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The Moscow conference of the Big Three Foreign Ministers appeared to be going well as informed sources reported that the talks had reached a "positive stage" and that the prospects ...
Fabbricatore convicted; sentenced; held at Mitchel Field pending case rev; undertaker, V E Santaniello, sought by FBI
Adm Turner testifies Stark mistakenly believed Hawaiian Command had facilities for breaking Jap code before Pearl Harbor
Civilian Production Admr Small says priorities system for veterans home-bldg program will start Jan 15; outlines procedure
conf reptd progressing; accord believed near; Big 3 collaboration seen reestablished; speculation on agenda covered; USSR press coverage noted; World Trade Union Fed and Greek EAM messages to conferees noted
1945Frances Lannon, English historian and academic[†]
Dame Frances Lannon is a retired British academic and educator. She was Principal of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
1945Sam Newman, Australian footballer and sportscaster[†]
John Noel William "Sam" Newman is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
1945Diane Sawyer, American journalist[†]
Lila Diane Sawyer is an American television broadcast journalist known for anchoring major programs on two networks including ABC World News Tonight, Good Morning America, 20/20, and Primetime newsmagazine while at ABC News. During her tenure at CBS News, she hosted CBS Morning and was the first woman correspondent on 60 Minutes. Prior to her journalism career, she was a member of U.S. president Richard Nixon's White House staff and assisted in his post-presidency memoirs. Sawyer works for ABC News producing documentaries and interview specials.
1945U.S. President Harry S. Truman issues an executive order giving World War II refugees precedence in visa applications under U.S. immigration quotas.[†]
Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. As the 34th vice president in 1945, he assumed the presidency upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt that year. Subsequently, Truman implemented the Marshall Plan in the aftermath of World War II to rebuild the economy of Western Europe, and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of Soviet communism. A member of the Democratic Party, he proposed numerous New Deal coalition liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the conservative coalition that dominated the United States Congress.