Thursday, February 21, 1952

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The Headlines

TRUMAN SUSTAINS A DEFEAT IN HOUSE ON CHURCHILL TALK; Motion, Voted by 189 to 143, Bids Acheson Give All Data on Any Troop Commitments PRESIDENT DENIES PLEDGE Meanwhile in Senate Jenner Gives Notice of Reservations to Japanese Peace Treaty PRESIDENT SUFFERS A DEFEAT IN HOUSE

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On This Day

• The British government, under Winston Churchill, abolishes identity cards in the UK to "set the people free".

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• The Bengali language movement protests occur at the University of Dhaka in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).

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You Share a Birthday With

• Robert Mugabe (1924)
• Harald V (1937)
• W. H. Auden (1907)
• Alan Rickman (1946)
• Anaïs Nin (1903)

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Tech Check

Barcode (Patent), Passenger Jet (Comet) & Hydrogen Bomb.

Cost of Living (1950)