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Roosevelt asks swift justice in Darlan killing
French again beat back Axis counter-attacks, Pont-du-Fahs
The stars looked down last night on a world still dimmed or darkened on Christmas Eve against war's threat of death from the skies.
USSR forces retake 5 places in Nalchik area; extend gains, middle Don area; retake Alagir southeast of Nalchik and Andron, 25 mi northwest of Orjonikidze; seize many populated places and 2 ry stations, Don area; drive toward Rostov; reptd near Millerovo ry junction; Vatutin forces reptd 45 mi from rr supplying Don bend; Ger forces reptd unable to consol positions; USSR forces take 17 Messerschmitt planes intact; gain, Kotelnikov sector; Ger version
1942Françoise Dürr, French tennis player and coach[†]
Françoise Dürr is a retired French tennis player. She won 50 singles titles and over 60 doubles titles.
1942Barbara Follett, English politician[†]
Daphne Barbara Follett is a British Labour Party politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stevenage from 1997 to 2010. During this time she held several parliamentary and ministerial positions.
1942Barry Goldberg, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (died 2025)[†]
Barry Joseph Goldberg was an American blues and rock keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer. Goldberg co-produced albums by Percy Sledge, Charlie Musselwhite, James Cotton, and the Textones, plus Bob Dylan's version of Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready".
1942Enrique Morente, Spanish singer-songwriter (died 2010)[†]
Enrique Morente Cotelo, known as Enrique Morente, was a Spanish flamenco singer and a celebrated figure within the world of contemporary flamenco. After his orthodox beginnings, he plunged into experimentalism, writing new melodies for cante and jamming with musicians of all styles, without renouncing his roots in traditional flamenco singing, which he kept on cultivating despite criticism."It hasn't been easy. First came the accusations of corruption of the music, of treachery in his struggle to disfigure what was already perfectly coded. When some albums and some categorical evidence of his knowledge of the classical approach laid these malicious comments bare, then came the most twisted condemnations. That the pace of the compás waned, that he didn't really make you feel and that kind of thing."