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Charges Japanese war preparations, in s to All-Union Communist Cong
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11. -- The National Recovery Administration, faced with a growing enforcement problem under codes covering purely local enterprises, today urged the forty-eight States to enact statutes making code violations a breach of State laws.
Arrested in connection with kidnapping of J Factor
1934Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress[†]
Annette Crosbie is a Scottish actress. She is best known for her role as Margaret Meldrew in the BBC sitcom One Foot in the Grave (1990–2000). She twice won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, for The Six Wives of Henry VIII in 1971 and in 1976 for Edward the Seventh.
1934Anne Osborn Krueger, American economist and academic[†]
Anne Osborn Krueger is an American economist. She was the World Bank Chief Economist from 1982 to 1986, and the first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from 2001 to 2006. She is currently the senior research professor of international economics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington, D.C. She also is a senior fellow of Center for International Development and the Herald L. and Caroline Ritch Emeritus Professor of Sciences and Humanities' Economics Department at Stanford University.
1934Bill Russell, American basketball player and coach (died 2022)[†]
William Felton Russell was an American professional basketball player who played center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. He was the centerpiece of the Celtics dynasty that played for 12 NBA championships and won 11 during his 13-year career. Russell is widely considered to be one of the greatest basketball players of all time.