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1931Ermanno Olmi, Italian director, screenwriter, and cinematographer (died 2018)[†]
Ermanno Olmi was an Italian film director and screenwriter best known for directing Il Posto (1961) and The Tree of Wooden Clogs (1977), which won the Palme d'Or. Throughout his career Olmi blended Italian neorealism with Christian humanism, with many of his films following humble characters through the spiritual trials of harsh conditions.
1931Éric Tabarly, French commander (died 1998)[†]
Éric Marcel Guy Tabarly was a French naval officer and yachtsman. He developed a passion for offshore racing very early on and won several ocean races such as the Ostar in 1964 and 1976, ending English domination in this specialty. Several of his wins broke long standing records. He owed his successes to his exceptional mastery of sailing and of each one of his boats, to both physical and mental stamina and, in some cases, to technological improvements built into his boats. Through his victories, Tabarly inspired an entire generation of ocean racers and contributed to the development of nautical activities in France.
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Vigilantes organize to stop rum traffic, Lyndon, Vt
explanation of Stimson statement
Cables Lady Astor and G B Shaw in Moscow asking their aid in procuring passport to U S for his wife
LONDON, July 23.--The following is the text of the communique issued today at the close of the seven-power conference here:
Cardinals, meeting of
Turned over to U S Consulate for trial
Statement on negotiations in London on German crisis
Sets record for flight from N Y to Havana and return
7-power conf closes; Hoover plan accepted; Bruening seeks $120,000,000 loan from U S; German delegates unenthusiastic over results of conf
In N Y; conf with A E Smith; approves of Gov Roosevelt as Dem candidate for Pres
sued for divorce