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Allied planes hit Jap aircraft carrier, Rabaul
Wainwright repts damage slight
Fair Employment Practice Com orders 10 Chicago and Milwaukee area cos to cease discriminatory hiring practices; commends Majestic Radio Corp for correcting practices
Jap claims on P I situation
Outlines ideal N Y C evening; fiancee, V Hurst, comments; pors
1942Bill Conti, American composer and conductor[†]
William Conti is an American composer and conductor. He is best known for his film scores, including Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky V (1990), Rocky Balboa (2006), The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), The Next Karate Kid (1994), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Dynasty and The Right Stuff (1983), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score. He also received nominations in the Best Original Song category for "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky and for the title song of For Your Eyes Only. He was the musical director at the Academy Awards a record nineteen times.
1942Henk Sneevliet, Dutch politician (born 1883)[†]
Hendricus Josephus Franciscus Marie Sneevliet, known as Henk Sneevliet or by the pseudonym "Maring", was a Dutch communist politician who was active in both the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies. As a functionary of the Communist International, Sneevliet guided the formation of both the Communist Party of Indonesia in 1914, and the Chinese Communist Party in 1921. In his native country, he was the founder, chairman, and only Representative for the Revolutionary Socialist (Workers') Party (RSP/RSAP). He took part in the communist resistance against the occupation of the Netherlands during World War II by Nazi Germany, for which he was executed by the Germans in April 1942.
1942Anton Uesson, Estonian engineer and politician, 17th Mayor of Tallinn (born 1879)[†]
Anton Uesson was an Estonian politician and engineer.