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1947Marc Bolan, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1977)[†]
Marc Bolan was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Bolan strongly influenced artists of many genres, including glam rock, punk, post-punk, new wave, indie rock, Britpop and alternative rock. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 as a member of T. Rex.
1947Rula Lenska, English actress[†]
Rula Lenska is a British actress. She mainly appears in British stage and television productions and is known in the United States for a series of television advertisements in the 1970s and 1980s. She is known for the films Queen Kong and Aura, and she portrayed Claudia Colby in the ITV soap opera Coronation Street.
1947The 1947 World Series begins. It is the first to be televised, to include an African-American player, to exceed $2 million in receipts, to see a pinch-hit home run, and to have six umpires on the field.[†]
The 1947 World Series matched the New York Yankees against the Brooklyn Dodgers. The Yankees won the Series in seven games for their 11th World Series championship in team history. Yankees manager Bucky Harris won the Series for the first time since managing the Washington Senators to their only title in 1924, a gap of 23 years, the longest between World Series appearances in history.
1947Pakistan joins the United Nations.[†]
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. Islamabad is the nation's capital, while Karachi is its largest city and financial centre. Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east; Afghanistan to the west; Iran to the southwest; and China to the northeast. It shares a maritime border with Oman in the Gulf of Oman, and is separated from Tajikistan in the northwest by Afghanistan's narrow Wakhan Corridor.
H Ford 2d compares '50 goal with US achievement, '46
USSR rejects US protest
indus to ask truck driver members of ILGWU to stay on job
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- The question of an early recall of Congress into special session for stopgap economic aid to Europe remained far from being settled tonight.
speculation
repeats Arab threat to use force against Palestine partition, UN Palestine com; attacks Brit and US attitudes
Vice Premier Tsaldaris urges speedy UN action to save Greece; says aid to guerrillas is increasing, Assembly com; GB and France pledge support to US resolution but France offers amendment to modify condemnation of Albania, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia; 3 countries defended by K Kiselev
mfg indus reprs see indus unable to meet possible emergency, Pres, comm; blame Govt contract lag; charge short-term policy
HAVANA, Sept. 29 -- Army authorities announced today the breaking up of an expedition by groups plotting a revolution against the Dominican Republic. Most of the participants were captured, the statement said. Eleven bombers were seized on various airfields, a Cuban officer said.
Resigns