Friday, April 14, 1944

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The Headlines

WAR VOTE SESSION REFUSED BY DEWEY; Democrats Ask Amendment of New Law to Let Relatives of Soldier Apply for Ballot WAR VOTE SESSION REFUSED BY DEWEY

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On This Day

• Bombay explosion: A massive explosion in Bombay harbor kills 300 and causes economic damage valued at 20 million pounds.

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You Share a Birthday With

• B. R. Ambedkar (1891)
• Averroes (1126)
• Christiaan Huygens (1629)
• Arnold J. Toynbee (1889)
• Faisal of Saudi Arabia (1906)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)