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19.6-in snowfall in city and suburbs; forecast averts major traffic and transit tie-ups; Mayor O'Dwyer directs snow removal; 5 deaths; hrly precipitation chart; storm scenes illus
Econ paralysis feared if tugboat strike materializes
Foreign Min Blanco, arriving in NYC from Paris, says he has not resigned; will see deposed Pres Gallegos; por
Leaves for conf with French Min Schuman
Gov Dewey to urge Legis to extend stand-by control law; Real Estate Bds NYS Assn repr J F Addonizio comment
1948Alan Parsons, English keyboard player and producer[†]
Alan Parsons is an English audio engineer, songwriter, musician, singer and record producer.
1948Mitsuko Uchida, Japanese pianist[†]
Dame Mitsuko Uchida, is a Japanese-English classical pianist and conductor. Born in Japan and naturalised in England, she is particularly notable for her interpretations of Mozart and Schubert.
1948Indonesian National Revolution: The Dutch military captures Yogyakarta, the temporary capital of the newly formed Republic of Indonesia.[†]
The Indonesian National Revolution, also known as the Indonesian War of Independence, was an armed conflict and diplomatic struggle between the Republic of Indonesia and the Dutch Empire and an internal social revolution during postwar and postcolonial Indonesia. It took place between Indonesia's declaration of independence in 1945 and the Netherlands' transfer of sovereignty over the Dutch East Indies to the Republic of the United States of Indonesia at the end of 1949.