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Balt plane plant
ratified by union; 55 yards affected; 2-yr strike ban provided
Saida and Abu Kemal in Brit hands
Martin bomber for Brit tests as fast as most Eur pursuit planes
1941Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer (died 2022)[†]
Lamont Herbert Dozier was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer from Detroit. He co-wrote and produced 14 US Billboard number-one hits and four number ones in the UK.
1941Tommy Horton, English golfer (died 2017)[†]
Thomas Alfred Horton, was an English professional golfer. He finished in the top ten of the Open Championship four times, won a number of important tournaments both before and after the founding of the European Tour in 1972 and played in the Ryder Cup in 1975 and 1977. He reached 50 just before the founding of the European Seniors Tour and won 23 times on the tour between 1992 and 2000.
1941Mumtaz Hamid Rao, Pakistani journalist (died 2011)[†]
Mumtaz Hamid Rao was a senior Pakistani electronic media journalist and analyst.