Wednesday, August 23, 1944

From the day

No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.

The Headlines

Petain Kidnapped by Nazis As Reich Captive, Swiss Say; PETAIN KIDNAPPED BY NAZIS, SWISS SAY

#1 on Your Hit Parade

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

• World War II: Marseille is liberated by the Allied forces.

  Wikipedia →

• World War II: King Michael of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi government of Marshal Antonescu, who is later arrested. Romania switches sides from the Axis to the Allies.

  Wikipedia →

• Freckleton air disaster: A United States Army Air Forces B-24 Liberator bomber crashes into a school in Freckleton, England, killing 61 people.

  Wikipedia →

You Share a Birthday With

• Louis XVI (1754)
• Edgar de Wahl (1867)
• Georges Cuvier (1769)
• Gene Kelly (1912)
• Kenneth Arrow (1921)

Slang

Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)