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Prospects for increased common stock dividends to some of the 3,000,000 investors in the electric utility industry brightened perceptibly last week following such action by one of the major power systems.
POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., June 25 -- Far-Western rowing supremacy on the Hudson was asserted once again today when California succeeded Washington as varsity champion in the forty-seventh regatta of the Intercollegiate Rowing Association.
1949Fredric Brandt, American dermatologist and author (died 2015)[â ]
Fredric Sheldon Brandt was an American physician, researcher, lecturer, author, and radio host specializing in cosmetic dermatology. Among the first to use botulinum toxin ("botox") and fillers, Brandt was noted for his role in the FDA approval of numerous fillers and botulinum toxins for cosmetic use in the United States.
1949Adrian Gurvitz, English singer-songwriter and producer[â ]
Adrian Israel Gurvitz is an English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer. His prolific songwriting ability has gained him hits with Eddie Money's No. 1 Billboard Mainstream Rock hit "The Love in Your Eyes" and with his own song "Classic", a No. 8 UK hit single, as well as the top 10 UK Rock Chart single "Race with the Devil", with his band the Gun. He also co-wrote the track "Even If My Heart Would Break" from the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack The Bodyguard. His early bands the Gun, Three Man Army and the Baker Gurvitz Army were major influences to the first wave of the British hard rock circuit. Gurvitz also gained notability as a lead guitarist, known for his intricate, hard-driving solos. Gurvitz was placed at No. 9 by Chris Welch of Melody Makerâs "Best Guitarists in the World" list.
1949Mary Styles Harris, American biologist and geneticist[â ]
Mary Styles Harris is an American biologist and geneticist, president of Harris & Associates in Atlanta, Georgia, and owner of BioTechnical Communications, which produced the television documentary "To My Sister...A Gift for Life."
1949Kim Koo, South Korean educator and politician, 13th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (born 1876)[â ]
Kim Ku, also known by his art name PaekpÅm, was a Korean independence activist and statesman. He was a leader of the Korean independence movement against the Empire of Japan, head of the Korean Provisional Government from 1926 to 1927 and from 1940 to 1945, and a Korean reunification activist after 1945. Kim is revered in South Korea, where he is considered one of the greatest figures in Korean history; his legacy is also somewhat less enthusiastically celebrated in North Korea, due to his anti-communist views.