Thursday, June 15, 1944

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The Headlines

De Gaulle Visits Normandy; Churchill Puts Off Debate; DE GAULLE VISITS NORMANDY COAST

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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: The United States invades Saipan, capital of Japan's South Seas Mandate.

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• In the Saskatchewan general election, the CCF, led by Tommy Douglas, is elected and forms the first socialist government in North America.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Yuri Andropov (1914)
• Edvard Grieg (1843)
• Johnny Hallyday (1943)
• Erik Erikson (1902)
• Herbert A. Simon (1916)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)