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August 13, 1944

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BY JIMMINY, 3 TO 4, SCORES BY LENGTH IN $30,675 TRAVERS; Free Lance Runner-Up, While Bounding Home Is Third in Rousing Belmont Finish

By Bryan Field

By Jimminy and Pavot, favorites with a crowd of 29,875, won yesterday at Belmont Park in two of the Saratoga Association's historic stakes which for decades have attracted the top thoroughbreds in the juvenile and 3-year-od divisions. Walter M. Jeffords' Pavot may be the champion 2-year-old, for he still is unbeaten after five starts and his score in the Saratoga Special was just as convincing as those in past races.

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Notable Births

Kevin Tighe

1944Kevin Tighe, American actor[โ€ ]

Kevin Tighe is an American actor who has worked in television, film, and theater since the late 1960s. He is best known for portraying firefighter-paramedic Roy DeSoto, on the 1972โ€“1977 NBC series Emergency!

Historical Events

Razing of Anogeia

1944World War II: German troops begin the pillage and razing of Anogeia in Crete that would continue until September 5.[โ€ ]

The Razing of Anogeia or the Holocaust of Anogeia refers to the complete destruction of the village of Anogeia in central Crete (Greece) and the murder of about 25 of its inhabitants on 13 August 1944 by German occupying forces during World War II. This was the third time Anogeia was destroyed, as the Ottomans had destroyed it twice; first in July 1822 and again in November 1867, during the Great Cretan Revolt.