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Sir O E Mosley Union Movement meets, East London; march disrupted by anti-Fascists and Communists; illus
Usischon, S: 4 gunmen hold up house party, Clinton Corners; seized later
Govt B-24s hit cruiser Chungking, off Hulutao; assault former Jap destroyer escort Huang An, Lienyun; map
O D Young opposes revising law, lr to G L Hinman; stand seen dooming bill; H D Hinman replies
Trans-Jordan asks Brit aid against alleged Israeli incursions between Dead Sea and Aqaba; repts Israelis still east of border; backed by Riley; map
1949Alvin Kallicharran, Guyanese cricketer and coach[†]
Alvin Isaac Kallicharran is a Guyanese former cricketer who played Test cricket for the West Indies between 1972 and 1981 as a left-handed batsman and right-arm off spinner. He was a member of the squads which won the 1975 Cricket World Cup and the 1979 Cricket World Cup.
1949Andy Love, Scottish-English politician[†]
Andy Love is a British Labour Co-operative politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Edmonton from 1997 to 2015.
1949Eddie Money, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2019)[†]
Edward Joseph Money was an American singer and songwriter who, in the 1970s and 1980s, had eleven Top 40 songs, including "Baby Hold On," "Two Tickets to Paradise," "Think I'm in Love," "Shakin'," "Take Me Home Tonight," "I Wanna Go Back," "Endless Nights," "Walk on Water," and "The Love in Your Eyes." Critic Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times called him a working-class rocker. In 1987, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance for "Take Me Home Tonight".
1949Slavoj Žižek, Slovenian sociologist, philosopher, and academic[†]
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian neo-Marxist philosopher, cultural theorist and public intellectual.