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Sen's ranks divided into factions
E R Buckner, in lr to Borough Pres Harvey, says C B Moore should be tried as Queens sewer grafter
Incendiaries start 19 fires in Siskiyou Natl For est
Byrd, with B Balchen, pilot, H June, radio operator, and A C McKinley, photographer and aerial surveyor, takes off on flight to South Pole; description of take-off; pors; illus of plane (R Owen)
1929Derek Jameson, English journalist and radio host (died 2012)[†]
Derek Jameson was an English tabloid journalist and broadcaster. He began his career in the media in 1944 as a messenger at Reuters and worked his way up to become the editor of several British tabloid newspapers in the 1970s and 1980s.
1929Woo Yong-gak, North Korean soldier (died 2012)[†]
Woo Yong-gak was a North Korean commando who was released from incarceration in South Korea on 25 February 1999.
1929U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.[†]
Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plateau. He is also known for discovering Mount Sidley, the largest dormant volcano in Antarctica.