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OPA legis amendment to require ceilings permitting cost-plus fair profit on every commodity approved, House
supports Polish resolution for UN intervention against Spain, Security Council
Govt acts to speed shipments to world needy; assumes control of exports, grants growers subsidy to increase production and end hoarding; limits amount of flour available for purchase
Truman silent on House bill, puts hope in Sen action; mil leaders concerned over consequences; smaller Eur countries seen concerned
French Communists said to back Polish-USSR stand
1946Hayley Mills, English actress[†]
Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills is an English actress and singer. A daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising newcomer, winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for her performance in the British crime drama film Tiger Bay (1959), the Academy Juvenile Award for Disney's Pollyanna (1960) and Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress in 1961.
1946The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.[†]
The International Court of Justice, or colloquially the World Court, is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It settles legal disputes submitted to it by states and provides advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by other UN organs and specialized agencies. The ICJ is the only international court that adjudicates general disputes between countries, with its rulings and opinions serving as primary sources of international law. It is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations.
1946Jackie Robinson makes his regular season debut for the Montreal Royals of the International League, to make them the first integrated modern professional baseball team.[†]
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was an American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers signing Robinson heralded the end of racial segregation in professional baseball, which had relegated black players to the Negro leagues since the 1880s.