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Drops opposition to bank reform bill
Austro-German relations
Statement on reasons for delaying statement on war debts
1933Jerzy KosiĆski, Polish-American novelist and screenwriter (died 1991)[â ]
Jerzy KosiĆski was a Polish-born American writer and two-time president of the American chapter of P.E.N., who wrote primarily in English.
1933Vladislav Rastorotsky, Russian gymnast and coach (died 2017)[â ]
Vladislav Stepanovich Rastorotsky was a Soviet and Russian female artistic gymnastics coach, Honoured Trainer of the USSR, who worked at the Dynamo sports society. Sportswomen trained by him earned more than 50 titles at the Soviet national championships, European championships, World Championships and Olympic Games. Rastorotsky trained Soviet gymnasts for five Olympic cycles, starting in the mid-1960s. His most famous pupils were Ludmilla Tourischeva, Natalia Shaposhnikova and Natalia Yurchenko.
1933Justinien de Clary, French target shooter (born 1860)[â ]
Count Clary was a French sport shooter who competed in the late 19th century and early 20th century in trap shooting. He participated in Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris and won the bronze medal in the trap competition. Fellow Frenchmen Roger de Barbarin and Rene Guyot won gold and silver respectively. He was born and died in Paris.