Oscar H. Ibarra is a Filipino-American theoretical computer scientist, prominent for work in automata theory, formal languages, design and analysis of algorithms and computational complexity theory. He was a Professor of the Department of Computer Science at the University of California-Santa Barbara until his retirement in 2011. Previously, he was on the faculties of UC Berkeley (1967-1969) and the University of Minnesota (1969-1990). He is currently a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UCSB.

1941Jon Brower Minnoch, famous for being the world's heaviest person recorded (died 1983)^[†]

Jon Brower Minnoch was an American man who is reported as the heaviest recorded human in history, weighing approximately 1,400 lb at his peak. Obese since childhood, Minnoch normally weighed 800–900 lb during his adult years. He owned a taxi company and worked as a driver around his home in Bainbridge Island, Washington.

1941Robert Lieber, American writer and academic^[†]

Robert J. Lieber is an American academic and Professor of Government and International Affairs at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Lieber is the author or editor of a total of seventeen books and has served as the Chair of the Government Department and as Interim Chair of Psychology.

Historical Events

1941During World War II, German forces, with the aid of local Ukrainian collaborators, begin the two-day Babi Yar massacre.^[†]

World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.

Headlines from September 29, 1941

STALIN RECEIVES U.S. BRITISH AIDES; Harriman and Beaverbrook Visit the Kremlin -- London's Tank Output Up 20% STALIN RECEIVES U.S., BRITISH AIDES

STEEL HALT ENDS AS TROOPS LEAVE; Alabama Governor Accedes to Plea as Basis for Return of 17,000 C.I.O. Men STEEL TIE-UP ENDS AS TROOPS DEPART

BIG REGISTRATION IS HOPE OF FUSION; La Guardia Victory Predicted if Total Is Above 2,700,000, Figure Set by Costuma BIG REGISTRATION IS HOPE OF FUSION

BERLIN IS RETICENT; It Fails to Specify Acts Prompting Decree in Protectorate NAZI CHIEF VISITS HACHA Informs Prague Leader of Events -- Latter's Promise to Cooperate Reported GERMANS ARREST CZECHS' PREMIER

Marion Miley, Golf Star, Is Slain By Gunmen in Kentucky Clubhouse; Her Mother, Wounded by Masked Pair Who Batter Way Into Lexington Apartment, Drags Herself Across Links to Call Aid GOLF STAR AND MOTHER SHOT BY BANDITS WOMAN GOLF STAR SLAIN BY ROBBERS

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