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On horse racing ban
observance
US planes destroy 25 Jap planes at Grace Pk airfield, Manila; bomb and strafe Calingatan airfield; US naval plane strafes Bulan airfield; Japanese lost 7 planes in attacks on US Mindoro positions; US 77th Div on Leyte moves toward Palompon; Jap losses noted; US troops reptd to have taken much Jap booty; US transport planes drop Xmas messages to liberated Filipinos
on dealers Washington trip plan
observance, White House; radio s; text
1944Kenny Everett, British comedian and broadcaster (died 1995)[†]
Kenny Everett was an English radio DJ and television comedian, known for his zany comedic style.
1944Jairzinho, Brazilian footballer[†]
Jair Ventura Filho, better known as Jairzinho, is a Brazilian former professional footballer. A quick, skillful, and powerful right winger known for his finishing ability and eye for goal, he was a key member and leading scorer of the Brazil national team that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup.
1944Sam Strahan, New Zealand rugby player (died 2019)[†]
Samuel Cuningham Strahan was a New Zealand rugby union player. He represented Manawatu at a provincial level and the New Zealand national team, the All Blacks. He was a lock and was said to be the best lineout jumper in the country.
1944George Steer, South African-English journalist and author (born 1909)[†]
George Lowther Steer was a South African-born British journalist, author and war correspondent who reported on wars preceding the Second World War, especially the Second Italo-Ethiopian War and the Spanish Civil War. During those wars, he was employed by The Times, and his eyewitness reports did much to alert Western nations of war crimes committed by the Italians in Ethiopia and by the Germans in Spain although little was done to prevent them by the League of Nations. His 1937 exclusive on the bombing of Guernica inspired Pablo Picasso to paint his anti-war masterpiece, Guernica. He returned to Ethiopia after the start of the Second World War and helped the campaign that defeated the Italians and restored Hailie Selassie to the throne.