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1945 - Birth of Herman[us J] van Veen in the Netherlands; cabareter/singer/composer/writer.

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1945 - Birth of Michael Martin Murphey in Dallas, Texas, USA; country singer ("Wildfire").

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1945 - Birth of Walter Parazaider in Chicago, Illinois, USA; rock saxophonist (Chicago - "If You Leave Me Now").

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1945 - RAF bomb cuts railway link Hannover-Hamm.

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1946 - Belgian government of Spaak forms.

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1946 - Birth of Jasper Carrott; English comedian (Jane and the Lost City, Detectives).

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1946 - Birth of Steve Kanaly in Burbank, California, USA; actor (Fleshburn, Ray Krebbs - Dallas).

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1946 - Birth of Wes Unseld; NBA all-star (Baltimore Bullets, Most Valuable Player 1969).

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1947 - Birth of Billy Crystal in Long Beach, New York, USA; actor/comedian (Soap, Saturday Night Live, City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally).

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1947 - Birth of Jan [AJ] te Veldhuis; Dutch Member of Parliament (VVD).

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