Tuesday, December 26, 1944

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The Headlines

RED ARMY TOUCHES BUDAPEST ON WEST; Above City It Cuts Last Nazi Rail Escape Route -- Drive in Czechoslovakia Gains

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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: George S. Patton's Third Army breaks the encirclement of surrounded U.S. forces at Bastogne, Belgium.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Mao Zedong (1893)
• Charles Babbage (1791)
• Henry Miller (1891)
• Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194)
• Yun Ch'iho (1864)

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Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1940)