Robert Lee "Hoot" Gibson, , is a former American naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and aeronautical engineer. A retired NASA astronaut, he also served as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 1992 to 1997. Today Gibson is active as a professional pilot, racing regularly at the annual Reno Air Races. He was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2003 and the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 2013, and has received several military decorations throughout his career.

1946Andrea Mitchell, American journalist^[†]

Andrea Mitchell is an American television journalist, anchor and commentator for NBC News, based in Washington, D.C.

1946Anthony Shorrocks, English economist, author, and academic^[†]

Anthony F. Shorrocks is a British development economist.

1946Chris Slade, Welsh drummer^[†]

Chris Slade is a Welsh drummer, who is perhaps best known for playing for Manfred Mann's Earth Band from its inception in 1971 to 1978 on eight albums, and AC/DC, for which he drummed from 1989 to 1994 and performed on the 1990 album The Razors Edge. He returned to AC/DC in February 2015 to replace Phil Rudd for the "Rock or Bust World Tour". Slade has also played with Tom Jones, Toomorrow, Uriah Heep, David Gilmour, The Firm, and Asia.

Headlines from October 30, 1946

World News Summarized

MOLOTOV URGES U.N. MOVE TO CUT WORLD ARMS;; ADDRESSING THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

10 TO 35% PAY RISE ASKED BY COUNCIL FOR CITY WORKERS; Resolution Calls On Estimate Board to Increase All Wages Up to $5,550 a Year TAXPAYER SUIT IS FILED Trustee of Citizens Budget Group Would Enjoin Higher Rates to Transit Men

DEWEY HERE TODAY TO END CAMPAIGN; Party Leaders Expect Speeches to Increase Republican Total in Legislature and Congress

'Fashions of Times' Shows Elegance of Pre-War Days; Style Leaders of the Nation, at Premiere of Lavish Display, Hail Imported Fabrics and End of Wartime Restrictions

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