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British Imperial Airways liner City of Ottawa crashes into Channel, 7 killed; 5 rescued
4 freight cars billed as "crude oil" contained 1,000 kegs of beer which are seized at Jersey City
Quake causes great damage in northern half of South Island; 9 killed
Speculation as to Anglo-Amer moves; technicians prepare Hoover "yardstick" for measuring naval strengths; cruisers big issue with U S
1929Jürgen Habermas, German sociologist and philosopher[†]
Jürgen Habermas is a German philosopher and social theorist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. His work addresses communicative rationality and the public sphere.
1929Tibor Rubin, Hungarian-American soldier, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2015)[†]
Tibor "Ted" Rubin was a Hungarian-American Army Corporal. A Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the U.S. in 1948, he fought in the Korean War and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war, as a combatant and a prisoner of war (POW).