Tuesday, July 18, 1944

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The Headlines

8TH ARMY SURGES ACROSS ARNO RIVER; British Trap Germans Waiting to Raze Span -- Americans 2 Miles From Leghorn Eighth Army Surges Across Arno; Americans 2 Miles From Leghorn

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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: Hideki Tōjō resigns as Prime Minister of Japan because of numerous setbacks in the war effort.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Nelson Mandela (1918)
• Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
• William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
• John Glenn (1921)
• Thomas Kuhn (1922)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)