Thursday, June 22, 1944

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The Headlines

ALLIED GUNS READY TO DRIVE FOE OUT; German Prisoners Indicate Morale of the Enemy in Cherbourg May Be Poor ALLIED GUNS READY TO DRIVE FOE OUT

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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

• U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs into law the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, commonly known as the G.I. Bill.

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• World War II: Opening day of the Soviet Union's Operation Bagration against the Army Group Centre.

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You Share a Birthday With

• AD 1000 (1000)
• Erich Maria Remarque (1898)
• Giuseppe Mazzini (1805)
• Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767)
• Billy Wilder (1906)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)