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October 13, 1945

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Hidden Nazi Assets Divide the Big Three

By Unknown Author

US and USSR urge seizure of Ger assets in neutral countries as reparations; GB opposes proposal on legal grounds; says neutrals should be persuaded to turn over holdings on more grounds; assets seen as only things US can hope for in way of reparations

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Notable Births

Dési Bouterse

1945Dési Bouterse, Surinamese general and politician, 9th President of Suriname (died 2024)[†]

Desiré Delano Bouterse was a Surinamese military officer, politician, and convicted drug trafficker who served as the eighth president of Suriname from 2010 to 2020, having previously led the country twice as a military dictator from 1980 to 1987 and again from 1990 to 1991. A member of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Bouterse served as the party's president from 1987 to 2024.

1945Poure Puobe VII Paramount Chief of Nandom in the Upper East Region of Ghana (died 2019)[†]

Dr. Poure Puobe VII was a traditional ruler in Ghana and Paramount Chief of Nandom in the Upper East Region. He was the eighth president of the National House of Chiefs and served in an acting capacity in 1999.

Notable Deaths

Milton S. Hershey

1945Milton S. Hershey, American businessman, founded The Hershey Company (born 1857)[†]

Milton Snavely Hershey was an American chocolatier, businessman, and philanthropist.