Richard Axel is an American molecular biologist and university professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Columbia University and investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His work on the olfactory system won him and Linda Buck, a former postdoctoral research scientist in his group, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2004.

1946Ron Silver, American actor, director, and political activist (died 2009)^[†]

Ronald Arthur Silver was an American actor, director, producer, radio host, and activist. As an actor, he portrayed Henry Kissinger, Alan Dershowitz and Angelo Dundee. He was awarded a Tony in 1988 for Best Actor for Speed-the-Plow, a satirical dissection of the American movie business, and was nominated for an Emmy for his recurring role as political strategist Bruno Gianelli in The West Wing.

Headlines from July 2, 1946

Attlee Says Jewish Agency Has Links With Terrorists; ATTLEE SAYS JEWS PLOT IN PALESTINE

BIG 4 IN AN ACCORD; Accept French Proposal on Frontier Contingent on Trieste Plan ETHNIC DIVISION IS BASIS Molotov Urges Venezia Giulia Be Autonomous State, Offers Permanent Control Set-Up

WHEAT GOES TO $2; Cattle in Chicago Reach $22, Rise of $4, but Receipts Are Low STOCKS JUMP, THEN SLUMP Demands Spread for Curbs by the States, Especially in the Field of Rents

SHOPS DON'T KNOW ABOUT NEXT WEEK'; Most Merchants Here 'Hold the Line' but Scarce Items Stay Under Counter

Rail Express Clerks End Tie-Up But Now Drivers Threaten to Balk; EXPRESS STOPPAGE TO BE ENDED TODAY

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