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November 13, 1927

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WINDOW UNVEILED AT ST. THOMAS'S; Gift of Mrs. Burden Depicting Faith Is First of Series for the Church. WORK OF UNUSUAL DESIGN Artist Fashioned It After the Medieval Stained Glass in the Cathedral at Chartres.

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When parishioners enter St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, Fifth Avenue and Fifty-third Street, for worship this morning they will see for the first time the first of a series of stained-glass windows that was completed last week, which are said to represent the highest achievement of American window design.

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Notable Births

1927Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid, American mathematician and theorist (died 1985)[†]

Albert Turner Bharucha-Reid was an African American mathematician and theorist who worked extensively on probability theory, Markov chains, and statistics. The author of more than 70 papers and 6 books, his work touched on such diverse fields as economics, physics, and biology.

Historical Events

Holland Tunnel

1927The Holland Tunnel opens to traffic as the first Hudson River vehicle tunnel linking New Jersey to New York City.[†]

The Holland Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River that connects Hudson Square and Lower Manhattan in New York City in the east to Jersey City, New Jersey, in the west. The tunnel is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and carries Interstate 78. The New Jersey side of the tunnel is the eastern terminus of New Jersey Route 139. The Holland Tunnel is one of three vehicular crossings between Manhattan and New Jersey; the two others are the Lincoln Tunnel and George Washington Bridge.