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May 30, 1944

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AMERICANS PUNCH TOWARD BIAK FIELD; Advance to Within 2 Miles of Mokmer Airdrome -- Warships, Tanks Prepare for Battle

By Frank L. Kluckhohn

US troops with air support advance to within 2 mi of Mokmer airdrome, Biak Is; heavy Jap sniping reptd; US warships and tanks prepare for bitter battle; Australians take Bunabun Harbor; US planes bomb Ransiki airdrome, near Manokwari; hit Kamiri and Namber airfields, Numfor Is; attack Serui air strip, Japen Is; Jap expectation of US frontal assault on Biak airdromes noted; map

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40 Killed in Ecuadorean Revolt;

By Unknown Author

QUITO, Ecuador, May 29 -- President Carlos Arroyo del Rio and all members of his Cabinet resigned tonight after a revolutionary junta had seized power in Guayaquil, Ecuador's main commercial city on the Pacific coast.

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Notable Births

The Dave Clark Five

1944Lenny Davidson, English guitarist and songwriter[†]

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".

Meredith MacRae

1944Meredith MacRae, American actress (died 2000)[†]

Meredith Lynn MacRae was an American actress, singer and talk show host. She is known for her roles as Sally Morrison on My Three Sons (1963–1965) and as Billie Jo Bradley on Petticoat Junction (1966–1970).

1944Stav Prodromou, Greek-American engineer and businessman[†]

Stavro Evangelo "Stav" Prodromou is a Palestinian Greek American businessman, and the founder and former chief executive officer of Poqet Computer Corporation. Prodromou has been CEO of Alien Technology, Peregrine Semiconductor, and Integrated Circuit Systems and Executive Vice President of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation.