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August 1, 1946

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Notable Births

Boz Burrell

1946Boz Burrell, English singer-songwriter, bass player, and guitarist (died 2006)[†]

Raymond "Boz" Burrell was an English musician. Originally a vocalist and guitarist, Burrell is best known for being the vocalist and bassist of King Crimson from 1971 to 1972 and the original bassist of Bad Company from 1973 to their first disbandment in 1982 and once more from 1998 to 1999. He died of a heart attack in Spain in 2006, aged 60.

Rick Coonce

1946Rick Coonce, American drummer (died 2011)[†]

Eric Michael Coonce was the drummer for American rock band The Grass Roots from 1966 to 1972.

Richard O. Covey

1946Richard O. Covey, American colonel, pilot, and astronaut[†]

Richard Oswalt Covey is a retired United States Air Force officer, former NASA astronaut, and a member of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame.

Fiona Stanley

1946Fiona Stanley, Australian epidemiologist and academic[†]

Fiona Juliet Stanley is an Australian epidemiologist noted for her public health work, her research into child and maternal health as well as birth disorders such as cerebral palsy. Stanley is the patron of the Telethon Kids Institute and a distinguished professorial fellow in the School of Paediatrics and Child Health at the University of Western Australia. From 1990 to December 2011 she was the founding director of Telethon Kids.

Historical Events

Russian Liberation Army

1946Leaders of the Russian Liberation Army, a force of Russian prisoners of war that collaborated with Nazi Germany, are executed in Moscow, Soviet Union for treason.[†]

The Russian Liberation Army, also known as the Vlasov army was a collaborationist formation, primarily composed of Russians, that fought under German command during World War II. From January 1945, the army was led by Andrey Vlasov, a Red Army general who had defected, and members of the army are often referred to as Vlasovtsy. In 1944, it became known as the Armed Forces of the Committee for the Liberation of the Peoples of Russia.