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December 24, 1947

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BEN-GURION ELUDES ARAB SNIPERS' GUNS; BEN-GURION ELUDES ARAB SNIPERS' GUNS

By Sam Pope Brewer

D Ben Gurion escapes injury when Arabs attack convoy; Swedish correspondent H Hagg wounded in air trip; Arabs attack funerals of R C Stern and 1 unidentified Jew; scattered incidents reptd; immigrants on SS Lo Tafkidunu put on Cyprus-bound ship; their embarkation from Italy illus; M Levin and others on ship kept in Palestine; Brit Jews urge Govt to permit immigration rise

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Notable Births

Kevin Sheedy (Australian footballer)

1947Kevin Sheedy, Australian footballer and coach[†]

Kevin John Sheedy AO is a former Australian rules football coach and player in the Australian Football League. He played and coached in a combined total of 929 games over 47 years from 1967 until 2013, which is a VFL/AFL record. Sheedy was inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame in 2008 and on 29 May 2018 was elevated to Legend status.

Notable Deaths

Charles Gondouin

1947Charles Gondouin, French rugby player and tug of war competitor (born 1875)[†]

Charles Gondouin was a French rugby union player and tug of war competitor who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics. He was a member of the French rugby union team, which won the gold medal. Gondouin studied at the Lycée Condorcet, then worked as a sports journalist. He also participated in the tug of war competition and won a silver medal as a member of French team. He was killed on Christmas Eve when he was struck by a motorist in Paris while returning from a meeting for a racing club in France.