Friday, June 30, 1944

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The Headlines

1,000 U.S. BOMBERS BATTER AIR PLANTS; Allies Resume Heavy Blows at German Factories -- Shoot Down 78 Planes in Day 1,000 U.S. BOMBERS BATTER AIR PLANTS

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I'll Be Seeing You

Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

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On This Day

• World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Czesław Miłosz (1911)
• Walter Ulbricht (1893)
• Charles VIII of France (1470)
• Paul Berg (1926)
• Susan Hayward (1917)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)