Born. To Her Royal Highness Princess Elizabeth, 24, heiress presumptive to the British throne, and Prince Philip, 29: a second child, first daughter; the new princess becomes third in line for the British crown (after her mother and 21-month-old brother, Prince Charles).
Born. To Brigadier General James Patrick Sinnott Devereux, U.S.M.C. (ret.), 47, commander of the 378 marines who beat off Japanese attacks on Wake Island for 14 days in December 1941, now a Republican candidate for Congress, and Rachel Clarke Cooke Devereux, fortyish, his second wife (his first wife died while he was in a Japanese prison camp): their second child (his third), a son. Name: undecided—because, said the general, “we expected a girl.” Weight: 8 lbs. 8 oz.
Died. Tadeusz Tomaszewski, 68, Polish jurist who in April 1949 succeeded Lieut. General Tadeusz Komorowski (“General Bor”) as “Prime Minister” of the shadowy Polish government in exile*; of a heart attack; in London.
Died. George Franklin Richards, 89, senior member of the Council of Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons); in Salt Lake City.
*Still recognized diplomatically by Ireland, Lebanon, Spain, Cuba and the Vatican. The U.S. and Britain withdrew recognition at Yalta, agreed to recognize the Soviet-sponsored Polish Provisional Government of National Unity, which was (reported Franklin Roosevelt) “pledged to holding a free election as soon as possible.”
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