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Inter Allied Information Com repts on number executed since Heydrich slaying
Seeks processor protection in farm products price bill, lr to Sen Brown
LaGuardia repts; opens Queens drive; neighborhood groups enroll
Jap failure to support New Guinea action with; naval forces discussed
STOCKHOLM Sweden, Sept. 21 -- The Swedish Social Democratic party footed the bill of yesterday's municipal elections by losing seats to Right and Left for various reasons, while retaining the majority of individual votes. One conclusion to be drawn from the results is that it has shown how indifferent the Swedish people are to pressure from Berlin.
1942Ole Anderson, American wrestler (died 2024)[â ]
Alan Robert Rogowski, better known by the ring name Ole Anderson, was an American professional wrestler, booker, and promoter.
1942Candida Lycett Green, Anglo-Irish journalist and author (died 2014)[â ]
Candida Rose Lycett Green was a British author who wrote sixteen books including English Cottages, Goodbye London, The Perfect English House, Over the Hills and Far Away and The Dangerous Edge of Things. Her television documentaries included The Englishwoman and the Horse, and The Front Garden. Unwrecked England, based on a regular column of the same name she wrote for The Oldie from 1992, was published in 2009.
1942RubĂ©n Salazar GĂłmez, Colombian cardinal[â ]
JesĂșs RubĂ©n DarĂo Salazar GĂłmez is a Colombian prelate of the Catholic Church who was Metropolitan Archbishop of BogotĂĄ from 2010 to 2020. He was made a cardinal in 2012. He was Metropolitan Archbishop of Barranquilla from 1999 to 2010.
1942David Stern, American lawyer and businessman, 4th Commissioner of the NBA (died 2020)[â ]
David Joel Stern was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2014. Stern oversaw NBA basketball's growth into one of the world's most popular sports during the 1990s and 2000s. He is credited with developing and broadening the NBA's audience, especially internationally by setting up training camps, playing exhibition games, and recruiting more international players. In addition, with Stern's guidance the NBA opened 12 offices in cities outside the United States, and broadcast to over 200 territories in over 40 languages. Stern also helped found the Women's National Basketball Association and the NBA G League, the NBA's development league. Under Stern, the NBA launched their digital presence with NBA.com, NBA TV, and NBA League Pass. He also established the NBA's social responsibility program, NBA Cares.