Wednesday, August 2, 1944

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The Headlines

PHILADELPHIA HIT BY TRANSIT STRIKE; Walkout, Laid to Employment of Negro Operators, Paralyzes City -- Disorders Occur

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Swinging on a Star

Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter and His Orchestra and the Williams Brothers Quartet

The must-have

Slinky

On This Day

• ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia.

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• World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Shimon Peres (1923)
• Peter O'Toole (1932)
• Isabel Allende (1942)
• James Baldwin (1924)
• Jorge Rafael Videla (1925)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)