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repts of flight of ex-collaborationists P Flandin and P Pucheu to French North Africa seen significant
Listed his vices in reply to Lt Gen Montgomery virtues list
Rear Adm D J Callaghan, task force comdr, killed in battle
Loyalist refugees: Ger radio and DNB rept Ger troops seized F Largo Caballero and S Casares Quiroga and handed them over to Spanish border authorities
MacArthur, Kenney and Blarney set up field hdqrs, New Guinea front; Australians near Awala; US forces strike from east and south; US ground task force advancing through jungle sees US raid on Buna; US planes raid Jap shipping, Buin-Faisi area; honor Lt R Schley's birthday by raid on Rabaul
1942Derek Clayton, English-Australian runner[†]
Derek James Clayton is a former Australian long-distance runner, born in Cumbria, England and raised in Northern Ireland.
1942Partha Dasgupta, Bangladeshi economist and academic[†]
Sir Partha Sarathi Dasgupta is an Indian-British economist who is Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge, United Kingdom, and a fellow of St John's College, Cambridge.
1942Bob Gaudio, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer[†]
Robert John Gaudio is an American songwriter, singer, musician, and record producer, and the keyboardist and backing vocalist of the pop/rock band the Four Seasons. Gaudio wrote or co-wrote the vast majority of the band's music, including hits like "Sherry" and "December, 1963 ", as well as "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" for Valli. Though he no longer performs with the group, Gaudio and lead singer Frankie Valli remain co-owners of the Four Seasons brand.
1942Lesley Rees, English endocrinologist and academic[†]
Dame Lesley Howard Rees DBE is a British professor, medical doctor, and endocrinologist. She was Dean of St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical College (Bart's) from 1989 to 1995, the first and only woman to hold this post. Rees led the college to a successful merger with the London Hospital Medical College as part of Queen Mary University of London in 1995. She is currently emeritus professor of chemical endocrinology at Bart's.
1942István Rosztóczy, Hungarian-Japanese microbiologist and physician (died 1993)[†]
István Rosztóczy was a Hungarian microbiologist, medical researcher, blood donor organizer, who devoted his life to research and science.
1942Martin Scorsese, American director, producer, screenwriter, and actor[†]
Martin Charles Scorsese is an American filmmaker. One of the major figures of the New Hollywood era, he has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards, three Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, and three Golden Globe Awards. He has been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1997, the Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1998, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2010, and the BAFTA Fellowship in 2012. Four of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant".