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In the longest match of the day, Gilbert Bogley of Chevy Chase, Md., second-seeded player, rallied to win from Daniel Rivkind, Brooklyn College sophomore, in the second round of the national junior indoor tennis championships at the Seventh Regiment Armory yesterday, 6 -- 3, 4 -- 6, 10 -- 8.
For Americans and most Europeans the twelvemonth that begins this Thursday is Anno Domini 1948. For the Japanese it is the twenty-third year of Showa, dating to Hirohito's accession. For the Chinese the new year -- the Thirty-eighth of the Republic -- will not begin until Feb. 10.
Turning in a splendidly paced effort, Frank W. Efinger Jr., Andoyer Academy student running unattached, captured the one-mile race that served as one of the features of the junior indoor track and field championship conducted by the Metropolitan Association of the A.A.U. last night.
trains delayed by NYC snowstorm
Loans by insured savings and loan assn, '47, cited
1947Dick Diamonde, Dutch-Australian rock bass player (died 2024)[†]
Dingeman Adriaan Henry van der Sluijs, better known by his stage name Dick Diamonde, was an Australian bass guitarist. He was a founding mainstay member of the Easybeats. Diamonde, with the group, was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2005.
1947Aurelio Rodríguez, Mexican baseball player, coach, and manager (died 2000)[†]
Aurelio Rodríguez Ituarte, Jr., sometimes known by the nickname "Chi Chi", was a Mexican professional baseball player, who spent the bulk of his Major League career with the Detroit Tigers. Known for his powerful throwing arm, he was one of the great defensive third basemen of his generation. His career range factor of 3.215 per nine innings at third base ranks second in major league history, and his 4,150 assists at the position ranked fifth in major league history at the time of his retirement.
1947Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (born 1869)[†]
Victor Emmanuel III was King of Italy from 29 July 1900 until his abdication on 9 May 1946. A member of the House of Savoy, he also reigned as Emperor of Ethiopia from 1936 to 1941 and King of the Albanians from 1939 to 1943, following the Italian invasions of Ethiopia and Albania. During his reign of nearly 46 years, which began after the assassination of his father Umberto I, the Kingdom of Italy became involved in two world wars. His reign also encompassed the birth, rise, and fall of the Fascist regime.