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Building operator have purchased in the Ridgewood section of Queens all of the remaining portion of the old Wyckoff farm, originally comprising 200 acres, and bought in 1765 by Nicholas...
NYC Hotel Assn warns transients rooms will be needed for sailors Oct 15 to Nov 6
HARRY WAGSTAFF GRIBBLE, a man who can become involved in an idea as well as the next fellow, came by the other afternoon with what he likes to believe is a unique notion. Mr. Gribble, in more ways
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 13-- Ohio State University's terrific twosome--Paul Sarringhaus and Dick Fisher-collaborated today to spark the Bucks to a 12-to-0 football victory over Wisconsin's ironman Badgers before 69,235 spectators.
registrations total 2,190,936 on last day, 261,468 under '41; comparison with other yrs; figures by bors, '44-45
1945Colin Hodgkinson, English bass player[†]
Colin Hodgkinson is a British rock, jazz and blues bassist, who has been active since the 1960s.
1945Daan Jippes, Dutch author and illustrator[†]
Daniel Jan "Daan" Jippes is a Dutch cartoonist who's known for his work on Disney comics. In the 1980s and 1990s he drew many covers for Gladstone Publishing's Disney magazines. In the 1990s he redrew for Egmont old Junior Woodchucks stories from the 1970s, originally written by Carl Barks and drawn by John Carey, Kay Wright and Tony Strobl.
1945Lesley Joseph, English actress[†]
Lesley Diana Joseph is an English actress and broadcaster, whose career on stage and screen spans over sixty years. She is best known for portraying the role of Dorien Green in the television sitcom Birds of a Feather from 1989 to 1998 and again from 2014 to 2020. Other television credits include Absurd Person Singular (1985) and Night and Day (2001–2003).