Softened Anti-Lynch Bill Backed By Senate Group; Passage Doubted; SENATE GROUP 10-3 FOR LYNCHING BILL
Sen com approves softened bill; Southern filibuster threatened
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Sen com approves softened bill; Southern filibuster threatened
Boro Pres Burke plan to clear Flushing slums for low-rent housing described
House com frees draft bill for vote; about 40 amendments readied for proposal; fight looms over 3-hr curb on argument in com
Fed cts, NYC, Cleveland and San Francisco issue temporary injunctions against 7 unions following Truman order; hearing set on injunction plea; NMU and MEBA order members to continue work; ct action preserves hiring hall status quo; NMU split on Curran order, NYC meeting
1948Mike Holmgren, American football player and coach[โ ]
Michael George Holmgren is an American former football coach and executive in the National Football League (NFL). He began his NFL career as a quarterbacks' coach and later as an offensive coordinator with the San Francisco 49ers, where they won Super Bowls XXIII and XXIV. He served as the head coach of the Green Bay Packers from 1992 to 1998, where he won Super Bowl XXXI, and of the Seattle Seahawks from 1999 to 2008. His last role in the NFL was as team president of the Cleveland Browns from 2010 to 2012. Prior to his career in the NFL, Holmgren coached football at the high school and collegiate levels.

1948Alan Huckle, English politician and diplomat, Governor of Anguilla[โ ]
Alan Edden Huckle is an English senior diplomat in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of the British Government. He was the commissioner of the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) and the British Antarctic Territory from 23 April 2001 until 12 January 2004, when he left to become the governor of Anguilla in the Caribbean. He was the Governor of Anguilla from 29 July 2004 to July 2006, having been appointed in July 2003.
1948Henry McLeish, Scottish footballer, academic, and politician, 2nd First Minister of Scotland[โ ]
Henry Baird McLeish is a Scottish politician, author, academic and former professional footballer who served as First Minister of Scotland from 2000 to 2001. With a term of 1 year, 12 days, he is the shortest serving holder of that office. He served as the Leader of the Labour Party in Scotland from 2000 to 2001.