney • Frits Peutz • Hans List • Johnny Golden • Léo-Paul Desrosiers • Na Hye-sŏk • Nikolay Semyonov • Reverend Gary Davis • Robert E. Sherwood • Rogers Hornsby • Ruut Tarmo • Señor Wences • Tristan Tzara • Wallace Carothers • William Hudson (engineer) • Wop May • Yip Harburg • Árpád Weisz