Thursday, July 20, 1944

From the day

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The Headlines

Americans Seize Leghorn; 8th Army Poles Take Ancona; TWO THIRDS OF ITALIAN BOOT NOW OURS ALLIES CAPTURE LEGHORN, ANCONA

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I'll Be Seeing You

Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: Adolf Hitler survives an assassination attempt led by German Army Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Petrarch (1304)
• Edmund Hillary (1919)
• Gregor Mendel (1822)
• Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864)
• Mahmud II (1789)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)