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Paris radio repts US attack toward St Lo
lauds Bricker
US troops advance 2 mi northward above Kagman Pt, Saipan Is; push past Donnay and Hashigoru; drive deeper into Garapan; repel Jap counterattack, Nafutan Pt; US forces bombard Tinian Is; Aslito airfield use in supporting US ground forces noted; Jap torpedo attack on US carrier group protecting transports cited; Jap air attack on US transports noted; Tokyo radio repts US raids on Guam and Rota Is; quotes K Okazaki on Saipan campaign; map
CHICAGO, June 28 -- Twenty-five thousand Republicans met Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York, their Presidential nominee, in the stadium tonight.
1944Gary Busey, American actor[†]
William Gary Busey is an American actor. He portrayed Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story (1978), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor and won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor. His other starring roles include A Star Is Born (1976), D.C. Cab (1983), Silver Bullet (1985), Eye of the Tiger (1986), Lethal Weapon (1987), Hider in the House (1989), Predator 2 (1990), Point Break (1991), Under Siege (1992), The Firm (1993), Drop Zone (1994), Black Sheep (1996) and Lost Highway (1997).
1944Claude Humphrey, American football player (died 2021)[†]
Claude B. Humphrey was an American professional football player who played as a defensive end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Atlanta Falcons and Philadelphia Eagles. Humphrey was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014. He played college football for the Tennessee A&I Tigers.
1944Andreu Mas-Colell, Spanish economist, academic, and politician[†]
Andreu Mas-Colell is an economist, an expert in microeconomics and a prominent mathematical economist. He is the founder of the Barcelona School of Economics and a professor in the department of economics at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He has also served several times in the cabinet of the Catalan government. Summarizing his and others' research in general equilibrium theory, his monograph gave a thorough exposition of research using differential topology. His textbook Microeconomic Theory, co-authored with Michael Whinston and Jerry Green, is the most used graduate microeconomics textbook in the world.
1944Seán Patrick O'Malley, American cardinal[†]
Seán Patrick O'Malley is an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Boston from 2003 to 2024 and president of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors from 2014 to 2025. He is also a founding member of the Council of Cardinals, formed by Pope Francis in 2013. A member of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, he was made a cardinal by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006.