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comments on new Polish Provisional Govt of natl unity
Commutes W C Colepaugh and E Gimpel death sentences for espionage to life imprisonment
civilians to get 40% increase as WFA cuts mil allotments of Federally inspected packing plants; Bowles says shipments to met centers will increase within 30 days; lays action to better distribution resulting from control program; warns increase will be gradual
map of French zone and US troop locations
Big 4 (US-GB-USSR-China) agree to admit Poland to league; leave space on Charter for signature of Polish Natl Unity Govt; Charter to be signed by all member nations on June 25, last plenary session
1945Colin Blunstone, English singer-songwriter[†]
Colin Edward Michael Blunstone is an English singer and songwriter. In a career spanning more than 60 years, Blunstone came to prominence in the mid-1960s as the lead singer of the rock band the Zombies, which released four singles that entered the Top 75 charts in the United States during the 1960s: "She's Not There", "Tell Her No", "She's Coming Home" and "Time of the Season". Blunstone began his solo career in 1969, releasing three singles under a pseudonym of Neil MacArthur. Since then, he has released ten studio albums under his real name. He was also a recurring guest vocalist with the Alan Parsons Project, appearing on four of their albums between 1978 and 1985.
1945Wayne Cashman, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Wayne Cashman is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 17 seasons for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) and helped them win the Stanley Cup twice. He was the last active player who started his NHL career in the Original Six era.
1945George Pataki, American lawyer and politician, 53rd Governor of New York[†]
George Elmer Pataki is an American politician who served as the 53rd governor of New York from 1995 to 2006. He previously served in the State Legislature from 1985 to 1994, and as the mayor of Peekskill from 1981 to 1984. Pataki was the third Republican since 1923 to win New York's governorship, after Thomas E. Dewey and Nelson Rockefeller, and is the most recent one to do so.
1945Betty Stöve, Dutch tennis player[†]
Betty Flippina Stöve is a Dutch former professional tennis player. She is best known for reaching the ladies' singles final, the ladies' doubles final and the mixed doubles final during the same year at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.
1945The first Victory Day Parade takes place on Red Square in Moscow, Soviet Union, symbolizing the victory of the Soviet Union over Nazi Germany.[†]
Victory Day parades are common military parades that are held on 9 May in some post-Soviet nations, primarily Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine. They are held to honor the traditional Victory Day holiday, which commemorates the German Instrument of Surrender on 8 May, 1945 and the end of the Second World War in Europe. In 2015, the Ukrainian government renamed the holiday as "Victory Day over Nazism in World War II" as part of decommunization laws and in 2023 moved the holiday to 8 May, renaming it to Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism in World War II 1939 – 1945.