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USSR forces recover several Stalingrad bldgs in counter-attacks; Ger attacks dwindle; rain slows Gers
US destroyers Meredith and O'Brien lost; US planes damage Jap cruiser and destroyer and down 12 Jap planes; Axis radio repts major battle raging
US Flying Fortresses raid Lorient U-boat base and Maupertus airfield, France: RAF Mustangs and Mosquitos raid Netherlands and western Ger; Gers raid southwest Eng coast; Ger radio and Vichy repts on Brit raids
The biggest step forward so far in getting the city's household scrap metal from the salvage heaps to the steel mills was announced yesterday at City Hall by Mayor La Guardia. It was that the Bethlehem Steel Corporation had agreed to move 500 tons of metal a day to its mills directly without using intermediary scrap dealers.
Arms factory blast, Plovdiv; sabotage suspected
1942Bobby Fuller, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 1966)[†]
Robert Gaston Fuller was an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist best known for "Let Her Dance" and his cover of the Crickets' "I Fought the Law," recorded with his group the Bobby Fuller Four.
1942Annette Funicello, American actress and singer (died 2013)[†]
Annette Joanne Funicello was an American actress and singer. She began her professional career at age 12, becoming one of the most popular Mouseketeers on the original Mickey Mouse Club. In her teenage years, Funicello had a successful career as a pop singer recording under the name "Annette". Her most notable singles are "O Dio Mio", "First Name Initial", "Tall Paul", and "Pineapple Princess". During the mid-1960s, she established herself as a film actress, popularizing the successful "Beach Party" genre alongside co-star Frankie Avalon.
1942Pedro Morales, Puerto Rican wrestler (died 2019)[†]
Pedro Antonio Morales was a Puerto Rican professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the United States with Worldwide Wrestling Associates (WWA) and the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF).