Wednesday, May 24, 1944

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The Headlines

Comet Not an Omen, Berlin Tells People

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I Love You

Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• Börse Berlin building burns down after being hit in an air raid during World War II.

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• Congress of Përmet occurs which establishes a provisional government in Albania in areas under partisan control, the first independent Albanian government since 1939. In honor of this the national emblem of Albania inscribed this date from 1946 until 1992.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Bob Dylan (1941)
• Queen Victoria (1819)
• Joseph Brodsky (1940)
• Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
• Jean-Paul Marat (1743)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)