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November 21, 1943

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9 IN ROW FOR IRISH; 45,000 See Earley Kick Second Extra Point to Trip Iowa Pre-Flight KELLY AND MILLER SCORE Notre Dame Ties in 3d Period, Yields Touchdown in 4th, Then Whirls Back to Win NOTRE DAME STOPS SEAHAWKS BY 14-13

By Allison Danzigspecial To the New York Times

SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 20 -- Any doubts as to the majestic stature of the Notre Dame football team of 1943 melted today in the crucible of one of the great grid-iron games of this or any other season.

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A PAIR OF NEW MUSICALS

By Lewis Nichols

QUITE aside from what the ladies may think, or say they think, it still remains a man's world. He is allowed to slumber late some mornings because he needs his rest for the battles of the day, and no one says very much about the luncheon engagement since it is with another man, or often is.

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Notable Births

Phil Bredesen

1943Phil Bredesen, American businessman and politician, 48th Governor of Tennessee[ā€ ]

Philip Norman Bredesen Jr. is an American politician and businessman who served as the 48th governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected in 2002 with 50.6% of the vote and re-elected in 2006 with 68.6%. He served as the 66th mayor of Nashville from 1991 to 1999. Bredesen is the founder of the HealthAmerica Corporation, which he sold in 1986. He is the last Democrat to win and/or hold statewide office in Tennessee.

Jacques Laffite

1943Jacques Laffite, French race car driver[ā€ ]

Jacques-Henri Laffite is a French former racing driver and broadcaster, who competed in Formula One from 1974 to 1986. Laffite won six Formula One Grands Prix across 13 seasons.

Notable Deaths

Winifred Carney

1943Winifred Carney, Irish suffragist, trade unionist, and Irish republican (born 1887)[ā€ ]

Maria Winifred "Winnie" Carney, was an Irish republican, a participant in the 1916 Easter Rising in Dublin, and in Belfastā€”as a trade union secretary, women's suffragist, and socialist party memberā€”a lifelong social and political activist. In March 2024, a statue to her was unveiled on the grounds of Belfast City Hall.