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Adm W S Sims dies; career; tributes
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Criticizes Franco-Brit-Amer monetary accord, in Chamber debate
Resigns from Soc Security Bd to defend Soc Security Act against pol attacks
Delivers keynote s at N Y S Repub convention; attacks New Deal
1936Silvio Berlusconi, Italian businessman and politician, Prime Minister of Italy (died 2023)[†]
Silvio Berlusconi was an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as the prime minister of Italy in three governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1994 to 2013; a member of the Senate of the Republic from 2022 until his death in 2023, and previously from March to November 2013; and a member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2019 to 2022, and previously from 1999 to 2001. At the time of his death in 2023, he had a net worth of US$6.8 billion according to Forbes, making him the 352nd-richest man in the world and the third-wealthiest person in Italy.
1936James Fogle, American author (died 2012)[†]
James Fogle was the American author of the autobiographical novel Drugstore Cowboy, which became the basis for the film of the same name. He was born in Elcho, Wisconsin.
1936Hal Trosky, Jr., American baseball player (died 2012)[†]
Harold Arthur Trosky Jr. was an American professional baseball player who appeared as a pitcher in Major League Baseball in two games for the Chicago White Sox during the 1958 season. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was the son of Hal Trosky Sr., the Indians' slugging first baseman who played 11 seasons in the major leagues. Hal Jr. threw and batted right-handed, stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 205 pounds (93 kg).