Friday, June 9, 1944

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The Headlines

BAYEUX ECSTATIC AS ALLIES ARRIVE; ' We Knew You'd Come,' French Cry as They Shower Flowers on Liberating Troops THE FIRST TOWN IN FRANCE CAPTURED BY THE ALLIES Bayeux Ecstatic as Allies Enter; French Strew Flowers on Troops

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I'll Get By (As Long as I Have You)

Harry James and His Orchestra with Dick Haymes

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On This Day

• World War II: Ninety-nine civilians are hanged from lampposts and balconies by German troops in Tulle, France, in reprisal for maquisards attacks.

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• World War II: The Soviet Union invades East Karelia and the previously Finnish part of Karelia, occupied by Finland since 1941.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Peter the Great (1672)
• Bertha von Suttner (1843)
• Eric Hobsbawm (1917)
• George Stephenson (1781)
• Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640)

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Tech Check

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

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