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August 23, 1949

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YUGOSLAVS ACCUSE RUSSIA OF PLOTTING TO 'OUTLAW' THEM; Declare Aim of Moscow Is to Impose 'Unequal Relations on Other Countries' SOVIET REGIME IS TAUNTED U.S.S.R. Is Dared to Emulate Belgrade by Making Reply Available to People Yugoslavia Accuses Soviet Union Of Plotting to 'Outlaw' Tito Regime

By M. S. Handlerspecial To the New York Times

Belgrade Borba holds that USSR charged secret Brit-Yugoslav talks only to hide USSR betrayal of Carinthian Slovenes for econ concessions

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Notable Births

Vicky Leandros

1949Vicky Leandros, Greek singer and politician[†]

Vasiliki Papathanasiou, known professionally as Vicky Leandros, is a Greek singer living in Germany. She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou. In 1967, she achieved worldwide fame after gaining fourth place for the country of Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest with the song "L'amour est bleu", which became a worldwide hit. She further established her career by winning the Eurovision Song Contest in 1972 with the song "Après Toi", again representing Luxembourg.

Shelley Long

1949Shelley Long, American actress[†]

Shelley Long is an American actress, singer, and comedian. For her role as Diane Chambers on the sitcom Cheers, Long received five Emmy nominations, winning in 1983 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. She also won two Golden Globe Awards for the role. Long reprised her role as Diane Chambers in three episodes of the spin-off Frasier, for which she received an additional guest star Emmy nomination. In 2009, she began playing the recurring role of DeDe Pritchett on the ABC comedy series Modern Family.

Rick Springfield

1949Rick Springfield, Australian-American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor[†]

Richard Lewis Springthorpe, known professionally as Rick Springfield, is an Australian-American musician and actor. He was a member of the pop rock group Zoot from 1969 to 1971, then started his solo career with his debut single, "Speak to the Sky", which reached the top 10 in Australia in mid-1972. When he moved to the United States, he had a No. 1 hit with "Jessie's Girl" in 1981 in both Australia and the US, for which he received the Grammy Award for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. He followed with four more top 10 US hits: "I've Done Everything for You", "Don't Talk to Strangers", "Affair of the Heart" and "Love Somebody". Springfield's two US top 10 albums are Working Class Dog (1981) and Success Hasn't Spoiled Me Yet (1982).

Notable Deaths

Helen Churchill Candee

1949Helen Churchill Candee, American geographer, journalist, and author (born 1858)[†]

Helen Churchill Candee was an American author, journalist, interior decorator, feminist, and geographer. She is best remembered as a survivor of the sinking of RMS Titanic in 1912, and for her later work as a travel writer and explorer of southeast Asia.