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USSR line cut, south of Moscow; battle described; USSR claims new German attacks beaten back, Mozhaisk and Maloyaroslavets; Germans threatened, Rostov; Moscow pincers blocked; German tactics same as those in Leningrad drive
Hull gives Kurusu and Nomura proposals to permit further Japanese-U S talks; State Dept says plan adheres to U S basic principles of peace and non-aggression; Chinese position revd; Roosevelt conf with Hu Shih and T V Soong; speculation on factors affecting Japanese - U S settlement; authoritative Wash sources rept failure to find peace formula; U S reptd to have demanded Japanese withdrawal from China and Indo-China, restoration of open-door policy and peaceful negotiation in place of mil force in return for any concessions
meeting reptd postponed
with Henderson
1941Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (died 2015)[†]
Henry Carr was an American track and field athlete who won two gold medals at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
1941Aimé Jacquet, French footballer, coach, and manager[†]
Aimé Étienne Jacquet is a French former professional football player and manager. He coached the France national team that won the 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, the country's first title.
1941Eddie Rabbitt, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1998)[†]
Edward Thomas Rabbitt was an American country music singer and songwriter. His career began as a songwriter in the late 1960s, springboarding to a recording career after composing hits such as "Kentucky Rain" for Elvis Presley in 1970 and "Pure Love" for Ronnie Milsap in 1974. Later in the 1970s, Rabbitt helped to develop the crossover-influenced sound of country music prevalent in the 1980s with such hits as "Suspicions", "I Love a Rainy Night", "Drivin' My Life Away" and "Every Which Way but Loose". His duets "Both to Each Other " with Juice Newton and "You and I" with Crystal Gayle later appeared on the soap operas Days of Our Lives and All My Children.
1941Louis van Dijk, Dutch pianist (died 2020)[†]
Louis van Dijk, also spelled Louis van Dyke, was a beloved Dutch pianist.