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Mrs. John Hay Whitney captured both stake events at Belmont Park yesterday. Her Futurity winner, Singing Wood, was first in the fifty-ninth running of the Withers and her young steeplechaser, Rocky Run, took the thirteenth running of the Charles L. Appleton Memorial Cup steeplechase.
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The war dead of the nation will be honored as the citizens of New York City celebrate Memorial Day on Wednesday with more than 22,000 persons joining in the annual parade.
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1934Ray Daviault, Canadian-American baseball player (died 2020)[â ]
Raymond Joseph Robert Daviault was a Canadian professional baseball player. The right-handed pitcher, a native of Montreal, Quebec, had an 11-season (1953â63) professional career, but spent only part of one season in the Major Leagues, appearing in 36 games for the 1962 New York Mets, the first season in that expansion team's history. He stood 6Â feet 1Â inch (1.85Â m) tall and weighed 175 pounds (79Â kg).
1934Harlan Ellison, American author and screenwriter (died 2018)[â ]
Harlan Jay Ellison was an American writer, known for his prolific and influential work in New Wave speculative fiction and for his outspoken, combative personality. His published works include more than 1,700 short stories, novellas, screenplays, comic-book scripts, teleplays, essays, and a wide range of criticism covering literature, film, television, and print media.