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3 reptd dead, more captured
USSR reptd demanding right to occupy Iran northern provinces, moves troops near Baku oil field area
frontier clashes reptd
he signs Gugino bill, vetoes Williamson
1941David Boren, American lawyer and politician, 21st Governor of Oklahoma (died 2025)[†]
David Lyle Boren was an American lawyer and politician from Oklahoma. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 21st governor of Oklahoma from 1975 to 1979 and three terms in the United States Senate from 1979 to 1994. A conservative Democrat, to date, he is the last in his party to have served as U.S. Senator from Oklahoma. He was the 13th and second-longest serving president of the University of Oklahoma from 1994 to 2018. He was the longest serving chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence. On September 20, 2017, Boren officially announced his retirement as president of the University of Oklahoma, effective June 30, 2018.
1941Fritz Manteuffel, German gymnast (born 1875)[†]
Julius Carl Fritz Manteuffel was a German gymnast. He competed at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.