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lack of priorities hampers production
claim Brit Fleet forced to leave Crete
Grand Adm Raeder denies German intention of invading hemisphere
1941Aldrich Ames, American CIA officer and criminal[†]
Aldrich Hazen Ames is an American former CIA counterintelligence officer who was convicted of espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union and Russia in 1994. He is serving a life sentence, without the possibility of parole, in the Federal Correctional Institution in Cumberland, Maryland. Ames was known to have compromised more highly classified CIA assets than any other officer until Robert Hanssen, who was arrested seven years later in 2001.
1941Jim Dobbin, Scottish microbiologist and politician (died 2014)[†]
James Dobbin was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician and microbiologist who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Heywood and Middleton from 1997 until his death in 2014.
1941Cliff Drysdale, South African tennis player and sportscaster[†]
Eric Clifford Drysdale is a South African former tennis player. After a career as a highly ranked professional player in the 1960s and early 1970s, he became a tennis commentator.
1941Imants Kalniņš, Latvian composer[†]
Imants Kalniņš is a Latvian composer, musician and politician. Having studied classical and choral music, he has written seven symphonies, several operas, oratorios, cantatas, choir songs, a lot of movie and theater music. However, he is generally best known for his rock songs. In 2021, Kalniņš received the Grand Music Award for lifetime achievement.