Almanac Today June 19 1961 notable historical events
Almanac entries for Monday June 19 1961 note the 170th day of the year with 195 days remaining, celestial sightings of Venus Jupiter Saturn and Mars, and a list of historical events including Hoboken hosting the first organized baseball game in 1846, Congress banning slavery in territories in 1862, Lou Gehrig born in 1903, eight hour day adoption in 1912, Schmeling KO Louis in 1936, and Tolstoy quote on focus and trivial subjects.
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Venus
Mars
Hoboken
N.J
United States
Gehrig
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Yankees Stadium
New York
Jacoby on Bridge Six Spades Slam Upsets Field
Oswald Jacoby notes that his quick seven spade bid paired with Mrs. Jacoby’s aggressive play produced a six spade slam at six spades on North South cards. The slam relied on Wests overcall in diamonds and a decisive diamond ace, while a three no trump response signaled slam interest despite modest high card points.
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Oswald Jacoby
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
North
South
Bridge bidding puzzle about slam try and no trump rebid
The auction shows North East South West 7? Pas 24 Pass Pass 4¢ Pass. South holds 465 EK4 AQ1062 AKI74. With partner's slam try and black suit kings, bid six diamonds or four no trump to check aces. Partner rebids two no trump after your two diamonds. Tomorrow's answer.
Puzzle word list from clues and answers
A compact set of numbered clue prompts with definitions ranging from historical terms to everyday objects. Entries include 12 Century plant 13 Individual 14 Roman read 15 Italian money 16 Eternity 17 Plunge 18 Light 20 Call 21 Possesses 22 Light browl 23 Tardier 26 Perils 30 Above 31 Permits 36 Handled 38 Obvious 39 Indian weight 40 Greek letter 41 Crawled 44 Naive 48 Give tempo 49 Damage 50 Italian city 52 Malt beverage 53 Round 54 Satellite 55 Existed 56 Essential being DOWN 1 Used in golf and tennis 2 Lamb's pen 3 Alone
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