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There is increasing concern that children should be "well-born." But the Children's Bureau, now twenty years old, is more interested in children after they are born. This institution was made possible by an act of Congress in the Administration of President TAFT, although it was recommended in a message three years earlier by President ROOSEVELT.
1932Yakir Aharonov, Israeli academic and educator[†]
Yakir Aharonov is an Israeli physicist specializing in quantum physics. He has been a Professor of Theoretical Physics and the James J. Farley Professor of Natural Philosophy at Chapman University in California since 2008. He was a distinguished professor in the Perimeter Institute between 2009-2012 and is a professor emeritus at Tel Aviv University and at University of South Carolina. He is president of the IYAR, The Israeli Institute for Advanced Research.
1932Andy Bathgate, Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager (died 2016)[†]
Andrew James Bathgate was a Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who played 17 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins between 1952 and 1971. In 2017 Bathgate was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history.