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Named OPA Region II enforcement bur acting chief
House adopts amendment transferring food controls from OPA to Sec
demobilization of 13 army age groups proposed
testifies on plans for Japan bombing, House com hearing on War Dept funds bill
Joins new Polish Provisional Govt of Natl Unity
1945Kjell Albin Abrahamson, Swedish journalist and author (died 2016)[†]
Kjell Albin Abrahamson was a Swedish journalist and author. He served as Swedish National Radio's senior correspondent to Warsaw, Poland, a position he previously held in Moscow, USSR (1986–1990); twice in Vienna, Austria ; and once before in Warsaw (1994–1997). He also wrote for Sydsvenska Dagbladet and op-ed pieces for Länstidningen of Östersund.
1945John Garang, Sudanese colonel and politician, President of Southern Sudan (died 2005)[†]
John Garang De Mabior was a Sudanese politician and revolutionary leader. From 1983 to 2005, he led the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement as a commander in chief during the Second Sudanese Civil War. He served as First Vice President of Sudan for three weeks, from the comprehensive peace agreement of 2005 until his death in a helicopter crash on July 30, 2005.
1945Giuseppina Tuissi, Italian journalist and activist (born 1923)[†]
Giuseppina Tuissi, better known as Gianna was an Italian communist and partisan during World War II. She was part of the 52nd Brigata Garibaldi "Luigi Clerici". From September 1944, she was a collaborator of the partisan Luigi Canali and, with him, had an important role in the arrest and the execution of Benito Mussolini and Clara Petacci.