SPEAKING of that bane -- or boon -- of contemporary mankind and the United Nations, the corner file along with current intelligence indicates that nuclear fission is bound to smack Broadway sooner or later. Not since "Wings Over Europe" has the atom been as prominent in the local producing offices.

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Notable Births

1947Kazuyoshi Miura, Japanese businessman (died 2008)^[†]

Kazuyoshi Miura was a Japanese businessman who was accused of being involved in the killing of his wife, Kazumi Miura. The prolonged legal battle, lasting decades, ended with his death, ruled a suicide, in October 2008.

1947Giora Spiegel, Israeli footballer and coach^[†]

Giora Spiegel is an Israeli former footballer and coach. As a footballer, he holds the record for the longest Israeli international career, spanning 14 years and 357 days.

1947Betty Thomas, American actress, director, and producer^[†]

Betty Thomas is an American director and actress. She is known for her role as Sergeant Lucy Bates on the television series Hill Street Blues, a role for which she was nominated for an Emmy award seven times, winning once. Her latest film, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel, was at the time the highest-grossing film ever directed by a solo woman director

Historical Events

1947In Vatican City, Rome, canonization of Catherine Labouré, the saint whose apparitions of the Virgin Mary originated the worldwide distribution of the Miraculous Medal.^[†]

Canonization is the declaration of a deceased person as an officially recognized saint, specifically, the official act of a Christian communion declaring a person worthy of public veneration and entering their name in the canon catalogue of saints, or authorized list of that communion's recognized saints.