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Prime Min Smuts scores soc discriminations; cites communal clashes
Plans for new sports arena announced
A A Gromyko warns on price rise
Budget Dir orders 20,200 civilian employes dropped from payroll by Jan 1
operators repeat willingness to negotiate with Lewis and refusal to accept Krug-Lewis contract terms; Lewis stand on resumption of negotiations with operators uncertain; Krug's alternatives discussed; operators say Krug proposed 60-day truce in strike action
1946Bharathan, Indian director and screenwriter (died 1998)[†]
Bharathan Parameshwara Menon Palissery Known mononymously Bharathan was an Indian film maker, artist, and art director. Bharathan is noted for being the founder of a new school of film making in Malayalam cinema, along with Padmarajan and K. G. George, in the 1980s, which created films that were widely received while also being critically acclaimed. A train of directors, and screenwriters followed this school onto the 1990s including Sibi Malayil, Kamal, Lohithadas and Jayaraj.
1946Roland Duchâtelet, Belgian businessman and politician[†]
Roland Duchâtelet is a Belgian businessman and politician. He is owner of various football clubs. He is the founder of the social-liberal political party Vivant in Belgium.
1946Manuel de Falla, Spanish pianist and composer (born 1876)[†]
Manuel de Falla y Matheu was a Spanish composer and pianist. Along with Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, and Enrique Granados, he was one of Spain's most important musicians of the first half of the 20th century. He has a claim to being Spain's greatest composer of the 20th century, although the number of pieces he composed was relatively modest.