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August 27, 1929

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8 AMERICANS LISTED IN 70 HEBRON DEAD; Attack on Rabbinical College Was Savage--18 Killed in Banker's House. WOMEN AND CHILDREN SLAIN Newly Wed American Woman Is Seriously Injured--New Yorkers Among Killed. Some of the Resident Victims. 8 AMERICANS LISTED IN 70 HEBRON DEAD

By From a Staff Correspondent of The New York Times. Wireless to THE NEW YORK TIMES

JERUSALEM, Aug. 26.--The latest corrected reports of the casualties at Hebron give more than seventy dead. Of the 190 students in the Slobodka Rabbinical College, thirty were killed, eight of whom were Americans. Following is the casualty list among the Americans:

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Notable Births

Ira Levin

1929Ira Levin, American novelist, playwright, and songwriter (died 2007)[†]

Ira Marvin Levin was an American novelist, playwright, and songwriter. His works include the novels A Kiss Before Dying (1953), Rosemary's Baby (1967), The Stepford Wives (1972), This Perfect Day (1970), The Boys from Brazil (1976), and Sliver (1991). Levin also wrote the play Deathtrap (1978). Many of his novels and plays have been adapted into films. He received the Prometheus Hall of Fame Award and several Edgar Awards.

1929George Scott, Canadian-American wrestler and promoter (died 2014)[†]

George Scott was a Canadian professional wrestler, booker and promoter. From the 1950s until the 1970s, he and his younger brother Sandy competed as The Flying Scotts in North American regional promotions including the National Wrestling Alliance, particularly the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic territories, as well as successful stints in the American Wrestling Association, Maple Leaf Wrestling and Stampede Wrestling.

Notable Deaths

Herman Potočnik

1929Herman Potočnik, Croatian-Austrian engineer (born 1892)[†]

Herman Potočnik was an Austro-Hungarian Army officer, electrical engineer and astronautics theorist. He is regarded as an early theorist of modern space flight and is remembered mainly for his work concerning the long-term human habitation of space.