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WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- The American forces battling the Germans in Central Tunisia, with the assistance of a few units of British troops, have administered a "clean-cut repulse" to the enemy attackers who pushed them westward from Faid Pass, Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson said today.
Canadian fliers bomb Wilhelmshaven without losses; RAF raids western Ger targets; monthly bomb tonnage seen raised; Ger rept cited
Eisenhower sees Kasserine Pass battle in front tour
1943Paul Cotton, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2021)[†]
Norman Paul Cotton was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was a member of the band Poco and the writer of their international hit song "Heart of the Night". Before that, he was co-guitarist for the Illinois Speed Press.
1943Bill Duke, American actor and director[†]
William Henry Duke Jr. is an American actor, director, and producer. Known for his physically imposing frame, Duke works primarily in the action and crime drama genres often as a character related to law enforcement. As a director, he is known for his works dealing in the Black American experience, and has been called the "Godfather of African American Cinema."
1943Dante Ferretti, Italian art director and costume designer[†]
Dante Ferretti is an Italian production designer, art director, and costume designer.
1943Bob Hite, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1981)[†]
Robert Ernest Hite was an American musician who was the co-lead vocalist of the blues rock band Canned Heat from 1965 to his death in 1981. His nickname was "The Bear".
1943Potato Creek Johnny, American gold prospector (born c. 1866)[†]
John Eli Perrett, better known as Potato Creek Johnny, was an American frontiersman and gold miner, best known for having discovered one of the largest gold nuggets ever discovered in the Black Hills in 1929. From then until the end of his life, Potato Creek Johnny became a local celebrity and promoted tourism to the Black Hills.
1943Theodor Eicke, German general (born 1892)[†]
Theodor Eicke was both a senior SS functionary and a Waffen-SS divisional commander in Nazi Germany. He was a key figure in the development of Nazi concentration camps. Eicke served as the second commandant of the Dachau concentration camp from June 1933 to July 1934, and together with his adjutant Michael Lippert, was one of the executioners of SA Chief Ernst Röhm during the Night of the Long Knives purge of 1934. He continued to expand and develop the concentration camp system as the first Concentration Camps Inspector.