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Shelf ice breaks up; Wyatt Earp cast adrift; plane, Polar Star, slips through crack in ice; plane hauled back to surface of ice; flight doubtful
Fordham's basketball team wilted in the face of terrific pressure applied by New York University last night and was toppled from the ranks of the unbeaten.
Dr. H.M. van Haersma de With, the new Minister of the Netherlands to the United States, arrived yesterday on the Holland-America liner Volendam en route to Washington. He was in this country last in 1921-1922, when he came as a member of the Holland delegation to the naval disarmament conference
Using its first five as a unit for only eight minutes, City College's undefeated varsity basketball team was extended at the C.C.N.Y. gymnasium last night to register its ninth victory at the expense of a hard-fighting Manhattan College squad, 32 to 15.
1934Richard Briers, English actor (died 2013)[†]
Richard David Briers was an English actor whose five-decade career encompassed film, radio, stage and television.
1934Pierre Darmon, French tennis player[†]
Pierre Darmon is a French former tennis player. He was ranked No.8 in the world in 1963, and also reached the top ten in 1958 and 1964.
1934Alberto Rodríguez Larreta, Argentinian race car driver (died 1977)[†]
Alberto Rodríguez Larreta was a racing driver from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He participated in one World Championship Formula One Grand Prix, the 1960 Argentine Grand Prix on 7 February 1960. Driving a Lotus 16 for Team Lotus, he qualified 15th and finished in ninth place. Larreta was reportedly offered a drive by Colin Chapman, but turned it down and continued competing in a wide variety of other motorsports until 1970. He died from a heart attack in 1977.
1934Ioan Cantacuzino, Romanian physician and bacteriologist (born 1863)[†]
Ioan I. Cantacuzino was a renowned Romanian physician and bacteriologist, a professor at the School of Medicine and Pharmacy of the University of Bucharest, and a titular member of the Romanian Academy. He established the fields of microbiology and experimental medicine in Romania, and founded the Cantacuzino Institute.