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other formations rip at rr and mil targets across northern and western France
every rr bridge across Loire River from point near Nantes to one near Orleans severed
Brit extend bridgehead across Odon southwest of Caen on both flanks; drive within 1/2 mi of Caen airfield in Marcelet area; beat off heavy counter-attacks against Odon bridgehead; Rommel forced to withdraw 1 badly mauled div; Ger tank losses heavy; Brit hold high ground northeast of Evrecy, shell Ger concentrations; Ger planes attack Allied ground troops; Brit claim they occupy Marcelet, Gers admit Baron occupied; Brit take Tessel-Bretteville, Le Manoir and other points and cut Caen-Evrecy rd; Ger garrison at Caen starts to strike out; Brit forming large armored force in Marcelet-Maltot-Grainville-Gavrue-Evrecy corridor; Paris radio repts Allied landing on right bank of Orne and capture of Cabourg; Fort de l'Ile Pelee surrenders to Amers; engineers more encouraging on Cherbourg port use, while confs discount value as freight port; 2 veteran Ger divs believed moving across from Russian front; Allied planes hammer ry targets to delay troop movements; Amers take Ger positions in St Lo sector in move to straighten lines; Fort Central surrenders; Amers take Ger hosp full of wounded, St Sauveur
Aids Gimbel's war bond auction
Dewey to conf with Govs on Pres campaign strategy
1944Terry Funk, American wrestler (died 2023)[†]
Terrance Dee Funk was an American professional wrestler and actor. Funk was known for the longevity of his career – which spanned more than 50 years and included multiple short-lived retirements – and the influential hardcore wrestling style he pioneered in the latter part of his career.
1944Raymond Moody, American parapsychologist and author[†]
Raymond A. Moody Jr. is an American philosopher, psychiatrist, physician and author, most widely known for his books about afterlife and near-death experiences (NDE), a term that he coined in 1975 in his best-selling book Life After Life. His research explores personal accounts of subjective phenomena encountered in near-death experiences, particularly those of people who have apparently died but been resuscitated. He has widely published his views on what he terms near-death-experience psychology.
1944Glenn Shorrock, English-Australian singer-songwriter[†]
Glenn Barrie Shorrock is an Australian singer and songwriter. He was a founding member of rock bands the Twilights, Axiom, Little River Band and post LRB spin-off trio Birtles Shorrock Goble, as well as being a solo performer.
1944Ron Swoboda, American baseball player and sportscaster[†]
Ronald Alan Swoboda is an American former professional baseball player and television sports color commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1965 through 1973, most notably as a member of the New York Mets team that became known as the Miracle Mets when they rose from being perennial losers to defeat the favored Baltimore Orioles in the 1969 World Series for one of the most improbable upsets in World Series history. Swoboda executed one of the most impressive defensive plays of the series in the ninth inning of Game 4 to help preserve a Mets victory. He also played for the Montreal Expos and the New York Yankees.
1944World War II: The Battle of Cherbourg ends with the fall of the strategically valuable port to American forces.[†]
World War II or the Second World War was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the deadliest conflict in history, causing the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Germany, Austria, Japan, and Korea were occupied, and German and Japanese leaders were tried for war crimes.