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resolutions assailing rise offered by Councilmen E P Connolly, ALP, and B J Davis, Communist, City Council
Primary; Reprs Chadwick, Scoblick and Gallagher defeated for Repub renomination by B F James, N Nichols and J de Nero respectively
Found dead on beach, Middletown, RI; cause of death undetermined; por
Adm consol draft and UMT plan sent to Sen com
budget adopted by Estimate Bd allots $1.5 millions more for supplies and $5.5 million for teachers pay
1948Terry Pratchett, English journalist, author, and screenwriter (died 2015)[†]
Sir Terence David John Pratchett was an English author, humorist, and satirist, best known for the Discworld series of 41 comic fantasy novels published between 1983 and 2015, and for the apocalyptic comedy novel Good Omens (1990), which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman.
1948Marcia Strassman, American actress and singer (died 2014)[†]
Marcia Ann Strassman was an American actress and singer. She had roles on the TV programs Welcome Back, Kotter and M*A*S*H, as well as in the film Honey, I Shrunk the Kids and the sequel Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.
1948Igor Stravinsky conducts the premiere of his American ballet, Orpheus at the New York City Center.[†]
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship and American citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century and a pivotal figure in modernist music.