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Locomotives shrieked, whales spouted and drum majors tossed their batons higher than the houses along Eighth Avenue last night as the American Legion's Forty and Eight paraded. Officials of the Legion's fun-making auxiliary set the marchers at more than 4,000.
PETROPOLIS, Brazil, Aug. 28 -- The technical committee of the Inter -American Defense Conference, working on the exact delineation of the new hemisphere security zone completed its task today. The final project will go before the full commission No. 2 at 10 A.M. tomorrow.
1947Temple Grandin, American ethologist, academic, and author[†]
Mary Temple Grandin is an American academic, inventor, and ethologist. She is a prominent proponent of the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Grandin is a consultant to the livestock industry, where she offers advice on animal behavior.
1947James Hunt, English race car driver and sportscaster (died 1993)[†]
James Simon Wallis Hunt was a British racing driver and broadcaster who competed in Formula One from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed "the Shunt", Hunt won the Formula One World Drivers' Championship in 1976 with McLaren, and won 10 Grands Prix across seven seasons.