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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., July 17. -- Reports from Swampscott that a strike of anthracite mine workers on Sept. 1
Conf with Pres Coolidge, says Govt has decided upon positive steps to be taken in case of strike
1925Shirley Strickland, Australian runner and hurdler (died 2004)[â ]
Shirley Barbara de la Hunty AO, MBE, known as Shirley Strickland during her early career, was an Australian athlete. She won more Olympic medals than any other Australian in running sports.
1925Friedrich Zimmermann, German lawyer and politician, German Federal Minister of the Interior (died 2012)[â ]
Friedrich Zimmermann was a German politician and a member of the Christian Social Union (CSU). From 1982 to 1989, he was the federal minister of interior. From 1989 to 1991 he held the position of federal minister for transport.
1925Raymond Jones, Australian Modernist architect (died 2022)[â ]
Raymond Alfredo Daniel Jones was an Australian Modernist architect. His work includes many building types, including residential, ecclesiastical, educational, commercial, and prefabricated kit buildings.
1925Windy McCall, American baseball relief pitcher (died 2015)[â ]
John William McCall was a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1948 through 1957 for the Boston Red Sox (1948â49), Pittsburgh Pirates (1950) and New York Giants (1954â57). Listed at 6 feet (1.83Â m) tall and 180 pounds (82Â kg), McCall batted and threw left-handed. He was born in San Francisco, California, and studied at the University of San Francisco. He was a United States Marine Corps veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific Theater of Operations, including Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
1925Louis-Nazaire BĂ©gin, Canadian cardinal (born 1840)[â ]
Louis-Nazaire BĂ©gin was a Canadian cardinal of the Catholic Church. Begin held a doctorate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome and was later appointed Archbishop of Quebec by Pope Leo XIII (1898) and created cardinal by Pope Pius X (1914).
1925Adolf Hitler publishes Mein Kampf.[â ]
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi period from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor in 1933 and then taking the title of FĂŒhrer und Reichskanzler in 1934. His invasion of Poland on 1Â September 1939 marked the outbreak of the Second World War. Throughout his leadership in the ensuing conflict, he was closely involved in the direction of German military operations and the perpetration of the Holocaustâthe genocide of about six million Jews and millions of other victims.