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Manhattan rept
conferees accept victory tax and Sen combined corp normal and surtax rates, restore capital stock tax and declared-value excess profits tax
Gers gain in Stalingrad siege; USSR forces continue withdrawals; Gers seen aiming to split city's defense; USSR repts defenders greatly out-numbered; Gers claim Volga push despite heavy USSR fighting; Hungarian troops repulse USSR forces attempts to cross Don
US Treas limits entrants from Mex, GB, Bermuda, Canada and Nfld to $50
1942Steve Jones, American basketball player and sportscaster (died 2017)[†]
Stephen Howard "Snapper" Jones Sr. was an American basketball player in the American Basketball Association (ABA) and National Basketball Association (NBA), and later a television analyst. He was a three-time ABA All-Star. Jones' brother Nick also played in the ABA and NBA. During his time in the ABA, Jones picked up the moniker "Snapper" but he never revealed how it came to be.
1942Gary Puckett, American pop singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Gary Dale Puckett is an American singer widely known as the lead vocalist for Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, who had six consecutive gold records in 1968, including "Woman Woman", "Young Girl", "Lady Willpower", "Over You". "Don't Give In to Him" and "This Girl Is a Woman Now."