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German semi-official qrs rept low German losses in Greek campaign
Use to bring refugees in France to U S proposed
Axis threat of drive to Egypt and Suez Canal staved off by Brit
Brit may make another stand
with Hull and Min Casey
1941Jacqueline Boyer, French singer and actress[â ]
Eliane Ducos, known professionally as Jacqueline Boyer, is a French singer and actress. She is also the daughter of performers Jacques Pills and Lucienne Boyer.
1941Arie den Hartog, Dutch road bicycle racer (died 2018)[â ]
Arie den Hartog was a Dutch road bicycle racer. Den Hartog won the MilanâSan Remo Classic in 1965, as well as the Amstel Gold Race in 1967.
1941Paavo Lipponen, Finnish journalist and politician, 38th Prime Minister of Finland[â ]
Paavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was prime minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005. He also served as speaker of the Parliament of Finland from 2003 to 2007 and was his party's nominee in the 2012 Finnish presidential election but received only 6.7% of the votes, making it the biggest defeat the Social Democratic Party had ever received in Finnish presidential elections at the time. Lipponen is currently the oldest living former prime minister of Finland.
1941Michael Lynne, American film producer, co-founded New Line Cinema (died 2019)[â ]
Michael Lynne was an American film executive, best known as the former co-chair of New Line Cinema alongside its founder Robert Shaye.
1941Ed Stewart, English radio and television host (died 2016)[â ]
Edward Stewart Mainwaring, known as Ed "Stewpot" Stewart, was an English radio broadcaster and TV presenter. He was principally known for his work as a DJ on BBC Radio 1 and Radio 2, and as a presenter of Top of the Pops and on the outstanding kiddies tv show Crackerjack on BBC Television.
1941Ray Tomlinson, American computer programmer and engineer (died 2016)[â ]
Raymond Samuel Tomlinson was an American computer scientist who implemented the first email program on the ARPANET system, the precursor to the Internet, in 1971; it was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts connected to ARPANET. Previously, mail could be sent only to others who used the same computer. To achieve this, he used the @ sign to separate the username from the name of their machine, a scheme which has been used in email addresses ever since.
1941World War II: The Greek government and King George II evacuate Athens before the invading Wehrmacht.[â ]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.