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Palestine Arab Higher Com demands Brit invite Mufti to London conf; pol significance of demand noted
Sir S A Kahn, Moslem member of new Govt, stabbed by unidentified assailants, Simla, shortly after his apptmt is announced; his previous resignation from Moslem League noted; Hindu-Moslem rioting flares, Old Delhi; Brit Indian, Moslem League and Cong party press comment on Wavell appeal for Moslem League participation in Govt; Jinnah statement charges Wavell with duplicity; arms and assembly ban imposed at Amritsar, Sikh holy city; unrest reptd, Allabad; Moslem League member M A Aziz urges league to enter Nehru Govt on trial basis
Pres Truman attends service
Turkish press reaction to reply to USSR; demands curbs on USSR power; USSR news agency Tass, in dispatches from Beirut, Lebanon, charges Brit have set up mil installations in Dardanelles area
similar USSR charges against Brit during UN Assembly session, Feb '46, recalled
1946Zhou Ji, Chinese engineer and politician, 14th Chinese Minister of Education[†]
Zhou Ji is a Chinese mechanical engineer and politician. He served as China's Minister of Education from 2003 to 2009 and President of the Chinese Academy of Engineering from 2010 to 2018. Prior to that, served briefly as Mayor of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province.
1946Valerie Simpson, American singer-songwriter[†]
Ashford & Simpson were an American husband-and-wife songwriting, production and recording duo composed of Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson.
1946Mark Snow, American composer for film and television (died 2025)[†]
Mark Snow was an American composer for film and television. He was perhaps best known for composing the theme for The X-Files, and would compose for the show's initial nine-season run from 1993 to 2001. He would return for the show's revival from 2015 to 2018. Additionally, he composed the score for the two feature films and the short-lived spinoff series The Lone Gunmen.
1946Alison Steadman, English actress[†]
Alison Steadman is an English actress. She received the 1977 Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress for Abigail's Party, the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh film Life Is Sweet and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Mari in the original production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. In a 2007 Channel 4 poll, the '50 Greatest Actors' voted for by other actors, she was ranked 42.
1946Jeanie MacPherson, American actress and screenwriter (born 1887)[†]
Abbie Jean MacPherson was an American silent actress, writer and director. She is known for her collaborations with directors D. W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille, and was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.