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June 29, 1941

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CAMPBELL, EXETER, PREVAILS, 7 AND 5; Beats Edwards of Brunswick in Eastern School Links Final at Greenwich CAMPBELL, EXETER, PREVAILS, 7 AND 5

By Lewis B. Funkespecial To the New York Timks

GREENWICH, Conn., June 28 -- Bill Campbell, just out of Exeter, made a runaway of the thirteenth annual Eastern interscholastic golf championship today. Playing at the Greenwich Country Club, home course of his opponent, Campbell ended the test on the thirteenth hole of the afternoon round for a 7 and 5 triumph over 17-year-old Bobby Edwards of Brunswick School.

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Notable Births

John Boccabella

1941John Boccabella, American baseball player[†]

John Dominic Boccabella is an American former professional baseball player. He played as a catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1963 to 1974 with the Chicago Cubs, Montreal Expos and San Francisco Giants.

Stokely Carmichael

1941Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (died 1998)[†]

Kwame Ture was a Trinbagonian-American activist who played a major role in the civil rights movement in the United States and the global pan-African movement. Born in Trinidad in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, he grew up in the United States from age 11 and became an activist while attending the Bronx High School of Science. Ture was a key leader in the development of the Black Power movement, first while leading the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), then as the "Honorary Prime Minister" of the Black Panther Party and as a leader of the All-African People's Revolutionary Party (A-APRP).

Notable Deaths

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

1941Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist, composer, and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Poland (born 1860)[†]

Ignacy Jan Paderewski was a Polish pianist, composer and statesman who was a spokesman for Polish independence. In 1919, he was the nation's prime minister and foreign minister during which time he signed the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I.