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In response to a week-end accumulation of buying orders, stocks and bonds joined yesterday in one of the liveliest advances of the year, with the former showing net gains of 2 to 9 points and the latter of 1 to 10 points.
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1932Houari Boumediene, Algerian colonel and politician, 2nd President of Algeria (died 1978)[†]
Houari Boumédiène was an Algerian military officer and politician who was the second head of state of independent Algeria from 1965 until his death in 1978. He served as Chairman of the Revolutionary Council of Algeria from 19 June 1965 until 12 December 1976 and thereafter as president of Algeria until his death.
1932Enos Nkala, Zimbabwean soldier and politician, Zimbabwean Minister of Defence (died 2013)[†]
Enos Mzombi Nkala was one of the founders of the Zimbabwe African National Union.
1932Mark Russell, American comedian and pianist (died 2023)[†]
Marcus Joseph Ruslander, better known as Mark Russell, was an American political satirist and comedian. He is best known for his series of bimonthly comedy specials on PBS television between 1975 and 2004. His routines were a mix of political stand-up humor covering current events and musical parodies in which he accompanied himself on his trademark American flag-themed piano.