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Acts as War Dept agent in Montgomery Ward & Co seizure
fighting continues as Churchill and Eden on return to London advise King to agree to regency; Kings' reluctance cited; Brit favor Damaskinos as Regent; latters asks Greek delegates to submit views on regency in writing
1944Andrew Foster, British public servant[†]
Sir Andrew William Foster, KBE is a British public servant who was knighted in 2001 for his services to the health and government services.
1944Rodney Redmond, New Zealand cricketer[†]
Rodney Ernest Redmond is a New Zealand former international cricketer. He is the father of Aaron Redmond, also a New Zealand international.
1944Gerard Windsor, Australian author and literary critic[†]
Gerard Charles Windsor is an Australian author and literary critic.
1944Khasan Israilov, Chechen rebel (born 1910)[†]
Hasan Israilov was a Chechen nationalist, guerrilla fighter, journalist, and poet who led Chechen and Ingush resistance and a rebellion against the Soviet Union from 1940 until his death in 1944. Israilov is regarded as one of the most influential Chechen resistance leaders during World War II, and he is considered by many Chechens to be a national hero. His name is also sometimes transliterated to Latin alphabet as Hassan Izrailov.