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Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A lifetime member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. senator from the state of Missouri from 1935 to 1945. He was chosen as incumbent president Franklin D. Roosevelt's running mate for the 1944 presidential election. Truman was inaugurated as the 34th vice president in 1945 and served for less than three months until President Roosevelt died. Now serving as president, Truman implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established both the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain the expansion of communism. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated the Congress.

Chouko Iida was born in 1897, in the old downtown of Tokyo, Asakusa.After dropping out of high school and working as a clerk at the Matsuzakaya Department Store, she joined the Nakamura Matsugoro Acting Company. In 1922, Iida entered Shochiku Kamata Productions. Her acting was soon recognized by a director at Shouchiku and she went on to debut in Shinyuku Tsuma (The Dying Wife). She then appeared in Gamaguchi (A Purse) and Goikenmuyo (Useless Opinions) in collaboration with Jun Arai. After her marriage to Hideaki Mohara, a cameraman, she played the principal role in a number of films of Godokoro Hiranosuke: Okame (The Turtle), Ukiyoeburo (The Bath of the Floating World), Onna to Umaretakaranya (Because I Was Born to Be a Woman). She later co-starred with Takeshi Sakamoto in Dekigokoro (Acting on Impulse), Ukigusa Monogatari and Tokyo no yado (A Japanese Inn in Tokyo) the successful series of films by Yasujiro Ozu. Iida received the Jujo Murasaki award in 1963, and the Tanho award fourth prize in 1967. She died in 1972, of lung cancer at the age of 75.

Penny Jewkes is known for BBC Show of the Week (1965), Music, Music, Music (1969) and The Black and White Minstrel Show (1958). She died on 26 December 1972 in England.

Edit Domján was born on 26 December 1932 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Két emelet boldogság (1960), Oldás és kötés (1963) and A férfi egészen más (1966). She was married to Flórián Kaló. She died on 26 December 1972 in Budapest, Hungary.

Ronald Hugh Morrieson was born on 29 January 1922 in Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand. He was a writer, known for Klynham Summer (1982), Came a Hot Friday (1985) and Pallet on the Floor (1984). He died on 26 December 1972 in Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Guy Arbury was born on 31 January 1906 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. USA. He was an actor, known for The Plainclothesman (1949), Sunday Showcase (1959) and Our American Heritage (1959). He died on 26 December 1972 in New York, New York, USA.