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February 13, 1944

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Battle for Italy

By Unknown Author

The battle for Italy loomed large in the calculations of Allied strategists last week. Elsewhere in the world the forces of the United Nations were on the march. In the West the Red Army was hammering the Wehrmacht back in Russia, old Poland and Estonia. The air offensive against German cities and Nazi installations in conquered Europe was being pressed home relentlessly.

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Notable Births

Stockard Channing

1944Stockard Channing, American actress[†]

Stockard Channing is an American actress. Her accolades include three Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, and a nomination for an Academy Award.

Jerry Springer

1944Jerry Springer, English-American television host, actor, and politician, 56th Mayor of Cincinnati (died 2023)[†]

Gerald Norman Springer was a British-American broadcaster, journalist, actor, lawyer, and politician. He was best known for hosting the controversial tabloid talk show Jerry Springer from 1991 to 2018. Springer was noted as a pioneer in the emergence of "trash TV"; his eponymous show was a "commercial smash and certifiable cultural phenomenon" in the 1990s.