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July 29, 1942

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FOE ADDS TO GAINS; Red Army Fights Grimly at Bataisk to Stem Caucasus Drive RIVER BATTLES STILL RAGE Russians Hold Some Crossings -- Germans Claim Foothold on Entire Loop of Don NAZIS ADD TO GAINS IN CAUCASUS DRIVE

By the Associated Press

Gers continue push south of Rostov; hurl more men across Don; USSR forces fight grimly, Bataisk, to stem Caucasus drive; hold some Don crossings; Gers claim foothold on entire loop of Don; Stalingrad stiffly defended; some USSR sectors reptd holding; USSR forces retain Don bridgehead between Mariinsk and Nikolaevsk

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Doug Ashdown

1942Doug Ashdown, Australian singer-songwriter[†]

Douglas Wesley Ashdown is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter from Adelaide. He had a top 40 hit on the Australian singles chart with "Winter in America" or "Leave Love Enough Alone" (1976). It also reached No. 13 on the Dutch Singles Chart in 1978 and charted in 14 of the first 15 editions of the Dutch annual Top 2000 of all time, with a peak position of 820 in 1999. In 1988, "Winter in America" was covered by Dutch singer René Froger, and in 1994 by Australian group the Robertson Brothers. Ashdown also reached the Australian top 50 with "The Saddest Song of All" (1970).

Tony Sirico

1942Tony Sirico, American actor (died 2022)[†]

Genaro Anthony Sirico Jr. was an American actor. Often cast as a mobster, he portrayed Paulie Gualtieri in The Sopranos.