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July 31, 1926

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New Rochelle Girl, With Scant Resources, Will Try English Channel Swim Tomorrow

By Wireless To the New York Times

DOVER, England, July 30. -- Two lonely women in an unknown land, faced with the problem of making arrangements for their attempt to swim the English Channel within a few days, handicapped by lack of funds, is the position Miss Clarabelle Barrett of New Rochelle and her only companion and friend Miss G.B. Leister of Baltimore find themselves in here.

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Notable Births

Bernard Nathanson

1926Bernard Nathanson, American physician and activist (died 2011)[ā€ ]

Bernard N. Nathanson was an American physician, abortion rights advocate turned anti-abortion activist, and a prominent figure in the abortion debate in the United States. He was originally a co-founder in 1969 of the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws (NARAL), later renamed National Abortion Rights Action League and the former director of New York City's Center for Reproductive and Sexual Health. He was the narrator for the controversial 1984 anti-abortion film The Silent Scream.

Hilary Putnam

1926Hilary Putnam, American mathematician, computer scientist, and philosopher (died 2016)[ā€ ]

Hilary Whitehall Putnam was an American philosopher, mathematician, computer scientist, and figure in analytic philosophy in the second half of the 20th century. He contributed to the studies of philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, philosophy of mathematics, and philosophy of science. Outside philosophy, Putnam contributed to mathematics and computer science. Together with Martin Davis he developed the Davisā€“Putnam algorithm for the Boolean satisfiability problem and he helped demonstrate the unsolvability of Hilbert's tenth problem.