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Refuses to testify at private hearing of Hofstadter Legis com
St Louis vs Phila
Herndon's story
SHANGHAI, Tuesday, Oct. 6.--The British naval wireless carried news of the death of Senator Dwight W. Morrow to his daughter and son-inlaw, Anne and Charles Lindbergh, aboard the British aircraft carrier Hermes early today.
1931Nikolai Chernykh, Russian astronomer (died 2004)[†]
Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh was a Russian-born Soviet astronomer and discoverer of minor planets and comets at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnyi, Crimea.
1931Eileen Derbyshire, English actress[†]
Eileen Derbyshire is an English retired actress, best known for her role as Emily Bishop in the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. She played the character for 55 years from January 1961 to January 2016, making her the longest-serving female cast member in a British TV soap opera. She was appointed an MBE in the 2010 Queen's Birthday Honours list for her long acting career.
1931Riccardo Giacconi, Italian-American astrophysicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2018)[†]
Riccardo Giacconi was an Italian-American Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist who laid down the foundations of X-ray astronomy. He was a professor at the Johns Hopkins University.