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Indus plans layoffs as result of steel strike
Dewey, J, on 90th birthday
Yugoslavia won election to the United Nations Security Council yesterday, defeating Soviet-backed Czechoslovakia on the second ballot by a vote of 39 to 19. The voting gave Yugoslavia the exact minimum needed to win under the two-thirds rule.
Sec Acheson says aid is marginal and effectiveness depends on recipients self-help, s, NYC
Min Kardelj pledges Yugoslav aid
1949Michel Brière, Canadian ice hockey player (died 1971)[†]
Michel Edouard Brière was a Canadian professional ice hockey player for one season in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 1969–70. Following his rookie season with the Penguins, Brière was involved in a car accident in which he suffered major head trauma. After multiple brain surgeries and 11 months in a coma, he died as a result of his injuries at the age of 21.
1949Mike Keenan, Canadian ice hockey player and coach[†]
Michael Edward Keenan is a Canadian-American former professional hockey coach. Previously, he served as head coach and/or general manager with several NHL teams between 1984 and 2009. He currently ranks sixth in playoff wins with 96. He is noted for his early career success in coaching, which started with reaching the Stanley Cup Finals in his rookie season in 1985. In 1987, he reached the Finals once again. Months later, he led Team Canada to win the 1987 Canada Cup round-robin tournament in a thrilling best-of-three series finale against Viktor Tikhonov's Red Army team. He left the Flyers for Chicago in 1988. He reached the Finals once again in 1992 but lost again. After leaving the Blackhawks and spending a year away from coaching, Keenan won a Stanley Cup championship as coach of the New York Rangers in 1994.
1949Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli captain and politician, 9th Prime Minister of Israel[†]
Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister.