Tuesday, September 19, 1944

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The Headlines

Sky Troops Race Germans For Control of Bridges; SKY TROOPS RACE FOR VITAL BRIDGES

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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

• World War II: The Battle of Hürtgen Forest begins. It will become the second-longest individual battle that the U.S. Army has ever fought.

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• World War II: The Moscow Armistice between Finland and the Soviet Union is signed, which officially ended the Continuation War.

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You Share a Birthday With

• William Golding (1911)
• Henry III of France (1551)
• Masatoshi Koshiba (1926)
• Emil Zátopek (1922)
• Lajos Kossuth (1802)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)