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Opposes Norton wage-hr bill
execs of 139 rrs vote to ask unions to take 15% cut; unions to fight move; G M Harrison and J A Phillips pledge fight; Harrison attacks Eastman's proposal
SEC to call J P Morgan
Roosevelt suggests patent law revision
Roosevelt accepts offer
1938Gary Collins, American actor and talk show host (died 2012)[†]
Gary Ennis Collins was an American actor and television host. Throughout his career, he won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1984 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1985.
1938Juraj Jakubisko, Slovak director and screenwriter (died 2023)[†]
Juraj Jakubisko was a Slovak film director. He directed fifteen feature films, between 1967 and 2008. He often took on the dual role of cinematographer in his films, as well as writing or co-writing the scripts. In 2000 he was named the Best Slovak Director of the 20th century by film critics and journalists. His work is often described as magical realism.
1938Larry Niven, American author and screenwriter[†]
Laurence van Cott Niven is an American science fiction writer. His 1970 novel Ringworld won the Hugo, Locus, Ditmar, and Nebula awards. With Jerry Pournelle he wrote The Mote in God's Eye (1974) and Lucifer's Hammer (1977). The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gave him the 2015 Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award.