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BALTIMORE, Nov. 1 -- While three leaders were crowding and bumping each other in the last seventy yards, Brookfield Farm's Isasmoothie ran smoothly around them to win the Pimlico Futurity and $59,410 today.
LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 1 -- Undefeated Michigan State, the nation's top-ranking football club, racked up two first-half touchdowns and staved off inspired Purdue for a 14-7 victory today before 49,500 to extend its winning streak to twenty-one.
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1952Ron Lee, American basketball player[â ]
Ronald Henry Lee is an American former professional basketball player who played six seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the University of Oregon, and epitomized the "Kamikaze Kids" under coach Dick Harter with his all-out, fearless hustle and relentless desire to win. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Lee played four seasons for the Ducks between 1972 and 1976. The Phoenix Suns made him the tenth selection in the NBA draft in 1976. Despite not playing football in high school and college, the NFL's San Diego Chargers also made him a 12th round selection in the 1976 NFL draft. In the NBA, Lee was named to the 1977 NBA All-Rookie Team and led the NBA in steals the following season.
1952Maxine Nightingale, English R&B/soul singer[â ]
Maxine Nightingale is a British R&B and soul music singer. She is best known for singing hits in the 1970s, with the million seller "Right Back Where We Started From", "Love Hit Me" (1977), and "Lead Me On" (1979).
1952Mehmet Esat BĂźlkat, Greek-Turkish general (born 1862)[â ]
Mehmet Esat BĂźlkat was a Turkish or Albanian officer of the Ottoman Army who fought during the First Balkan War, where he led the Yanya Corps, and in World War I, where he served as a senior commander in the Gallipoli campaign. Prior to the 1934 Surname Law, he was known as Mehmed Esad Pasha.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[â ]