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Comm hears Dr I Lubin on F D Roosevelt's plan for internatl balance sheet of resources, including labor, material and markets; debate; listed as possible task for secretariat
OPA closes 9 offices for wk to catch up on backlog of complaints and rent raise applications; closing excerpts evictions
Sec Gen Lie defends his right to share in UN discussion
Pres Truman urges US to train and arm hemisphere forces and to standardize equipment; suggests Canadian collaboration; Sen George offers authorizing bill
conf with 17th Cong Dist Repub leaders on possibility of dropping Repr Baldwin as nominee
1946Thelma Houston, American R&B/disco singer and actress[†]
Thelma Houston is an American singer and actress. Beginning her recording career in the late 1960s, Houston scored a number-one hit in 1977 with her recording of "Don't Leave Me This Way", which won the Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.
1946Marv Hubbard, American football player (died 2015)[†]
Marvin Ronald Hubbard was an American professional football fullback who played seven seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily for the Oakland Raiders.
1946Bill Kreutzmann, American drummer[†]
William Kreutzmann Jr. is an American drummer and founding member of the rock band Grateful Dead. He played with the band for its entire thirty-year career, usually alongside fellow drummer Mickey Hart, and has continued to perform with former members of the Grateful Dead in various lineups, and with his own bands BK3, 7 Walkers and Billy & the Kids.
1946Michael Rosen, English author and poet[†]
Michael Wayne Rosen is an English children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster, activist, and academic, who is a professor of children's literature in the Department of Educational Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He has written over 200 books for children and adults. Select books include We're Going on a Bear Hunt (1989) and Sad Book (2004). He served as Children's Laureate from June 2007 to June 2009. He won the 2023 PEN Pinter Prize, awarded by English PEN, for his "fearless" body of work.
1946Herbert Macaulay, Nigerian journalist and politician (born 1864)[†]
Olayinka Herbert Samuel Heelas Badmus Macaulay was a Nigerian nationalist, politician, surveyor, engineer, architect, journalist, and musician. Macaulay is considered by many as founder of Nigerian nationalism.
1946Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering (later renamed Sony) is founded.[†]
Sony Group Corporation, commonly referred to as simply Sony, is a Japanese multinational mass media & conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including electronics, imaging and sensing, entertainment, video games, finance, and others.