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Transfer of 3 men following USWA-co July agreement causes strike at Carnegie-Ill Steel Corp Gary works coke plant
9th Army infantrymen illus preparing to cross Roer
Surprisingly light German opposition was encountered by troops of the United States First and Ninth Armies as they carried their new offensive yesterday to within fifteen miles of Cologne and twenty of Duesseldorf.
police and army men hunt for deserters and draft dodgers, Drummondville, Que; scores hurt in riot as mob attempts to free suspects
Canadian servicemen overseas greeted by Prime Min King at internatl short-wave station opening
1945Peter Brock, Australian racing driver (died 2006)[†]
Peter Geoffrey Brock, known as "Peter Perfect", "The King of the Mountain", or simply "Brocky", was an Australian motor racing driver. Brock was most often associated with Holden for almost 40 years, although he raced vehicles of other manufacturers including BMW, Ford, Volvo, Porsche and Peugeot. He won the Bathurst 1000 endurance race nine times, the Sandown 500 touring car race nine times, the Australian Touring Car Championship three times, the Bathurst 24 Hour once and was inducted into the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2001. Brock's business activities included the Holden Dealer Team (HDT) that produced Brock's racing machines as well as a number of modified high-performance road versions of his racing cars.
1945Marta Kristen, Norwegian-American actress[†]
Marta Kristen is a Norwegian-born American actress.
1945Mitch Ryder, American singer-songwriter[†]
William Sherille Levise Jr., known professionally as Mitch Ryder, is an American rock singer who has recorded more than 25 albums over more than four decades.
1945Sándor Szurmay, Minister of Defence of the Hungarian portion of Austria-Hungary (born 1860)[†]
Vitéz Baron Sándor Szurmay de Uzsok was a Hungarian military officer and politician, who served as Minister of Defence for the Hungarian portion of the Dual Monarchy of Austria-Hungary between 1917 and 1918.
1945World War II: US troops reclaim the Philippine island of Corregidor from the Japanese.[†]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.