Tuesday, July 25, 1944

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The Headlines

Von Stuelpnagel Shot by French; Germans Destroy Border Village; VON STUELPNAGEL SHOT BY FRENCH

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G.I. Jive

Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• World War II: Operation Spring near Caen is one of the bloodiest days for the First Canadian Army during the war.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Elias Canetti (1905)
• Rosalind Franklin (1920)
• Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1922)
• Gavrilo Princip (1894)
• Arthur Balfour (1848)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)