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Sen Wagner favors Senate inquiry of disaster at sea, to find whether provisions for enforcement of safety laws are adequate
I C C refusal to consider Pittsburgh & W Va case appears victory for plan of Taplin Bros to construct 38-mi Connellsville link between Connellsville, Pa, and Cochrane's Mill, Pa, thus providing through trunk line from Chicago to Atlantic Seaboard via Baltimore
Demonstrators held in bail; Hoover calls it "college-boy prank,"
Supreme Court orders reargument in 7c fare case
1928Aleksey Batalov, Russian actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2017)[†]
Aleksey Vladimirovich Batalov was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, film director, screenwriter, and pedagogue acclaimed for his portrayal of noble and positive characters. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1989.
1928Franklin Cover, American actor (died 2006)[†]
Franklin Edward Cover was an American actor best known for his role in The Jeffersons, Tom Willis, half of one of the first interracial marriages to be seen on prime-time television.
1928Pedro Ferrándiz, Spanish basketball coach (died 2022)[†]
Pedro Ferrándiz González was a Spanish professional coach in the sport of basketball. He is most famous for having been the head coach of Real Madrid's basketball club, in the 1960s and 1970s. The International Olympic Committee awarded him with the Olympic Order in 1977. He was made an inductee of the Basketball Hall of Fame, in April 2007. In 2008, he was named one of the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors. He was inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2009. He was also awarded with the Spanish Royal Order of Sports Merit.
1928John Disley, Welsh athlete (died 2016)[†]
John Ivor Disley CBE was a Welsh athlete. He competed mainly in the 3000 metres steeplechase before co-founding the London Marathon and becoming active in sports promotion and administration.
1928Pete Rademacher, American boxer (died 2020)[†]
Thomas Peter Rademacher was an American heavyweight boxer. As an amateur, he was a gold medalist at the 1956 Olympics. Rademacher became the only person to challenge for the world heavyweight championship in his first professional bout when he faced Floyd Patterson in Seattle on August 22, 1957. He compiled a 15-7-1 record over 23 professional bouts.
1928Genrikh Sapgir, Russian writer (died 1999)[†]
Genrikh Sapgir was a Russian poet and fiction writer of Jewish descent.