Peter Martins is a Danish former ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with the New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and John Taras as balletmaster in 1981. He retired from dancing in 1983, having achieved the rank of danseur noble, becoming Co-Ballet Master-In-Chief with Robbins. From 1990 until January 2018, he was responsible for artistic leadership of City Ballet.

1946Steven R. Nagel, American colonel, engineer, and astronaut (died 2014)^[†]

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Headlines from October 27, 1946

2 Sugar Stamps Extended; Ship Peace to End Shortage; Provides for Canning, Says OPA

Meat Buying Off as Supply Rises; Further Cut in Prices Is Forecast; MEAT BUYING DROPS AS SUPPLY MOUNTS

U.N. Delegates Lose Way To Party in Westchester; Steak, or Hot Dogs, Maybe

RETAIL FOOD PRICES UP 19.6% IN 90 DAYS; Levels on Sept. 17, Before End of Many Controls, Showed 24.9% Rise in a Year

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