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claims Ohio for Landon
With A E Smith and other Dems wires Dem convention to repudiate Roosevelt and New Deal; threatens bolt (A Krock)
Sgt H Sills, 3 Brit privates and 11 Arabs killed after attack on Tel Aviv-Haifa buses; Brit planes rescue body of Sills and Brit wounded; clash near Nablus
1936Kris Kristofferson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (died 2024)[†]
Kristoffer Kristofferson was an American musician and actor. He was a pioneering figure in the outlaw country movement of the 1970s, moving away from the polished Nashville sound and toward a more raw, introspective style. Some of his most famous songs include "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night", all of which became hits for other artists.
1936Ferran Olivella, Spanish footballer (died 2023)[†]
Ferran Olivella Pons was a Spanish footballer who played as a defender.
1936Hermeto Pascoal, Brazilian accordion player and composer[†]
Hermeto Pascoal Oliveira da Costa was a Brazilian composer and multi-instrumentalist. Pascoal was best known in Brazilian music for his orchestration and improvisation, as well as for being a record producer and contributor to many Brazilian and international albums.
1936Moritz Schlick, German-Austrian physicist and philosopher (born 1882)[†]
Friedrich Albert Moritz Schlick was a German philosopher, physicist, and the founding father of logical positivism and the Vienna Circle. He was murdered by a former student, Johann Nelböck, in 1936.