Gerard Adams is a retired Irish Republican politician who was the president of Sinn Féin between 13 November 1983 and 10 February 2018, and served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Louth from 2011 to 2020. From 1983 to 1992 and from 1997 to 2011, he won election as a Member of Parliament (MP) of the UK Parliament for the Belfast West constituency, but followed the Sinn Féin policy of abstentionism.

1948Glenn Branca, American guitarist and composer (died 2018)^[†]

Glenn Branca was an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and luthier. Known for his use of volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series, he was a driving force behind the genres of no wave, totalism and noise rock. Branca received a 2009 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award.

Headlines from October 6, 1948

MOVE BY PRESIDENT; Summons to Secretary Is Said Not to Mean Any New Crisis TO REVIEW PARIS SESSIONS Arrival of Marshall Saturday Forces One-Day Paring of Truman Campaign Tour PRESIDENT CALLS MARSHALL HOME

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K. T. COMPTON HEADS MILITARY RESEARCH AS DR. BUSH RESIGNS; Truman Names President of M.I.T. as He Hails Work of Departing Official 2 LINKED TO ATOM BOMB Were Key Collaborators on War Techniques -- Killian New Chief at M.I.T. Karl T. Compton to Succeed Bush As Chairman of Military Research

Soviet-U.S. Relations Worst Since War, Dulles Declares; U.N. Delegate Tells Dewey Russians Seek to Delay Europe's Rise -- Says Loose Talk of 'Bust' Helps to Undermine Us Abroad DULLES CALLS TIES WITH RUSSIA POOR

AUSTRALIA FAVORS MORE ATOM TALKS; Supports Majority's Control Plan Firmly but Opposes Suspending Negotiation

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