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County grand jury presentment charges pol caused Longo indictment and trial for alleged vote record alteration; criticizes trial Judge Brown, former Prosecutor D T O'Regan and asst W George and elections supt W E Sewell for conduct of case; charges O'Regan and George handwriting expert's testimony
2d Ukrainian Army troops capture Biskupice, 2 1/2 mi from Bratislava; seize 100 places including Samorin and Gutor; drive onto Zhitny Is; push to Little Carpathian Mts on 25-mi front from Vajnory Station to Sucha; win Modra; force Nitra River; take Topolcany; Stalin order of day announcing USSR and Bulgarian forces capture of Nagykanizsa cited; Eszteregnye, Soejtoer, Szentmihaly and 40 other places taken; 10,000 Gers captured in day; Moscow repts no gains toward Vienna; Berlin repts USSR spearhead nearing Semmering Pass
1945Doon Arbus, American author and journalist[†]
Doon Arbus is an American writer and journalist. Her debut novel is The Caretaker. Her play, Third Floor, Second Door on the Right, was produced at the Cherry Lane Theatre by the 2003 New York International Fringe Festival.
1945Bernie Parent, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2025)[†]
Bernard Marcel Parent was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 13 National Hockey League (NHL) seasons with the Philadelphia Flyers, Boston Bruins, and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1965 and 1979, and also spent one season in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Philadelphia Blazers during the 1972–73 season. Parent is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest goaltenders of all time.
1945Catherine Spaak, French actress (died 2022)[†]
Catherine Spaak was a French-Italian actress, singer, model, and media personality. A member of the Spaak family, she was known as an iconic "It girl" in Italy during the 1960s, becoming a star of commedia all'italiana films, before later becoming prominent as a talk show host and media personality.