BIGGER NAVY BILL PASSED BY SENATE; With $11,960,000 Added for New Ships, $460,000,000 Measure Is Voted, 55-18.
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1935John Ffowcs Williams, Welsh engineer and academic (died 2020)[â ]
John "ShĂ´n" Eirwyn Ffowcs Williams was Emeritus Rank Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a former Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1996â2002). He may be best known for his contributions to aeroacoustics, in particular for his work on Concorde. Together with one of his students, David Hawkings, he introduced the far-field integration method in computational aeroacoustics based on Lighthill's acoustic analogy, known as the Ffowcs WilliamsâHawkings analogy.

1935Cookie Gilchrist, American football player (died 2011)[â ]
Carlton Chester "Cookie" Gilchrist was an American football fullback who played in the American Football League (AFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was named the AFL Most Valuable Player (MVP) with the Buffalo Bills in 1962. He was named to the AFL All-Time Second-team.

1935W. P. Kinsella, Canadian novelist and short story writer (died 2016)[â ]
William Patrick Kinsella was a Canadian novelist and short story writer, known for his novel Shoeless Joe (1982), which was adapted into the movie Field of Dreams in 1989. His work often concerned baseball, First Nations people, and Canadian culture.
1935Victoria Shaw, Australian actress (died 1988)[â ]
Victoria Shaw was an Australian film and television actress.
1935Jesse Owens of Ohio State University breaks three world records and ties a fourth at the Big Ten Conference Track and Field Championships in Ann Arbor, Michigan.[â ]
James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens was an American track and field athlete who made history at the 1936 Olympic Games by becoming the first track and field athlete to win four gold medals in a single Olympics. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes in track and field history.