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L W Vollmer patents fogging preventive
50th anniv of formal opening celebration
Perhaps the Dodgers were smarting from the MacPhail "needling" they suffered last Wednesday evening. Or perhaps they are a pretty fair last-ditch ball club. The 9,568 Flatbush fans who saw yesterday's story-book finish against the Braves at Ebbets Field will vote unanimously for the latter designation.
1942Lesley Turner Bowrey, Australian tennis player[†]
Lesley Rosemary Turner Bowrey, AM is a retired professional tennis player from Australia. Her career spanned two decades from the late 1950s until the late 1970s. Turner Bowrey won the singles title at the French Championships, one of the four Grand Slam events, in 1963 and 1965. In addition she won 11 Grand Slam events in doubles and mixed doubles. Turner Bowrey achieved her highest singles ranking of No. 2 in 1964.
1942Barbara George, American R&B singer-songwriter (died 2006)[†]
Barbara George was an American R&B singer and songwriter.
1942Robert Squirrel Lester, American soul singer (died 2010)[†]
Robert Earl "Squirrel" Lester was the second tenor in the Chicago-based singing group The Chi-Lites.
1942World War II: US Navy L-class blimp L-8 drifts in from the Pacific and eventually crashes in Daly City, California. The two-man crew cannot be found.[†]
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.