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Italy: Allied Mil Govt (AMG) abolishes Pascist labor and corporative organizations, Sicily; Sicilian workers free to bargain
Post-War Advisory Council meeting planned, Mackinac Is, Mich
US planes based in India bomb Jap installations, Car Nicobar Is; map
Allies driving inland
Allied troops land northeast of Lae in large-scale amphibious operation; foe surprised; cut off from supplies; preparations for attack revd; landing troops directed by Lt Gen Blamey, naval forces by Vice Adm Carpender, air forces by Lt Gen Kenney; Blamey hails action; Allied planes raid Cape Gloucester airdrome, Rabaul, Gasmata and Vitu Islands; map
1943Gordon Birtwistle, English engineer and politician[†]
Gordon Birtwistle is a British Liberal Democrat politician and former MP. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Burnley, England, from May 2010 to May 2015. He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Danny Alexander, Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 2010 to 2012. From 2013, he was Government Apprenticeship Ambassador to Business.
1943Richard J. Roberts, English biochemist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate[†]
Sir Richard John Roberts is a British biochemist and molecular biologist. He was awarded the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Phillip Allen Sharp for the discovery of introns in eukaryotic DNA and the mechanism of gene-splicing. He currently works at New England Biolabs.
1943Roger Waters, English singer-songwriter and bass player[†]
George Roger Waters is an English musician and singer-songwriter. In 1965, he co-founded the rock band Pink Floyd as the bassist. Following the departure of the group's main songwriter Syd Barrett in 1968, Waters became Pink Floyd's lyricist, co-lead vocalist and conceptual leader until his departure in 1985.
1943The Monterrey Institute of Technology is founded in Monterrey, Mexico as one of the largest and most influential private universities in Latin America.[†]
Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, also known as the Technological Institute of Monterrey or simply Tec, is a private research university based in Monterrey, Mexico. It has expanded to include 35 campuses across 25 cities in the country and 22 liaison offices in 15 other countries.
1943Pennsylvania Railroad's premier train derails at Frankford Junction in Philadelphia, killing 79 people and injuring 117 others.[†]
The Pennsylvania Railroad, legal name as the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy," was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its peak in 1882, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest railroad, the largest transportation enterprise, and the largest corporation in the world.