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W S Churchill cites his Fulton, Mo, s urging fraternal assn of US and Brit Empire
NJ orders arrest of 3 leaders as test case
1947Lev Bulat, Ukrainian-Russian physicist and academic (died 2016)[†]
Lev Petrovich Bulat was a Russian physicist.
1947Uli Edel, German director and screenwriter[†]
Ulrich "Uli" Edel is a German film and television director, best known for his work on films such as Christiane F., Last Exit to Brooklyn, Body of Evidence and The Baader Meinhof Complex.
1947Frank Mantooth, American pianist and composer (died 2004)[†]
Frank Mantooth was an American jazz pianist and arranger.
1947Peter Riegert, American actor, screenwriter and film director[†]
Peter Riegert is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Donald "Boon" Schoenstein in Animal House (1978), oil company executive "Mac" MacIntyre in Local Hero (1983), pickle store owner Sam Posner in Crossing Delancey (1988) and Lt. Mitch Kellaway in The Mask (1994). He directed the short film By Courier (2000), for which he was nominated along with producer Ericka Frederick for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film.
1947Michael T. Wright, English engineer and academic (died 2015)[†]
Michael Thomas Wright was a British academic who was the Vice-Chancellor of Aston University between 1996 and 2006.