James Mountain Inhofe was an American politician who served as a United States senator from Oklahoma from 1994 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he was the longest serving U.S. senator from Oklahoma. He served in various elected offices in the state of Oklahoma for nearly 60 years, between 1966 and 2023.

1934Anthony King, Canadian-English Psephologist and academic (died 2017)^[†]

Anthony Stephen King was a Canadian-British professor of government, psephologist and commentator. He taught at the Department of Government at the University of Essex for many years.

1934Terry Rand, American basketball player (died 2014)^[†]

Lynwood Terry Rand was an American basketball player, best known for his college career at Marquette University. Despite being drafted in the second round of the 1954 NBA draft, he never played in the NBA, instead choosing to play in the National Industrial Basketball League for six years. After retiring from basketball, he worked as a stockbroker with Rand Financial Advisors.

Headlines from November 17, 1934

Italy to Enroll Infants In Army Training Corps

Three Seized in Kidnap Ambush; Fight Police in Connecticut Home; Fourth of Gang, Believed Wounded, Flees on Foot -- Travel Agent and Wife Had Taken Boy, 13, to New York -- Two Officers Slightly Wounded in Battle in Darien Living Room. THREE MEN SEIZED IN KIDNAP AMBUSH

National Theatre Proposed to Roosevelt; $1,000,000 Asked for 'Drama in Every City'

$41,134,800 REALTY PUT ON TAX ROLLS; Every Parsonage in the City, Y.M.C.A.'s, Private Schools and Hospitals on List. WAVE OF PROTEST STARTS All Owners Will Get Hearing -- $98,440,300 Restored by Fusion Board to Date. $41,134,800 REALTY PUT ON TAX ROLLS

SEE BILLION A YEAR FOR JOB INSURANCE; Experts Report That 5 Per Cent Payroll Tax Would Produce Fund for Unemployed.

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