Friday, December 22, 1944

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The Headlines

Moscow Passes Over Birthday of Stalin

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Don't Fence Me In

Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters with Vic Schoen and His Orchestra

The must-have

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On This Day

• World War II: Battle of the Bulge: German troops demand the surrender of United States troops at Bastogne, Belgium, prompting the famous one word reply by Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe: "Nuts!"

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• World War II: The People's Army of Vietnam is formed to resist Japanese occupation of Indochina, now Vietnam.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Giacomo Puccini (1858)
• Jean Racine (1639)
• Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887)
• Diocletian (244)
• Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)