Len Carlson was a Canadian voice actor who voiced various characters on many animated television series from the 1960s to the 2000s, an occasional live-action TV actor, and a Kraft Canada TV pitchman during the 1970s and 1980s. He was a native of Edmonton and a former professional athlete, playing baseball for a San Francisco Giants farm team before his acting career.

1937Peter Ueberroth, American businessman^[†]

Peter Victor Ueberroth is an American sports and business executive known for his involvement in the Olympics and in Major League Baseball. A Los Angeles–based businessman, he was the chairman of the Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee which brought the games to Los Angeles in 1984. Ueberroth was named 1984's Time Man of the Year for his success in organizing the Olympic games.

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1937Pierre de Coubertin, French historian and educator, founded the International Olympic Committee (born 1863)^[†]

Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin, also known as Pierre de Coubertin and Baron de Coubertin, was a French educator and historian, co-founder of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), and its second president. He is known as the father of the modern Olympic Games. He was particularly active in promoting the introduction of sport in French schools.

Headlines from September 2, 1937

SUBMARINE FIRES ON BRITISH WARSHIP OFF SPANISH COAST; Destroyer Looses a Depth Charge at Unidentified Craft--Effect Unknown

MAYOR DENOUNCES TRANSIT 'POLITICS'; MOSES EXTOLS HIM; Gibes at Walker Appointment--Calls for Abolition of 'Discredited' Board

Crop Restriction Scored By World Farming Body; Report of Institute of Agriculture Calls for Coordinated Expansion-Effects of Government Intervention Feared

COURT DISMISSES DOG RACE CHARGES; Hawkins Holds State Law on Gambling Obscure as He Clears Nassau Men

ROOSEVELT SIGNS SUGAR QUOTA BILL; ASSAILS 'MONOPOLY'; Approval Is Based on 'Gentlemen's Agreement' to End an 'Unholy Alliance'

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