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Poincare's victory in French Chamber
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Directors approve absorption by Studebaker Co; stockholders will decide
To give legacies for newspaper project debts, sister, Mrs H G Davis, to aid him
1928Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli, Islamic philosopher, theologian, mathematician and mystic (died 2021)[†]
Hasan Hasanzade Amoli was an Iranian Shi'ite theologian known for his mystical tendencies and Islamic philosophy. He was among clerics who overcame the traditional opposition to teaching philosophy courses at Shi'ite seminaries. He wrote many books in philosophy, mysticism, mathematics, astronomy, Persian and Arabic literature. He interpreted the Islamic philosophical tradition in a similar way to Mulla Sadra, which is a reconciliation of religion, reason and mysticism. His books include Sharh fusus al-hikam, Tashih nahj al-balagha, Insan dar 'urf-i 'irfan, Tashih kalila wa dimna.
1928Nathaniel Tarn, American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator (died 2024)[†]
Nathaniel Tarn was a French-American poet, essayist, anthropologist, and translator. He was born Edward Michael Mendelson in Paris, France, to a French-Romanian mother and a British-Lithuanian father.