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Assails poll tax abolition bill, House
attacks convoy off Netherlands; sinks 1 ship, damages others
Pantelleria Is raked by US and RAF planes: Allied plane ratio, 17 to 1; 200-ft coastal vessel and 3 boats sunk off Sardinia coast; San Giovanni raid described; Itals rept on Messina damage
pickets at Goodyear Akron plant increase idle workers to 44,000; Army Service Forces dir asks union head to end disputes without work stoppage; WLB agrees to reconsider decision if production is resumed
Byrd Cong com urges NYA program be transferred to private industry
1943Jessi Colter, American singer-songwriter and pianist[†]
Mirriam Johnson, known professionally as Jessi Colter, is an American country singer who is best known for her collaborations with her second husband, country musician Waylon Jennings, and for her 1975 country hit "I'm Not Lisa".
1943John Palmer, English keyboard player[†]
John Michael "Poli" Palmer was an English rock musician who was a key member in the progressive rock band Family. Though he was not an original member, he was regarded as being integral to the group's sound. He played the vibraphone, flute, piano, synthesizers and occasional drums, and he was with the band from late 1969 until late 1972.
1943Leslie Uggams, American actress and singer[†]
Leslie Marian Uggams is an American actress and singer. After beginning her career as a child in the early 1950s, she garnered acclaim for her role in the Broadway musical Hallelujah, Baby!, winning a Theatre World Award in 1967 and the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical in 1968. Uggams gained wider recognition for portraying Kizzy Reynolds in the television miniseries Roots (1977), earning Golden Globe and Emmy Award nominations for her performance.
1943Nils von Dardel, Swedish painter (born 1888)[†]
Nils Elias Kristofer von Dardel, sometimes known as Nils de Dardel, was a 20th-century Swedish Post-Impressionist painter and grandson of the famous Swedish painter Fritz von Dardel.