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January 29, 1945

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1945Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, Malian academic and politician, Prime Minister of Mali (died 2022)^[†]

Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, often known by his initials IBK, was a Malian politician who served as the president of Mali from September 2013 to August 2020, when he was forced to resign in the 2020 Malian coup d'état. He served as Mali's prime minister from February 1994 to February 2000 and as president of the National Assembly of Mali from September 2002 to September 2007.

1945Tom Selleck, American actor and businessman^[†]

Thomas William Selleck is an American actor. His breakout role was playing private investigator Thomas Magnum in the television series Magnum, P.I. (1980–1988), for which he received five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, winning in 1984. From 2010-24, he was NYC Police Commissioner Frank Reagan in Blue Bloods. From 2005-15, he was troubled small-town police chief Jesse Stone in nine television films based on the Robert B. Parker novels.

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Headlines from January 29, 1945

IVES REPORT URGES PERMANENT BOARD TO BAR BIAS IN JOBS; Legislation in Response to Plea by Dewey Is Drafted by State Study Group MILDER THAN 1944 PLAN But 3 of 23 on Commission Oppose the Program and Battle Is in Prospect Pledge Given by Ives IVES REPORT URGES JOB ANTI-BIAS LAW Duties of Commission Fixed Field Is "Only a First Step" Rail Union Leader's Views

By Leo Egan Special To the New York Times

comm rept asks permanent anti-discrimination comm; to offer legis

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HOMES TO RECEIVE PRIORITY ON COAL; Mayor to Give Preference Also to Schools--City Opens 27 More Emergency Stations HOMES TO RECEIVE PRIORITY ON COAL

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milder weather eases situation, NYC

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KATOWICE IS SEIZED; Beuthen Also Among 5 Silesian Cities Taken-- Breslau Imperiled KOENIGSBERG AFIRE Red Army at Border of Brandenburg--Enemy Is Out of Lithuania Russians at Northern Frontier 250,000 Trapped in East Prussia KATOWICE IS SEIZED IN SILESIA ADVANCE Vise Tightens on Koenigsberg Six Silesian Cities Fall Nazis Have Met Zhukoff Before

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USSR seen not adamant on recognition

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Chiang Gives Names Stilwell Road To the New Ledo-Burma Highway; Chiang Gives Name Stilwell Road To the New Ledo-Burma Highway Stilwell Hails Ledo Road Men

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Chiang Kai-shek on Ledo-Burma rd reopening, radio s; renames route Stilwell Rd in hon of Gen Stilwell; Wedemeyer and Sultan on reopening; Stilwell hails men who built Ledo Rd, Army Hr s

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