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council ready to begin talks
Presents Cong Medal of Hon to Gen Wainwright; illus
Acclaims US 35th Infantry Div on its arrival, NYC, from Eur, message to div comdr; comdr replies, message; texts
Urges immediate start on 37 post-war construction projects to help absorb unemployment, lr to LaGuardia; Council Pres Morris and LaGuardia silent on proposal
Allied Control Council plans restoration on truncated basis, Ger
1945Franz Beckenbauer, German footballer and manager (died 2024)[†]
Franz Anton Beckenbauer was a German professional football player, manager, and official. Nicknamed der Kaiser, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential players of all time. Beckenbauer was a versatile player who started out as a midfielder, but made his name as a centre-back. He is often credited as having invented the role of the modern sweeper.
1945Gianluigi Gelmetti, Italian composer and conductor (died 2021)[†]
Gianluigi Gelmetti OMRI, was an Italian-Monégasque conductor and composer.
1945Leo Kottke, American singer-songwriter and guitarist[†]
Leo Kottke is an American acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He has overcome a series of personal obstacles, including partial loss of hearing and a nearly career-ending bout with tendon damage in his right hand, to emerge as a widely recognized master of his instrument. He resides in the Minneapolis area with his family.
1945World War II: Batu Lintang camp, a Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp on the island of Borneo, is liberated by Australian 9th Division forces.[†]
Batu Lintang camp at Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo was a Japanese-run internment camp during the Second World War. It was unusual in that it housed both Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilian internees. The camp, which operated from March 1942 until the liberation of the camp in September 1945, was housed in buildings that were originally British Indian Army barracks. The original area was extended by the Japanese, until it covered about 50 acres. The camp population fluctuated, due to movement of prisoners between camps in Borneo, and as a result of the deaths of the prisoners. It had a maximum population of some 3,000 prisoners.