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Pres Air Policy Comm rept urges defense rev, '49; stresses air power role; sees US relatively secure against attack threat, until '53
Fate cited to Soc Dem Opposition by Premier Dimitrov as warning
Pauley to quit, Jan; denies link to Cong probe of grain deals
US Agr Dept withholds support of shipments under ERP
Truman makes 1st direct move to further candidacy; conf separately with NYS Dem Chmn Fitzpatrick and with NYS Liberal party chmn Berle; McGrath conf with Fitzpatrick; Berle and Fitzpatrick comment
1948T Bone Burnett, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer[†]
Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III is an American record producer, guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a guitarist in Bob Dylan's band during the 1970s. Burnett has won several Grammy Awards for his work on film soundtracks, namely O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000), Cold Mountain (2004), Walk the Line (2005), and Crazy Heart (2010). He won another Grammy for producing the album Raising Sand (2007), in which he united the contemporary bluegrass of Alison Krauss with the blues rock of Led Zeppelin lead vocalist Robert Plant.
1948Muhriz of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan[†]
Tuanku Muhriz ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir is the eleventh Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. He is the only son out of six siblings of royal spouse, the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan Tuanku Munawir and his spouse, Tunku Ampuan Durah.
1948Nasrollah Mardani, Iranian poet, (died 2004)[†]
Nasrollah Mardani, was a prominent Iranian poet. He was one of the influential poets in the years after the iranian revolution and one of the Ever-lasting Names of Iran in the field of literature and culture. Mardani, under the influence of the new Ghazals of her fellow citizen poet, Mohsen Pezeshkian, turned to this style. He is mentioned as the inventor of the epic lyric style. The book Khoonnameh Khak from Mardani's books was selected as the selected book of the year in Iran in 1985. Mardani can be considered one of the most prominent poets after the revolution in Iran. His tomb is located in Mardani Park complex in Kazerun city.
1948Carl Weathers, American football player and actor (died 2024)[†]
Carl Weathers was an American actor, director and gridiron football player. His prominent roles included boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films (1976–1985), Colonel Al Dillon in Predator (1987), Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore (1996), and Combat Carl in the Toy Story franchise. He also portrayed Det. Beaudreaux in the television series Street Justice (1991–1993) and a fictionalized version of himself in the comedy series Arrested Development, and voiced Omnitraxus Prime in Star vs. the Forces of Evil (2017–2019). He had a recurring role as Greef Karga in the Star Wars series The Mandalorian (2019–2023), for which he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series.