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LONDON, Thursday, June 3 -- The Germans hurled 500 planes against the big central Russian base of Kursk yesterday in five attacks and lost 123 of them, Moscow announced early today. The Russians reported losing thirty defending fighters in the series of battles.
US rationing: OPA will raise choice beef cuts point values; other planned changes noted
2,000 tons of Allied bombs dropped on Italy in wk
Blitz aerial warfare theories disowned by Ital press
1943Billy Cunningham, American basketball player and coach[ā ]
William John Cunningham is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid for his leaping and record-setting rebounding abilities. He spent a total of 17 seasons with the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers, and two seasons as a player with the Carolina Cougars of the ABA.
1943In Los Angeles, California, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines attack Latino youths in the five-day Zoot Suit Riots.[ā ]
Los Angeles (L.A.) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3.88 million residents within the city limits as of 2024, it is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind New York City. Los Angeles has an ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and RiversideāSan Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents.