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September 3, 1943

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Headlines from September 3, 1943

AIR BLOWS PRESSED; French Fields Pounded as Fortresses Join British in Sweeps POWER PLANT IS HIT Canal Locks Smashed on Key Dutch Route Serving Antwerp Fortresses Pound French Fields; Join in Fighters' Biggest Sweeps

By the United Press

Allied fliers bomb Ger airfields at Mardyck and Denain, northern France, and targets in Pas de Calais Dept following RAF fighter plane attack on Netherlands Hansweert Canal; map; 250,000 reptd to have left Berlin after last RAF raid; dead estimated; Brit Air Ministry revs Allied air offensive against Ger, 4th yr of war; demands in Brit for more bombing cited; Air Chief Marshal Sir Joubert predicts final blow against Ger from air

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Notable Births

Valerie Perrine

1943Valerie Perrine, American model and actress[†]

Valerie Ritchie Perrine is an American retired actress. For her role as Honey Bruce in the 1974 film Lenny, she won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles and the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Her other film appearances include Superman (1978), The Electric Horseman (1979), and Superman II (1980).

Historical Events

Operation Baytown

1943World War II: British and Canadian troops land on the Italian mainland. On the same day, Walter Bedell Smith and Giuseppe Castellano sign the Armistice of Cassibile, although it is not announced for another five days.[†]

Operation Baytown was an Allied amphibious landing on the mainland of Italy that took place on 3 September 1943, part of the Allied invasion of Italy, itself part of the Italian Campaign, during the Second World War.