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November 8, 1943
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Headlines from November 8, 1943
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ALGIERS, Nov. 7 -- The following statement was issued officially tonight:
FASTOV IS OCCUPIED; Red Army Wins Junction Linking Foe Near Kiev With Krivoi Rog NAZI RESISTANCE CRACKING Eastern Crimean Gains Widen -- Russians Push On to 35 Miles of Polish Line FASTOV OCCUPIED IN RUSSIAN SWEEP
USSR forces take Fastov, southwest of Kiev; Stalin order of day calls for salvos; forces gain on Kerch Peninsula; take Ryum within 35 mi of Polish border
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NAZI BOMB BLASTS LONDON DANCE HALL; Many Killed in Brief Attack -- Fortresses Hit Dueren in Reich in Big Allied Blows NAZI BOMB BLASTS LONDON DANCE HALL
US fliers bomb Dueren, plane parts factory site, and other western Ger targets; clouds fail to stop Dueren attack; no planes lost; RAF and other Allied fliers bomb 3 Ger airfields, northern France, and targets in Belgium and Netherlands; 2 fighter planes lost
Notable Births
1943Martin Peters, English footballer and manager (died 2019)[†]
Martin Stanford Peters was an English footballer and manager. As a member of the England team which won the 1966 FIFA World Cup, he scored the second of England's four goals in the final against West Germany. He also played in the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Born in Plaistow, Essex, he played club football for West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, Norwich City and Sheffield United. He briefly managed Sheffield United before retiring from professional football in 1981.