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40% export rise seen needed to meet dollar deficit; Sir G Cunningham on export drive role
Named US High Comm, Ger, labor affairs dir
NY wins game by forfeit from Phila when fans litter field, Shibe Pk
W Frey held, Roslyn, LI, on unlawful pistol possession charge
Yugoslav reply to USSR Aug 11 note charges USSR duplicity on Carinthian issue; cites Stalin '45 lr to Pres Renner pledging Austrian territorial integrity; revs USSR stand at subsequent confs; Stalin lr text; reaction, Moscow
1949Joop Donkervoort, Dutch businessman[†]
Joop A. Donkervoort is a Dutch businessman and founder of Donkervoort car manufacturer of Netherlands.
1949Diana Nyad, American swimmer and author[†]
Diana Nyad is an American author, journalist, motivational speaker, and long-distance swimmer. Nyad gained national attention in 1975 when she swam around Manhattan in record time.
1949The Queen Charlotte earthquake is Canada's strongest since the 1700 Cascadia earthquake.[†]
The 1949 Queen Charlotte Islands earthquake struck Haida Gwaii and the Pacific Northwest coast at 8:01 p.m. PDT on August 21. The earthquake had a moment magnitude of 8.0 and a surface-wave magnitude of 8.1. The maximum Mercalli Intensity in the event was VIII (Severe).