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Pres Weizmann warns GB policy will lead to war
N Shensi radio claims capture of Gen Tu Yu-ming among encircled Govt troops as 1st listed 'war criminal' to be taken; Tientsin fighting renewed as 24-hr truce ends; surrender terms, both sides, reptd; 6,000 of 18,000 troops reptdly survive 5-wks encirclement
asks Brit cooperation
Comr Hilliard repts pub aid applications rose 1,253, Nov 27-Dec; sees end of downward trend in aid; comments
1949Rakesh Sharma, Indian commander, pilot, and cosmonaut[†]
Rakesh Sharma is an Indian cosmonaut and a former Indian Air Force officer. He flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme. He is the first Indian citizen to travel in space, although there have been other astronauts of Indian origin who travelled to space, who were not Indian citizens. Another Air Force pilot, Ravish Malhotra, was placed on standby.
1949Brandon Tartikoff, American screenwriter and producer (died 1997)[†]
Brandon Tartikoff was an American television executive who was head of the entertainment division of NBC from 1981 to 1991. He was credited with turning around NBC's low prime time reputation with several hit series: Hill Street Blues, L.A. Law, Law & Order, ALF, Family Ties, The Cosby Show, Cheers, Seinfeld, The Golden Girls, Wings, Miami Vice, Knight Rider, The A-Team, Saved by the Bell, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, St. Elsewhere, and Night Court.
1949Aino Aalto, Finnish architect and designer (born 1894)[†]
Aino Maria Marsio-Aalto was a Finnish architect and a pioneer of Scandinavian design. She is known as the design partner of architect Alvar Aalto, with whom she worked for 25 years, and as a co-founder with him, Maire Gullichsen, and Nils-Gustav Hahl of the design company Artek, collaborating on many its most well-known designs. As Artek's first artistic director, her creative output spanned textiles, lamps, glassware, and buildings. Her work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, and MoMA has included her work in nine exhibitions, the first of which was Aalto: Architecture and Furniture in 1938. Other major exhibitions were at the Barbican Art Gallery in London and Chelsea Space in London. Aino Aalto has been exhibited with Pablo Picasso.