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December 18, 1934

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28 MORE ARE SHOT IN SOVIET ROUND-UP; Executions in Ukraine Raise Total to 103 -- Nine of the 37 Seized There Still Held. LIGHT ON KIROFF SLAYING ' Left Deviators' Who Followed Zinovieff Linked to Crime by Party Resolutions. 28 MORE ARE SHOT IN SOVIET ROUND-UP

By Harold Denny.special Cable To the New York Times.by Harold Denny

28 of 37 arrested in Ukraine executed; 9 held for further investigation; Left deviators, former Zinovieff group, linked to Kiroff assassination in resolutions of party organizations in Leningrad and Moscow

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Notable Births

Marc Rich

1934Marc Rich, Belgian-American businessman, founded Glencore (died 2013)[†]

Marc Rich was an international commodities trader, financier, and businessman. He founded the commodities company Glencore, and was later indicted in the United States on federal charges of tax evasion, wire fraud, racketeering, and making oil deals with Iran during the Iran hostage crisis. He fled to Switzerland at the time of the indictment and never returned to the United States. He received a widely criticized presidential pardon from President Bill Clinton, on his last day in office; Rich's ex-wife Denise had made large donations to the Democratic Party.

Boris Volynov

1934Boris Volynov, Russian colonel, engineer, and cosmonaut[†]

Boris Valentinovich Volynov is a Soviet cosmonaut who flew two space missions of the Soyuz programme: Soyuz 5, and Soyuz 21. Following the death of Alexei Leonov in October 2019, he is the last surviving member of the original group of cosmonauts. He is also considered to be the first Jew in space.