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appts Stettinius permanent US repr on new world league Security Council, lr to Stettinius
Gen MacArthur announces liberation of Luzon; 37th Div and 11th Airborne Div join east of Alcala; Japanese split into 3 main pockets in Kiangan area and in coastal hills; other small groups noted; Jap and US losses cited; Amers continue compressing Japanese northwest of Davao; Filipino guerrillas reptd clearing Agusan Valley; map
US warships sink 3 Jap vessels in first reptd action in Sea of Okhotsk; map
House Appropriations Com scores inefficiency as WFA admr
1945Ken Buchanan, Scottish boxer (died 2023)[†]
Ken Buchanan was a Scottish professional boxer who competed between 1965 and 1982. He held multiple championships at lightweight; the World Boxing Association (WBA) and Ring magazine titles from 1970 to 1972; and the World Boxing Council (WBC) title in 1971, briefly reigning as undisputed champion until being stripped of the WBC title four months later. At regional level he held the British title twice in 1968 and 1973, and the European title from 1974 to 1975.
1945David Knights, English bass player and producer[†]
Procol Harum were an English rock band formed in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, in 1967. Their best-known recording is the 1967 hit single "A Whiter Shade of Pale", one of the few singles to have sold more than 10 million copies. Although noted for their baroque and classical influence, Procol Harum's music is described as psychedelic rock and proto-prog with hints of the blues, R&B, and soul.
1945Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (died 1989)[†]
Raul Santos Seixas was a Brazilian rock musician foundational to the genre. Rolling Stone Brazil named Seixas among the greatest artists in Brazilian music.
1945Türkan Şoray, Turkish actress, director, and screenwriter[†]
Türkan Şoray is a Turkish actress, writer and film director. She is known as "Sultan" of the Cinema of Turkey. She started her career in 1960, and won her first award as the most successful actress at the 1st Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival for the movie Acı Hayat. Having appeared in more than 222 films, Şoray has starred in the most feature films for a female actress worldwide. On 12 March 2010, Şoray was chosen as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador in Turkey, about which she said: "I think there is nothing that cannot be done with love. If we combine power with love, we can overcome many problems".
1945Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu, Turkish journalist (born 1879)[†]
Yunus Nadi Abalıoğlu was a Turkish journalist and the founder of the newspaper Cumhuriyet. He was known for his support for Turkish nationalism and his sympathies with the Nazi regime, publishing many antisemitic propaganda articles in praise of Adolf Hitler.
1945Poland's Soviet-allied Provisional Government of National Unity is formed over a month after V-E Day.[†]
The Provisional Government of National Unity was a puppet government formed by the decree of the State National Council on 28 June 1945 as a result of reshuffling the Soviet-backed Provisional Government of the Republic of Poland established by the Polish Workers' Party through inclusion of politicians from the close political sphere of Stanisław Mikołajczyk, the former prime minister of the Polish government-in-exile based in London. Inclusion of the latter group provided an excuse for the Western allies to approve tacitly the fait accompli of Poland becoming part of the Soviet sphere of influence, and to legitimise the Warsaw government while withdrawing their recognition of the Polish government-in-exile. The puppet government became known as the "Lublin Committee" or the "Lublin Poles" or the "Lublin Government", and it garnered the recognition of all Allied governments at the time.