Friday, July 21, 1944

From the day

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The Headlines

Nazi Party Clashes With Army Reported

#1 on Your Hit Parade

I'll Be Seeing You

Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: Battle of Guam: American troops land on Guam, starting a battle that will end on August 10.

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• World War II: Claus von Stauffenberg and four fellow conspirators are executed for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

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You Share a Birthday With

• John Atta Mills (1944)
• Rudolph A. Marcus (1923)
• Don Knotts (1924)
• Norman Jewison (1926)
• Buchi Emecheta (1944)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)