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Laval taken to Fresnes Prison, Paris; illus; cell described; wife not allowed to stay with him
Conservative Col D C Brown named Commons Speaker
882 B-29s drop 6,632 tons of bombs and mines in world peak blow; hit Mito, Hachioji, Toyama, Nagaoka and oil installations near Kawasaki, Honshu; mine Shimonoseki Strait; 4 cities bombed had been warned in advance; 1 B-29 lost; US Iwo-based fighter planes rake Nagoya-Kobe area; other US planes raid Nagasaki, Kagoshima, Sasebo and Marushima and attack shipping in Shimonoseki Strait; Gen MacArthur repts greatest air fleet in history being massed for final assault, radio s on AAF 38th annlv; map
1945Joanna Cassidy, American actress[†]
Joanna Cassidy is an American actress and former model. She began working as a model in the 1960s and made her professional acting debut in 1973, appearing in the thriller films The Laughing Policeman and The Outfit. She later starred in the films Bank Shot (1974) and The Late Show (1977), the short-lived television series The Roller Girls (1978), and 240-Robert (1979). In 1982, she played replicant Zhora Salome in the science fiction film Blade Runner.
1945Alex Jesaulenko, Austrian-Australian footballer and coach[†]
Oleksandr Vasiliovych "Alex" Jesaulenko is a former Australian rules footballer and who played for the Carlton Football Club and the St Kilda Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He also served as a coach at both clubs.
1945Bunker Roy, Indian educator and activist[†]
Sanjit "Bunker" Roy is an Indian social activist and educator who founded the Barefoot College. He was selected as one of Time 100's 100 most influential personalities in 2010 for his work in educating illiterate and semi-literate rural Indians. Roy was awarded the Padma Shri by Giani Zail Singh in 1986.
1945Eric Simms, Australian rugby league player and coach[†]
Eric Simms is an Indigenous Australian former professional and national representative rugby league footballer who has been named among the nation's finest of the 20th century. His primary position was at fullback although he could also play as a centre. Simms played his entire first grade career for South Sydney with whom he won four premierships and was top point-scorer for four consecutive seasons.
1945Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer and educator (born 1863)[†]
Pietro Mascagni was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece Cavalleria rusticana caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the Verismo movement in Italian dramatic music. While it was often held that Mascagni, like Ruggero Leoncavallo, was a "one-opera man" who could never repeat his first success, L'amico Fritz and Iris have remained in the repertoire in Europe since their premieres.
1945World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.[†]
The Potsdam Conference was held at Potsdam in the Soviet occupation zone from 17 July to 2 August 1945, to allow the three leading Allies to plan the postwar peace, while avoiding the mistakes of the Paris Peace Conference of 1919. The participants were the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States. They were represented respectively by General Secretary Joseph Stalin, prime ministers Winston Churchill and Clement Attlee, and President Harry S. Truman. They gathered to decide how to administer Germany, which had agreed to an unconditional surrender nine weeks earlier. The goals of the conference also included establishing the postwar order, solving issues on the peace treaty, and countering the effects of the war.