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UN defers Israeli admission pending decision on plan
Deputy Min Gromyko (USSR) says West seeks destruction, Assembly; says USSR will continue UN support
2 held, NYC, as $50,000 worth of mdse stolen from mails is recovered
3-power pact eases curbs on bldg, W Ger; coastal fleet gets priority over ocean-going ships; terms
US min Rev D Feryance expelled from Slovakia
1949Dave Gibbons, English author and illustrator[â ]
David Chester Gibbons is an English comics artist, writer and sometimes letterer. He is best known for his collaborations with writer Alan Moore, which include the miniseries Watchmen and the Superman story "For the Man Who Has Everything". He was an artist for 2000 AD, for which he contributed a large body of work from its first issue in 1977.
1949DeAnne Julius, American-British economist and academic[â ]
Dame DeAnne Shirley Julius, is a Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House. An AmericanâBritish economist, Julius is noted as a founder member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England.
1949Chris Langham, English actor and screenwriter[â ]
Christopher Langham is an English writer, actor, and comedian. He is known for playing the cabinet minister Hugh Abbot in the BBC sitcom The Thick of It, and as presenter Roy Mallard in People Like Us, first on BBC Radio 4 and later on its transfer to television on BBC Two, where Mallard is almost entirely an unseen character. He subsequently created several spoof advertisements in the same vein. He also played similar unseen interviewers in an episode of the television series Happy Families and in the film The Big Tease. He is also known for his roles in the television series Not the Nine O'Clock News, Help, and Kiss Me Kate, and as the gatehouse guard in Chelmsford 123. In 2006, he won BAFTA awards for The Thick of It and Help.
1949Chas Mortimer, English motorcycle racer[â ]
Charles Mortimer is an English former professional motorcycle short-circuit road racer and race-school instructor. He competed in the Grand Prix motorcycle road racing world championships from 1969 to 1979. He remains the only competitor to have won FIM Grand Prix races in the 125, 250, 350, 500 and 750 world championship classes.
1949John Shea, American actor and director[â ]
John Victor Shea III is an American actor, film producer, and stage director. His career began on Broadway where he starred in Yentl, subsequently winning his first major award, the 1975 Theatre World Award. Shortly after his Off-Broadway career began, Lee Strasberg invited Shea to join the Actors Studio where he spent several years studying method acting.