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June 20, 1945

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Headlines from June 20, 1945

TRUCE IS OFFERED BY SOVIET ON ISSUE OF ASSEMBLY TALK; Big Five Is Told by Gromyko That the Demand for Oaks Clause Is Dropped WORDING IS NEAR EVATT'S But He Suggests Further Change--Joining League Made Hard for War Foes Call Sent to Evatt RUSSIANS OFFER DISCUSSION TRUCE Text of the Clause Signing Scene Being Set

By James B. Reston Special To the New York Times

USSR drops demand for Gen Assembly discussion regulations change to Dumbarton Oaks plan wording; Evatt wording chosen; Big 5 decide to make it hard for war foes to join security organization; cite Ger, Italy and Japan specifically

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Notable Births

Anne Murray

1945Anne Murray, Canadian singer and guitarist[†]

Morna Anne Murray is a Canadian retired country, pop and adult contemporary music singer who has sold over 55 million album copies worldwide during her over 40-year career. Murray has won four Grammys including the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1978.

Notable Deaths

Bruno Frank

1945Bruno Frank, German author, poet, and playwright (born 1878)[†]

Bruno Frank was a German author, poet, playwright, screenwriter, and humanist.

Historical Events

United States Secretary of State

1945The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.[†]

The United States secretary of state (SecState) is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State.