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US State Dept releases lrs exchd and notes on talks with Gen Franco on plans for Spain's aid to Axis in World War II
Drives locomotive on way to Fulton, Mo
GOVT CONTROL: rent ceiling exemption on new commercial bldg seen as pattern for legis plans on residential control
Brit MP Zilliacus urges Brit policy revision to make concessions to forces of soc revolution even when they are led by Communists
1946Richard Bell, Canadian pianist (died 2007)[†]
Richard Bell was a Canadian musician best known as the pianist for Janis Joplin and her Full Tilt Boogie Band. He was also a keyboardist with the Band during the 1990s.
1946Guerrino Boatto, Italian illustrator and painter (died 2018)[†]
Guerrino Boatto was an Italian illustrator and painter, specialized in Airbrush or spray painting.
1946Graham Hawkins, English footballer and manager (died 2016)[†]
Graham Norman Hawkins was an English football player and manager. During a 16-year playing career in the English Football League, he made 502 league and cup appearances, scoring eleven goals. He spent 14 years coaching and eight years in management and spent the later years of his life working as a football administrator.
1946Murray Head, English actor and singer[†]
Murray Seafield St George Head is an English actor and singer. Head has appeared in a number of films, including a starring role as the character Bob Elkin in the BAFTA award winning and Oscar-nominated 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday. As a musician, he is most recognised for his international hit songs "Superstar" and "One Night in Bangkok". He has been involved in several projects since the 1960s and continues to record music, perform concerts, and make appearances on television either as himself or as a character actor.
1946Cold War: Winston Churchill delivers his famous "Iron Curtain" speech at Westminster College, Missouri.[†]
The Cold War was a period of global geopolitical rivalry between the United States (US) and the Soviet Union (USSR) and their respective allies, the capitalist Western Bloc and communist Eastern Bloc, which began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. The term cold war is used because there was no direct fighting between the two superpowers, though each supported opposing sides in regional conflicts known as proxy wars. In addition to the struggle for ideological and economic influence and an arms race in both conventional and nuclear weapons, the Cold War was expressed through technological rivalries such as the Space Race, espionage, propaganda campaigns, embargoes, and sports diplomacy.