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June 23, 1927

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FOG BARRIER HOLDS BYRD TILL SATURDAY; HE CHAFES AT DELAY; Bad Weather Over Most of His Course Held Too Perilous to Permit Venture. FLIER BADLY DISAPPOINTED But Views Scientific Aims as Too Important to Take Great Risk in Unsettled Area. START AT NIGHT GIVEN UP Commander Talks of Hop at 4 A.M. Tomorrow, but Doubts He Can Do It -- Versatile Crew Anxious to Go. FOG BARRIER HOLDS BYRD TILL SATURDAY

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Weather reports preparatory to Byrd's transatlantic flight

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LONG MISTREATMENT OF JEWISH PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL CHARGED; Rabbis Report Superintendent Promised Better Conditions Before Hazing of Internes. ACCUSED DOCTORS TO FIGHT Refuse to Resign From Kings County Institution -- Evicted From Premises. WALKER WILL SIT AS MAYOR Purposes to Speed Investigation -Coler Wants Physicians Consulted at Inquiry. LONG MISTREATMENT OF JEWISH PATIENTS

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Walker decides to sit as Mayor at investigation; Comr Coler suggests that he ask advice of Amer College of Surgeons and Academy of Medicine

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Notable Births

Bob Fosse

1927Bob Fosse, American actor, dancer, choreographer, and director (died 1987)[†]

Robert Louis Fosse was an American choreographer, dancer, filmmaker, and stage director. Known for his work on stage and screen, he is arguably the most influential figure in the field of jazz dance in the twentieth century. He received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, nine Tony Awards, and the Palme d'Or.

John Habgood

1927John Habgood, Baron Habgood, English archbishop (died 2019)[†]

John Stapylton Habgood, Baron Habgood, was a British Anglican bishop, academic, and life peer. He was Bishop of Durham from 1973 to 1983, and Archbishop of York from 18 November 1983 to 1995. In 1995, he was made a life peer and so continued to serve in the House of Lords after stepping down as archbishop. He took a leave of absence in later life, and in 2011 was one of the first peers to explicitly retire from the Lords.