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W C Bullitt holds Communist victory in China would engulf Far East
Dr T F Tsiang of China assumes pres
NYS-CIO exec bd urges Potash and Smith release on bail; Greater NY CIO sends telegram to Truman and Clark charging witch hunt and demanding end of proceedings against Potash, Smith, Doyle, J Santo and M J Obermeier
Vandenberg concedes ERP may not prevent war, Sen
1948Snowy White, English guitarist[†]
Terence Charles "Snowy" White is an English guitarist, known for having played with Thin Lizzy and with Pink Floyd, and later for Roger Waters' band. He is also known for his 1983 single "Bird of Paradise", which became a UK Singles Chart Top 10 hit single.
1948Steve Wilhite, American computer scientist, developer of the GIF image format at CompuServe in 1987 (died 2022)[†]
Stephen Earl Wilhite was an American computer scientist who worked at CompuServe and was the engineering lead on the team that created the GIF image file format in 1987. GIF went on to become the de facto standard for 8-bit color images on the Internet until PNG (1996) became a widely supported alternative. The format later became the subject of a patent assertion by Unisys on its use of the LZW compression algorithm. Known as the inventor or creator of the GIF, Wilhite received a Webby Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013.