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WPB removes 210 individual controls, sets Sept 30 as CMP end date; Krug promises further revocations soon
Jap surrender envoys plane piles into ditch during takeoff, Manila
Communist-govt troops clashes reptd, near Taiyuan; Chiang sends message to Mao urging him to reconsider his refusal to come to Chungking; scores Chu Teh acts; says civil war cannot be tolerated; govt underground comes out into open, Shanghai; govt Ministry of Information established, Peiping
to give $17 monthly bonus to US troops in country as of Aug 31
other plane leaves
1945Basil Poledouris, Greek-American composer, conductor (died 2006)[†]
Basil Konstantine Poledouris was an American composer, conductor, and orchestrator of film and television scores, best known for his long-running collaborations with directors John Milius and Paul Verhoeven. Among his works are scores for the films Conan the Barbarian (1982), Red Dawn (1984), Iron Eagle (1986), RoboCop (1987), The Hunt for Red October (1990), Free Willy (1993), Starship Troopers (1997) and Les Misérables (1998).
1945Celia Brayfield, English journalist and author[†]
Celia Brayfield is an English author, academic and cultural commentator.
1945Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player[†]
Frank Gerald DaVanon is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball, primarily as an infielder.
1945Willie Lanier, American football player[†]
Willie Edward Lanier, is an American former professional football player who was a linebacker for the Kansas City Chiefs of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) from 1967 through 1977. He won postseason honors for eight consecutive years, making the AFL All-Star team in 1968 and 1969 before being selected to the Pro Bowl from 1970 through 1975.
1945Patty McCormack, American actress[†]
Patricia McCormack is an American actress with a career in theater, films, and television.
1945Physicist Harry Daghlian is fatally irradiated in a criticality accident during an experiment with the Demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.[†]
Haroutune Krikor Daghlian Jr. was an American physicist with the Manhattan Project, which designed and produced the atomic bombs that were used in World War II. He accidentally irradiated himself on August 21, 1945, during a critical mass experiment at the remote Omega Site of the Los Alamos Laboratory in New Mexico and died 25 days later from the resultant radiation poisoning.