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MacDonald's views contrasted with those of other Englishmen
Van Tyne, C H, War of Independence: Amer Phase, Vol II
AN indication of how the theatre is faring these nights is contained in the fact that one of the major ticket agencies re cently dispensed with the services of fourteen clerks. What with no one having a great deal of money just at present, there is further word that the less responsible speculators-- ...
1929GorÅ Naya, Japanese actor and director (died 2013)[â ]
GorÅ Naya was a Japanese actor, voice actor, narrator and theatre director from Hakodate, HokkaidÅ. He was part of Theatre Echo all his career, and was the older brother of actor and voice actor RokurÅ Naya.
1929Norm Zauchin, American baseball player (died 1999)[â ]
Norbert Henry Zauchin was an American professional baseball first baseman. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox and Washington Senators (1958â59). He batted and threw right-handed, stood 6Â feet 4Â inches (1.93Â m) tall and weighed 220 pounds (100Â kg). In a six-season career, Zauchin was a .233 hitter with 50 home runs and 159 RBI in 346 games. He is most remembered for driving in 10 runs during a major league game.
1929Herman Hollerith, American statistician and businessman (born 1860)[â ]
Herman Hollerith was a German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to assist in summarizing information and, later, in accounting. His invention of the punched card tabulating machine, patented in 1884, marks the beginning of the era of mechanized binary code and semiautomatic data processing systems, and his concept dominated that landscape for nearly a century.