Masahiro Hasemi is a former racing driver and team owner from Japan. He started racing motocross when he was 15 years old. In 1964 he signed to drive for Nissan. After establishing himself in saloon car and GT races in Japan, he participated in his only Formula One race at the 1976 Japanese Grand Prix for Kojima on 24 October 1976. He qualified 10th after an error which cost him his chance of a pole position and finished 11th, seven laps behind the winner. Contrary to a widely propagated but mistaken result, however, he never set a fastest lap in a Formula One championship race.1 Along with compatriots Noritake Takahara and Kazuyoshi Hoshino, he was the first Japanese driver to start a Formula One Grand Prix.

1945Bobby Manuel, American guitarist and producer^[†]

Bobby Manuel is an American guitarist. In the early 1960s he was the lead guitarist for the local band, The Memphis Blazers. He was hired by Stax Records in the late 1960s as an engineer and also quickly began doing studio work as a guitarist, becoming one of the company's most dependable and oft-used session players.

1945Knut Riisnæs, Norwegian saxophonist and composer (died 2023)^[†]

Knut Riisnæs was a Norwegian jazz musician, arranger, and composer, son of pianist Eline Nygaard Riisnæs and brother of classical pianist Anne Eline Riisnæs (1951–) and jazz saxophonist Odd Riisnæs (1953–). The brothers are both known from a variety of recordings in Norway and internationally.

Headlines from November 13, 1945

World News Summarized

PATTERSON BACKS DOOLITTLE OPINION ON ARMS MERGER; Advises Secretary Forrestal Officers Should Be Free to Give Views With Vigor HEATED CLAIMS ASSAILED War Department Head Says Merger Talk Should Not 'Impugn Good Faith'

Capital Hints at Palestine Review On Plea Presented by 600 Rabbis

Hull Wins Nobel Peace Prize; Red Cross Gets 1944 Award; Set Unity Pattern in 1943

ATTLEE SAYS BOMB CANNOT BE BANNED; ASKS A STRONG UNO; THE ORDER OF THE DAY AS GENERAL EISENHOWER ARRIVED IN BOSTON YESTERDAY

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