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ALBANY, March 19.--Governor Smith would make no comment this evening on the demand by Senator Robinson of Indiana that the Governor be summoned before the Senate committee investigating Teapot...
Conf with Sec Morones in Mexico; move to end oil dispute seen
Dinner in N Y C, presentation of Woodrow Wilson Medal and Peace Award to Col Lindbergh
Meeting; adopts recommendations for regulation of foreign actors in U S
1928Jerome Biffle, American long jumper and coach (died 2002)[†]
Jerome Cousins Biffle was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump, where he was the Gold Medalist at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games.
1928James P. Gordon, American physicist and engineer (died 2013)[†]
James Power Gordon was an American physicist known for his work in the fields of optics and quantum electronics. His contributions include the design, analysis and construction of the first maser in 1954 as a doctoral student at Columbia University under the supervision of C. H. Townes, development of the quantal equivalent of Shannon's information capacity formula in 1962, development of the theory for the diffusion of atoms in an optical trap in 1980, and the discovery of what is now known as the Gordon-Haus effect in soliton transmission, together with H. A. Haus in 1986. Gordon was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences.
1928Fred Rogers, American television host and producer (died 2003)[†]
Fred McFeely Rogers, better known as Mister Rogers, was an American television personality, Presbyterian minister, and author. He was the creator, showrunner, and host of the preschool television series Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, which ran from 1968 to 2001.