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PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 1 -- Surprising even their staunchest adherents, the Southern California Trojans today passed the University of Washington dizzy and won their seventh Rose Bowl football game in as many tries, 29 to 0.
BY coincidence, I have just seen, on consecutive days, the first public performances in England of two plays dealing with precisely the same subject, one by a leading American, the other by a leading English dramatist.
MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 1 -- The swivel-hipped Steve Van Buren today gave the Louisiana State Tigers an upset 19-to-14 victory over the Texas Aggies in the colorful Orange Bowl before an overflow crowd of 28,000.
1944Charlie Davis, Trinidadian cricketer[†]
Charles Allan Davis is a former West Indian cricketer who played in fifteen Test matches between 1968 and 1973. Davis started his first-class cricket career at the age of 17, playing for Trinidad and Tobago. After a good Shell Shield season in 1968 Davis was selected for the West Indies. The highlight of his career was a home series against India, in which he scored 529 runs in four Tests at the average of 132.25. He was also a useful bowler, taking 63 wickets at first-class level. His Test career ended while the West Indies were in transition, and the arrival of newer players accounted for any place for Davis in the side.
1944Péter Eötvös, Hungarian composer and conductor (died 2024)[†]
Péter Eötvös was a Hungarian composer, conductor and academic teacher.
1944Norodom Ranariddh, Cambodian field marshal and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Cambodia (died 2021)[†]
Norodom Ranariddh was a Cambodian politician and law academic. He was the second son of King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia and a half-brother of King Norodom Sihamoni. Ranariddh was the president of FUNCINPEC, a Cambodian royalist party. He was also the first Prime Minister of Cambodia following the restoration of the monarchy, serving between 1993 and 1997, and subsequently as the President of the National Assembly between 1998 and 2006.
1944Mohamed Ali Yusuf, Somali politician (died 2024)[†]
Mohamed Ali Yusuf Gaagaab was a Somali politician. He served as acting Vice President of Puntland from 10 October 2004 to 8 January 2005, and later he was appointed Minister of Finance of Puntland beginning on 25 January 2005 to 29 January 2009. He was elected as Interim Speaker of the Senate of Somalia from 11 August 2021 to 26 April 2022.