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GB-US recognition of com as provisional authority for French mainland expected
Transcontinental & Western Air Inc, war bend investments
House sends Eastland-Rankin bill to conf; disagrees with Sen amendments; new conflict seen as House names majority of States rights backers as conferees; Sen may name members of subcom which handled original Green-Lucas bill
US Navy repts on aircraft carrier Ranger part in invasion
1944Peter Allen, Australian singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (died 1992)[â ]
Peter Allen was an Australian singer-songwriter, musician, and entertainer, known for his flamboyant stage persona, energetic performances, and lavish costumes. Allen's songs were made popular by many recording artists, including Elkie Brooks, Melissa Manchester and Olivia Newton-John, including Newton-John's first chart-topping hit "I Honestly Love You", and the chart-topping and Academy Award-winning "Arthur's Theme " by Christopher Cross.
1944Frank Keating, American lawyer and politician, 25th Governor of Oklahoma[â ]
Francis Anthony Keating II is an American attorney, politician and a former FBI special agent who served as the 25th governor of Oklahoma from 1995 to 2003.
1944Frances Moore LappĂ©, American author and activist[â ]
Frances Moore LappĂ© is an American researcher and author in the field of food and democracy policy. She is the author of 20 books including the 2.5-million-copy selling 1971 book Diet for a Small Planet, which the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History describes as "one of the most influential political tracts of the times." She has co-founded three organizations that explore the roots of hunger, poverty, and environmental crises, as well as solutions emerging worldwide through what she calls "living democracy". Her latest work is a report entitled Crisis of Trust: How Can Democracies Protect Against Dangerous Lies? with Max Boland and Rachel Madison. Recent books by LappĂ© include Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want, co-authored with Adam Eichen, and Itâs Not Too Late: Crisis, Opportunity, and the Power of Hope. In 1987, she was awarded the Right Livelihood Award for "revealing the political and economic causes of world hunger and how citizens can help to remedy them."
1944Rufus Reid, American bassist and composer[â ]
Rufus Reid is an American jazz bassist, educator, and composer.
1944E. M. Antoniadi, Greek-French astronomer and chess player (born 1870)[â ]
EugĂšne Michel Antoniadi was a Greek-French astronomer. He is known for creating the Antoniadi scale as well as for his observations of the planets, and was a major opponent of the notion of Martian canals. He created some of the most detailed maps of Mars at the time, and many features on the planet are still known by the names he suggested. He also created the first map of Mercury, though it turned out to be incorrect.