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Friday, 20.10.1946
MILLS, VICTORY IN THE GRASP, LOSES IN THE TENTH ROUND
Freddie Mills, an English boxer, fought with the American champion Gus Lesnevich, who defeated him in the tenth round in front of 11,000 fans. It took place at the Harringay Arena. Mills did a lot better tha expected mainly the battle was a slam-bang punishing contest.Mills was floored heavily in the second round but recovered strongly and was cheered on by the British crowd. In the ninth Mills's aggression appeared to be turning the fight in his favour, and Lesnevich was troubled by cuts above his eyes. In the tenth, however, Lesnevich "exploded" to score two knockdowns and forced the referee to stop the contest. And after this punishing battle he had another battle a month later with Bruce Woodcock.
90 die, 900 Hurt in Calcutta as moslems and hindus riot
BOMBAY. Ninety persons were reported killed and killed and more than 900 injured in Calcutta yesterday in a wild outbreak of violence between Hindus and Moslems during the Moslem league's "Direct Action Day" demonstration against the British plan for Indian independence and the Congress
party´s interpretation of it. A curfew was invoked from 9 P.M. to 4A.M. to clear the streets and troops were sent to widely scattered battle scenes.
Color television is nearly here
Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first color transmission on 3 July 1928, using scanning discs at the transmitting and receiving ends with three spirals of apertures, each spiral with filters of a different primary color; and three light sources at the receiving end, with a commutator to alternate their illumination.[109] Baird also made the world's first color broadcast on 4 February 1938, sending a mechanically scanned 120-line image from Baird's Crystal Palace studios to a projection screen at London's Dominion Theatre.
The Scottish inventor is now working in the use of the television at full color, and is expected to be finished in 1950.