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1932Els Borst, Dutch physician and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands (died 2014)[†]
Else "Els" Borst-Eilers was a Dutch politician of the Democrats 66 (D66) party and physician. She was granted the honorary title of Minister of State on 21 December 2012.
1932Larry Evans, American chess player and journalist (died 2010)[†]
Larry Melvyn Evans was an American chess player, author, and journalist who received the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 1957. He won or shared the U.S. Chess Championship five times and the U.S. Open Chess Championship four times. He wrote a long-running syndicated chess column and wrote or co-wrote more than twenty books on chess.
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T J Mara, sued by County Trust Co, reiterates Kenny's charge
Revival believed genuine
House Ways and Means Com amends sales tax project, exempting necessaries; leaders hopeful that this removes fundamental objections of Opposition; other sources of revenue estimated as substitutes; Garner urged to defend amended measure; Mills, in lr to La Guardia, claims latter's program would fall short of revenue needed by Govt; text of lr; Sen Long denounces sales levy
Appears as character witness for F X Mancuso
Income tax lien filed against his property
Martial law in Ukraine to prevent further escape of peasants into Rumania
Coal strike
U S Sup Ct decision in suit against E A Liebman
Chinese-Japanese relations