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January 26, 1946

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BRITAIN, U.S. URGE IRAN STUDY BY UNO; MONDAY VOTE SET; Soviet Opposes Inquiry but Not Discussion of One--Issue on Greece Joined by Bevin RUSSIANS DENY CHARGES Disavow Azerbaijan Role, Claim Teheran Exonerated Them-- 'Reactionaries' Upbraided

By James B. Reston By Wireless To the New York Times

upholds Iran's right to state charges against USSR before Security Council; refuses to answer USSR attack on Brit policy in Indonesia; states willingness to have Council pass judgment on govt's record in Greece, UNO meeting

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Notable Births

Susan Friedlander

1946Susan Friedlander, American mathematician[†]

Susan Jean Friedlander is an American mathematician. Her research concerns mathematical fluid dynamics, the Euler equations and the Navier-Stokes equations.

Christopher Hampton

1946Christopher Hampton, Portuguese-English director, screenwriter, and playwright[†]

Sir Christopher James Hampton is a British playwright, screenwriter, and translator. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name and the film adaptation. He has thrice received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: for Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Atonement (2007) and The Father (2020); winning for the former and latter.

Gene Siskel

1946Gene Siskel, American journalist and film critic (died 1999)[†]

Eugene Kal Siskel was an American film critic and journalist for the Chicago Tribune who co-hosted a movie review television series alongside colleague Roger Ebert.

Notable Deaths

Adriaan van Maanen

1946Adriaan van Maanen, Dutch-American astronomer and academic (born 1884)[†]

Adriaan van Maanen was a Dutch-American astronomer. Born in Friesland, he studied astronomy at the University of Utrecht, earning his Ph.D. in 1911, and worked briefly at the University of Groningen. In 1911, he came to the United States to work as a volunteer in an unpaid capacity at Yerkes Observatory. Within a year he got a position at the Mount Wilson Observatory, where he remained active until his death in 1946.