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OPA labor policy com assails proposed rise; Ickes defends proposal; Sen Moore charges Ickes with insincerity
G Roveda refuses to accept Indus Workers Confed Vice Comr post, northern area
Under-Sec Welles expected to be assigned to roving diplomatic post
ALLIED HEADQUARTERS IN NORTH AFRICA, Aug. 10 -- American forces reached a point within two miles of Randazzo today.
talks to be Anglo-Amer
1943Jim Kale, Canadian bass player[†]
Michael James Kale is a Canadian rock musician, best known as the original bassist for the rock band The Guess Who. He was also a member of the band Scrubbaloe Caine. In 1987, he was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as a member of The Guess Who.
1943Pervez Musharraf, Pakistani general and politician, 10th President of Pakistan (died 2023)[†]
Pervez Musharraf was a Pakistani military dictator who served as the tenth president of Pakistan from 2001 to 2008. He overthrew Nawaz Sharif's government in the 1999 coup d'état and proclaimed himself the chief executive of Pakistan, under martial law.
1943Denis Payton, English saxophonist (died 2006)[†]
The Dave Clark Five, also known as the DC5, were an English rock and roll band formed in 1958 in Tottenham, London. Drummer Dave Clark was the group's leader, producer and co-songwriter. In January 1964, they had their first UK top-ten single, "Glad All Over", which knocked the Beatles' "I Want to Hold Your Hand" off the top of the UK Singles Chart. It peaked at No. 6 in the United States in April 1964. Although this was their only UK No. 1, they topped the US chart in December 1965, with their cover of Bobby Day's "Over and Over". Their other UK top-ten hits include "Bits and Pieces", "Can't You See That She's Mine", "Catch Us If You Can", "Everybody Knows", "The Red Balloon", "Good Old Rock 'n' Roll", and a version of Chet Powers' "Get Together".