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S Untermyer, in lr to him, presents new plan for restoration of city's credit
U S S Sturtevant sets speed record for transit
Group of independents to test 15-c a mile rate, despite Police Dept's refusal to license 15-c meters, through refunds on fares
strike voted; NRA seeks peace
Praises capture of H J Bailey
1933Bobby Helms, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1997)[†]
Robert "Bobby" Lee Helms was an American country singer and musician. In 1957, he had a perennial Christmas hit with "Jingle Bell Rock", and two other hits that same year: "Fraulein" and "My Special Angel".
1933Stanley Milgram, American social psychologist (died 1984)[†]
Stanley Milgram was an American social psychologist known for his controversial experiments on obedience conducted in the 1960s during his professorship at Yale.
1933Mike Seeger, American folk musician and folklorist (died 2009)[†]
Mike Seeger was an American folk musician and folklorist. He was a distinctive singer and an accomplished musician who mainly played autoharp, banjo, fiddle, dulcimer, guitar, harmonica, mandolin, dobro, jaw harp, and pan pipes. Seeger, a half-brother of Pete Seeger, produced more than 30 documentary recordings, and performed in more than 40 other recordings. He desired to make known the caretakers of culture that inspired and taught him. He was posthumously inducted into the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame in 2018.