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Germany accepts Brit plan for withdrawing volunteers; France denies acceptance repts
Assemblyman Muccigrosso offers bill for clarification of N Y S cos interest rates
attends Dem leaders conf with Roosevelt
Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg's speech, which was broadcast throughout Germany tonight and in which he gave his interpretation of his agreement with Chancellor Adolf Hitler, created amazement and dismay in National Socialist quarters.
1938Diane Baker, American actress and producer[†]
Diane Carol Baker is an American actress, producer, and educator.
1938Herb Elliott, Australian athlete[†]
Herbert James Elliott is a former Australian athlete and arguably the world's greatest middle-distance runner of his era. In August 1958 he set the world record in the mile run, clocking 3:54.5, 2.7 seconds under the record held by Derek Ibbotson; later in the month he set the 1500 metres world record, running 3:36.0, 2.1 seconds under the record held by Stanislav Jungwirth. In the 1500 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics, he won the gold medal and bettered his own world record with a time of 3:35.6.
1938Farokh Engineer, Indian cricketer[†]
Farokh Maneksha Engineer is an Indian former cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper-batsman, usually an opening batsman, who represented India in 46 Test matches from 1961 to 1975. In first-class cricket, he played for Bombay from 1959/60 to 1974/75, for West Zone from 1961/62 to 1974/75, and for Lancashire County Cricket Club from 1968 to 1976. He was the first-choice wicket-keeper for the Rest of the World team which toured England in 1970 and Australia in 1971–72. Engineer is the first Man of the Match for India in the Men's Cricket World Cup because of his performance against East Africa in the 1975 Cricket World Cup.