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8th case discovered, NYC; Weinstein repts all known and suspected cases isolated; progress of NYC vaccination drive described; NYC gets extra units from Army-Navy; buys 2 million more; drives in Millbrook, Nassau County and NJ noted; Swedish authorities reptd vaccinating travelers from US
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Wallace prosecution asked as Cong furor mounts; House group and Sens urge action to stop his anti-US policy talks; situation discussed
List of Politburo members and other pol figures int by H E Stassen on tour
1947Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, American screenwriter and producer[†]
Linda Joyce Bloodworth-Thomason is an American writer, director, and television producer. She is best known for creating, writing, and producing several television series, most successfully with the sitcoms Designing Women and Evening Shade. She and her husband, Harry Thomason, are also notable for their friendship with former President Bill Clinton, and the role they played in his election campaigns.
1947Martin Broughton, English businessman[†]
Sir Martin Faulkner Broughton is a British businessman and deputy chairman of International Airlines Group. Formed in January 2011, IAG is the parent company of British Airways, Iberia and Vueling. It is a Spanish registered company with shares traded on the London Stock Exchange and Spanish Stock Exchanges. The corporate head office for IAG is in London, UK. He is also a Managing Partner at Sports Investment Partners and chairman of the sports virtual advertising company Supponor. He is a former chairman of Liverpool Football Club and also served as President of the Confederation of British Industry.
1947Lois Chiles, American model and actress[†]
Lois Cleveland Chiles is an American actress and former fashion model known for her role as Holly Goodhead in the James Bond film Moonraker (1979), and as a hit-and-run driver in Creepshow 2 (1987).
1947David Omand, English civil servant and academic[†]
Sir David Bruce Omand is a British former senior civil servant who served as the Director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) from 1996 to 1997.
1947Cristina Husmark Pehrsson, Swedish nurse and politician, Swedish Minister for Social Security[†]
Cristina Maria Husmark Pehrsson is a Swedish politician and a member of the Moderate Party. She served as Minister for Social Security and as Minister for Nordic Cooperation from 2006 to 2010. She is a certified nurse and was a member of the Swedish Riksdag for Skåne County West from 1998 to 2014.
1947Jackie Robinson debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking baseball's color line.[†]
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers signing Robinson heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball, which had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s.