Damascus fall imminent; Aleppo menaced; Brit advance from Iraq; hard coastal fighting slows Beirut drive; French reptd falling back, Leontes River and Damascus areas; 12 killed, Tel Aviv, Palestine, raid; Vichy repts success in slowing Brit drives

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Senate Approves Seizure; Senate Approves Seizure of Struck Plants In Bill Setting 28 as Draft Age Maximum

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Notable Births

1941Marcel Lachemann, American baseball player, coach, and manager^[†]

Marcel Ernest Lachemann is an American professional baseball executive and a former player, manager and pitching coach in Major League Baseball (MLB). As a player, he was a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics.

1941Serge Lemoyne, Canadian painter (died 1998)^[†]

Serge Lemoyne was a Canadian artist from Quebec. He worked as a performance artist as well as creating paintings, assemblages and prints. Lemoyne explored themes such as the environment, technology, and social justice. Lemoyne's work was exhibited in Canada and internationally, and he received numerous awards throughout his career. He died in 1998 at the age of 57.

1941Marv Tarplin, American guitarist and songwriter (died 2011)^[†]

Marvin Tarplin was an American musician, best known as the guitarist for the Miracles from the 1950s through the early 1970s. He was one of the group's original members and co-wrote several of their biggest hits, including the 1965 Grammy Hall Of Fame-inducted "The Tracks of My Tears". He is also a winner of the BMI Songwriter's Award, and the ASCAP Award Of Merit, and was a 2012 posthumous inductee into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Miracles.