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On Adm budget plans
Brit cruiser Belfast reptd damaged by U-boat, Firth of Forth
Chamberlain announces plan, Commons
Elections Bd rept on number of pr voters and invalid ballots
Venloo incident linked to Munich bomb plot
1939Tom West, American technologist (died 2011)[†]
Joseph Thomas West III was an American technologist. He is notable for being the protagonist in the Pulitzer Prize winning non-fiction book The Soul of a New Machine.
1939Mulayam Singh Yadav, Indian politician, Indian Minister of Defence (died 2022)[†]
Mulayam Singh Yadav was an Indian politician, a socialist figure and founder of the Samajwadi Party. Over the course of his political career spanning more than six decades, he served for three terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, and also as the Union Minister of Defence in the Government of India. A long-time parliamentarian, he was a seven-time Member of Parliament representing Mainpuri, Azamgarh, Sambhal and Kannauj constituencies in the Lok Sabha, a ten-time member of the Legislative Assembly, member of the Legislative Council and the Leader of Opposition several times as well. Yadav was a prominent figure of his time in Uttar Pradesh politics, and was often referred to as Netaji by his party leaders and workers. In 2023, he was posthumously conferred with Padma Vibhushan, India’s second highest civilian award by the Government of India.