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1930Aranka Siegal, Czech-American author and Holocaust survivor[†]
Aranka Siegal is a writer, Holocaust survivor, and recipient of the Newbery Honor and Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, both awarded to her in 1982. She is the author of three books, the best known of which is Upon the Head of the Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1930-1944, a memoir of her childhood in Hungary before her 12-month imprisonment in the Nazi concentration camps, Auschwitz – Birkenau and Bergen-Belsen.
1930Carmen Cozza, American baseball and football player (died 2018)[†]
Carmen Louis Cozza was an American football and baseball player and coach of football. He served as the head football coach at Yale University from 1965 to 1996, winning ten Ivy League championships and compiling a record of 179–119–5. Cozza was named UPI New England Coach of the Year four times and Eastern Coach of the Year. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2002.
1930Theo Sommer, German journalist (died 2022)[†]
Theo Sommer was a German newspaper editor and intellectual. He began working for Die Zeit in 1958, rising to an editor-in-chief and publisher. His editorials for Die Zeit shaped the paper's social-liberal attitude. He advocated the policy of détente with the Eastern bloc states (Entspannungspolitik). From 1992, Sommer was publisher of Die Zeit, together with Marion Dönhoff and Helmut Schmidt. He was considered one of Germany's authorities on international relations and strategic issues.
1930Chen Xitong, Chinese politician, 8th Mayor of Beijing (died 2013)[†]
Chen Xitong was a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party and the Mayor of Beijing until he was removed from office on charges of corruption in 1995.
1930Adolf von Harnack, German historian and theologian (born 1851)[†]
Carl Gustav Adolf von Harnack was a Baltic German Lutheran theologian and prominent Church historian. He produced many religious publications from 1873 to 1912. He was ennobled in 1914.
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Young Guard Repubs sign pledge not to permit adjournment of extra session until London naval treaty has been acted on
A L Lingle, Tribune reporter, slain by gunmen
Condemns harshness of dry law, lauding Brit system of liquor control; s before social workers
Doyle adjudged in contempt of court for refusal to tell names of persons with whom he split fees; sentenced
Apologizes for embarrassing com by defending Cannon's stand
Towing of parked cars upheld by Sup Ct in Bklyn
Severe break, N Y
Wife receives divorce; he marries M Spore an hour later
1st volume of Simon rept published; summary
Pres signs bill increasing pensions of Civil War veterans
Sees Princess Helen, takes son for few hours and returns him to her; congratulations from Queen Marie; manifesto by Liberal Party; G Bratiano for him; orders prosecution of Dr Angelescu and others for speaking disrespectfully of him; friends deny Mme Lupescu is on way to him