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declines inv to UAW meeting on Ford pkg proposal to workers
High Voltage of the Wheatley Stable made herself mighty popular with most of the 35,608 racegoers at Belmont Park yesterday. The 3-year-old daughter of Ambiorix was made the odds-on choice in the thirty-ninth running of the Coaching Club American Oaks, and she responded by registering a convincing victory.
Season revd; statistics
Yugoslav soldier illus in US tank
WEST POINT, N.Y., May 28 --Army scored its first baseball victory over Navy since 1951 today, winning 5 to 1.
1955Frank Baumgartl, German runner (died 2010)[†]
Frank Baumgartl was an East German track and field athlete, who specialised in the 3000 meters steeplechase. He was born in Bad Schlema.
1955John Hinckley Jr., American attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan[†]
John Warnock Hinckley Jr. is an American man who attempted to assassinate U.S. president Ronald Reagan as he left the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., on March 30, 1981, two months after Reagan's first inauguration. Using a revolver, Hinckley wounded Reagan, police officer Thomas Delahanty, Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy and White House Press Secretary James Brady. Brady was left disabled and died 33 years later from his injuries.
1955David Kirschner, American animator, producer, and author[†]
David Maxwell Kirschner is an American film and television producer and screenwriter. His producing credits include Don Bluth's An American Tail and Titan A.E. animated features as well as the Child's Play horror franchise.
1955Gordon Rintoul, Scottish historian and curator[†]
Gordon Rintoul CBE FRSE is the former Director of National Museums Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland.
1955Ken Schrader, American race car driver and sportscaster[†]
Kenneth William Schrader is an American professional racing driver. He currently races on local dirt and asphalt tracks around the country while also competing part-time in the ARCA Menards Series, driving the No. 11 Ford for Fast Track Racing. He previously competed in the NASCAR Cup Series, the NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, as well as the Superstar Racing Experience. He is a first cousin once removed of fellow NASCAR driver Carl Edwards.
In 1955, the world population was approximately 2,740,213,792 people[†]