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Heads com to reestablish City's credit
6 die, 20 missing; 25 rescued at Ocean City, N J
Opposition press ignores pol activities, as protest against censorship
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Foreign journalists warned by Foreign Office not to travel in Russia without permission
1933Janet Baker, English soprano and educator[†]
Dame Janet Abbott Baker is an English mezzo-soprano best known as an opera, concert, and lieder singer.
1933Michael Dacher, German mountaineer (died 1994)[†]
Michael Dacher was a German mountain climber. In 1979 he and Reinhold Messner climbed the K2 in record time and without oxygen equipment.
1933Barry Norman, English author and critic (died 2017)[†]
Barry Leslie Norman was a British film critic, television presenter and journalist. He presented the BBC's cinema review programme, Film..., from 1972 to 1998.
1933Erik Paaske, Danish actor and singer (died 1992)[†]
Erik Paaske was a Danish theater, TV and film actor and singer.