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GB pledges to avoid action hindering Rhodes talks
jobless rise 45,000 in wk; jobless benefits paid to 455,000; total rises 65%, past 3 mos
Mallard, R: 2 white men freed in killing, Lyons
USAF revises buying program; shifts $300 million earmarked for jet fighters to purchase of B-36s and B-50s; cancels contracts for 51 B-45s, 30 RB-49s, 118 F-93s and 30 C-125s; cancellations equal 4 groups; will not cut total strength; N Amer repts sharp cut-back; Northrop plans no lay-offs
Tientsin written off as virtually lost after Gen Lin reptdly accepts appeal for cease-fire order in exch for peaceful surrender; end of resistance of armies trapped SW of Suchow confirmed; Govt officials continue exodus from Nanking; map
1949Kentarō Haneda, Japanese pianist and composer (died 2007)[†]
Kentarō Haneda was a Japanese pianist, composer and arranger. He composed for popular anime series, movies and video games. His popular name was Haneken.
1949Ottmar Hitzfeld, German footballer and manager[†]
Ottmar Hitzfeld is a German former professional football player and a former manager. He accumulated a total of 18 major titles, mostly in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich.
1949Hamadi Jebali, Tunisian engineer, journalist, and politician, 19th Prime Minister of Tunisia[†]
Hamadi Jebali is a Tunisian engineer, politician, and journalist who was Prime Minister of Tunisia from December 2011 to March 2013. He was the Secretary-General of the Ennahda Movement, a moderate Islamic party in Tunisia, until he left his party in December 2014 in the course of the 2014 Tunisian presidential election.
1949Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist[†]
Haruki Murakami is a Japanese writer. His novels, essays, and short stories have been best-sellers in Japan and internationally, with his work translated into 50 languages and having sold millions of copies outside Japan. He has received numerous awards for his work, including the Gunzo Prize for New Writers, the World Fantasy Award, the Tanizaki Prize, Yomiuri Prize for Literature, the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, the Noma Literary Prize, the Franz Kafka Prize, the Kiriyama Prize for Fiction, the Goodreads Choice Awards for Best Fiction, the Jerusalem Prize, and the Princess of Asturias Awards.