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Pres Truman reaffirms policy of holding Pacific bases needed for security; cites Jan statement; says US will ask UN approval of sole trusteeship
Councilman Connolly, ALP candidate, endorsed by Elliott Roosevelt
Ital mob riots, Trieste, in anti-Yugoslav demonstration; stones Yugoslav press and other offices; attacks Slovenes
membership unanimously ratifies agreement; work starts; members vote to reinstate L Geiger as organizer and retain J J Sheehan as atty; sentiment against present exec bd reptd
Big 4 delegation members cited
1946Laura Bush, American educator and librarian, 45th First Lady of the United States[†]
Laura Lane Welch Bush is an American educator who was the first lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009 as the wife of George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States. Bush was previously the first lady of Texas from 1995 to 2000 when her husband was governor.
1946Frederick Elmes, American cinematographer[†]
Frederick Elmes, ASC is an American cinematographer, known for his association with the independent film movement, having worked mostly with directors David Lynch and Jim Jarmusch.
1946Robert Mapplethorpe, American photographer (died 1989)[†]
Robert Michael Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photographs. His work featured an array of subjects, including celebrity portraits, male and female nudes, self-portraits, and still-life images. His most controversial works documented and examined the gay male BDSM subculture of New York City in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
1946Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (born 1865)[†]
Gustav Adolf Joachim Rüdiger Graf von der Goltz was a German army general during the First World War. He commanded the Baltic Sea Division, which successfully intervened in the Finnish Civil War in the spring of 1918. Goltz stayed with his troops in Finland until December 1918 representing German interests, and in practice ruled the country as a military dictator during this period. After the Armistice of 11 November 1918, Goltz commanded the army of the local German-established government of Latvia, which in 1919 was instrumental in the defeat of the Russian Bolsheviks and their local allies in Latvia. The troops commanded by Goltz suffered a defeat against Estonia in 1919 and were eventually unsuccessful in retaining German control over Latvia and Estonia after World War I.