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Urges Brit Govt to press negotiations with Hitler but supports govt defense policy, in House of Commons debate on air Locarno
Parts of Col, Wyo and Neb flooded; deaths and property damage
Breaks speed mark for commercial ships in day's run
Maps showing areas in India and Far East
decides to send Cong bill soon
1935Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners[â ]
Norman Robert Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank is an English architect. Closely associated with the development of high-tech architecture, Lord Foster is recognised as a key figure in British modernist architecture. His firm Foster and Partners, first founded in 1967 as Foster Associates is the largest in the United Kingdom, and operates internationally. He also serves as president of the Norman Foster Foundation, established to 'promote interdisciplinary thinking and research to help new generations of architects, designers and urbanists to anticipate the future'. The foundation, which opened in June 2017, is based in Madrid and operates globally. Foster received the Pritzker Prize in 2000.
1935Reverend Ike, American minister and television host (died 2009)[â ]
Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II, better known as Reverend Ike, was an American minister and evangelist based in New York City. He was known for the slogan "You can't lose with the stuff I use!" Though his preaching is considered a form of prosperity theology, Reverend Ike diverged from traditional Christian theology and taught what he called "Science of Living".
1935Jack Kralick, American baseball player (died 2012)[â ]
John Francis Kralick was an American professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1959 to 1967. He participated in 235 games in the course of an eight-year career that included stints with the Washington Senators / Minnesota Twins and Cleveland Indians. During that time, he earned 67 wins and 65 losses, accumulating a record of 668 strikeouts, with an ERA of 3.56 in 125 games and 1,218 innings pitched.
1935John C. Reynolds, American computer scientist and academic (died 2013)[â ]
John Charles Reynolds was an American computer scientist.
1935Arthur Arz von StrauĂenburg, Romanian-Hungarian general (born 1857)[â ]
Generaloberst Arthur Freiherr Arz von StrauĂenburg was an Austro-Hungarian colonel general and last Chief of the General Staff of the Austro-Hungarian Army. At the outbreak of the First World War, he commanded the 15th Infantry Division. Soon, he was promoted to the head of the 6th Corps and the First Army. He participated on the GorliceâTarnĂłw Offensive in 1915 and the countryside of Romania in 1916. In March 1917, he became Chief of the General Staff until his resignation on 3 November 1918.