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Cripps gives Azad and Nehru Brit War Cabinet's reply to Cong party proposals
U S Navy repts U S patrol submarine sank 2 Jap cargo ships, China Sea
bomb rear areas in effort to cut off Corregidor
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1942Tony Banks, Baron Stratford, Northern Irish politician, Minister for Sport and the Olympics (died 2006)[†]
Anthony Louis Banks, Baron Stratford was a British politician who served as Minister for Sport from 1997 to 1999. A member of the Labour Party, he was a member of Parliament from 1983 to 2005 and subsequently as a member of the House of Lords. He was well known in the House of Commons for his acid tongue.
1942Roger Chapman, English singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Roger Maxwell Chapman, also known as Chappo, is an English rock vocalist. He is best known as a member of the progressive rock band Family, which he joined along with Charlie Whitney in 1966, and also the rock and R&B band Streetwalkers formed in 1974. His idiosyncratic brand of showmanship when performing and vocal vibrato led him to become a cult figure on the British rock scene. Chapman is claimed to have said that he was trying to sing like both Little Richard and his idol Ray Charles. Since the early 1980s he has spent much of his time in Germany and has made occasional appearances there and elsewhere.
1942Douglas Trumbull, American director, producer, and special effects artist (died 2022)[†]
Douglas Hunt Trumbull was an American film director and visual effects supervisor, who pioneered innovative methods in special effects. He created scenes for 2001: A Space Odyssey, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Blade Runner and The Tree of Life, and directed the movies Silent Running and Brainstorm.
1942Kostas Skarvelis, Greek guitarist and composer (born 1880)[†]
Kostas Skarvelis was a Greek composer of popular music, of the rembetiko (ρεμπέτικο) genre. He also wrote the lyrics for his songs and was an excellent guitar player, having participated in many recordings.