Saturday, March 4, 1944

From the day

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The Headlines

U.S. Planes Strike at Rome; Blast Rail Yards, Airports; Beachhead Fighting Drops to Weak German Stabs, All Repulsed--Third Division Wins Glory for Smashing Enemy Offensive GERMAN THRUSTS FAIL AFTER BEACHHEAD REPULSE OUR BOMBERS HIT ROME'S RAIL YARDS

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Bésame Mucho (Kiss Me Much)

Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra with Bob Eberly and Kitty Kallen

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: After the success of Big Week, the USAAF begins a daylight bombing campaign of Berlin.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Antonio Vivaldi (1678)
• Miriam Makeba (1932)
• Muhammad Ali of Egypt (1769)
• Alpha Condé (1938)
• Prince Henry the Navigator (1394)

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Tech Check

Harvard Mark I Computer, Kidney Dialysis Machine & Synthesized Quinine.

Cost of Living (1940)