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to head dept during absence of Marshall
Repr Engel assails Knutson bill as not helping low-income group; Sen Murray offers bill to increase personal income tax exemption, Sen; assails Knutson bill; Repr Forand drafts bill to increase exemptions
Fleming announces liberalization policy for hardship cases; warns against decontrol after conf with Truman; new policy discussed
Sconzo, J; license-plate stolen from auto, used in Bklyn Eagle hold-up, Bklyn
1947Ángel Nieto, Spanish motorcycle racer (died 2017)[†]
Ángel Nieto Roldán was a Spanish professional Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He was one of the most accomplished motorcycle racers in the history of the sport, winning 13 World Championships and 90 Grand Prix victories in a racing career that spanned twenty-three years from 1964 to 1986, mainly competing in 50cc, 80cc and 125cc displacement classes respectively. His total of 90 Grand Prix victories ranks him fourth only to Giacomo Agostini (122), Valentino Rossi (115) and Marc Márquez (98). In 2011, Nieto was named an FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.
1947Tostão, Brazilian footballer, journalist, and physician[†]
Eduardo Gonçalves de Andrade, generally known as Tostão, is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward or attacking midfielder and was a physician.
1947Al Capone, American gangster and mob boss (born 1899)[†]
Alphonse Gabriel Capone, sometimes known by the nickname "Scarface", was an American gangster and businessman who attained notoriety during the Prohibition era as the co-founder and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1925 to 1931. His seven-year reign as a crime boss ended when he was imprisoned at the age of 33.
1947Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.[†]
Thomas Toliver Goldsmith Jr. was an American television pioneer, the co-inventor of the cathode-ray tube amusement device, and a professor of physics at Furman University.