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Blixen-Finecke, Baroness (I Dineson)
Regents Bd concedes some exams were 'unfairly difficult,' upgrades scores
Soblen still in coma; wife flies to him; authorities learn that quantity of barbiturates was found on him 6 days ago; US expedites wife's trip
Johnson and party have audience with Pope; gifts exchd; party leaves for US
recd by Premier Khrushchev
1962Thomas Kretschmann, German actor[†]
Thomas Kretschmann is a German actor who has appeared in many European and American films. His notable roles include Lieutenant Hans von Witzland in Stalingrad (1993), Hauptmann Wilm Hosenfeld in The Pianist (2002), Hermann Fegelein in Downfall (2004), Captain Englehorn in King Kong (2005), Major Otto Remer in Valkyrie (2008), the voice of Professor Z in Cars 2 (2011), and as the journalist Jürgen Hinzpeter in A Taxi Driver (2017). He also portrayed Baron Wolfgang von Strucker in the Marvel Cinematic Universe films Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) and Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015).
1962Last run of the famous Pines Express over the Somerset and Dorset Railway line (UK) fittingly using the last steam locomotive built by British Railways, BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star.[†]
The Pines Express was a named passenger train that ran daily between Manchester and Bournemouth in England between 1910 and 1967.
In 1962, the world population was approximately 3,123,374,315 people[†]