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Dewey accepts Hull inv to conf; names J F Dulles his repr; Hull agrees to talks with Dulles; Dewey-Hull telegrams exchd; texts
Russians take Sandomierz and trap 3 Ger divs north and west; take 21 more places; Stalin announces Vistula bridgehead lengthening; map
WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- Striking the Japanese throughout the western Pacific area, American planes pounded enemy bases in the Volcano, Marianas and Caroline Island groups Wednesday, blasting airfields, storage dumps, gun positions and other defense installations, a Navy bulletin said today.
Ger propaganda agencies start preparing Ger pub for troops flight from France
huge, heavily armored tank thrown into Eastern and Western Fronts action; 1, captured by Brit, proves dud
1944Jack Canfield, American author[†]
Jack Canfield is an American author and motivational speaker. He is the co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, which has more than 250 titles and 500 million copies in print in over 40 languages. In 2005 Canfield co-authored with Janet Switzer The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be.
1944Stew Johnson, American basketball player[†]
Stewart "Stew" Johnson is an American former professional basketball player. A 6-foot-8-inch (2.03 m) tall forward/center from Murray State University, who was born in New York City, Johnson was selected by the New York Knicks in the third round of the 1966 NBA draft. However, Johnson never played in the NBA, joining the rival American Basketball Association instead.
1944Bodil Malmsten, Swedish author and poet (died 2016)[†]
Bodil Malmsten was a Swedish poet and novelist.
1944Eddy Raven, American country music singer-songwriter[†]
Edward Garvin Futch, known professionally as Eddy Raven, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active from 1962 to 2018, Raven has recorded for several record labels, including ABC, Dimension, Elektra, RCA, Universal, and Capitol Records. After multiple albums which yielded few hit songs, his greatest commercial success came between 1984 and 1990, during which time Raven achieved six number-one singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. These were "I Got Mexico", "Shine, Shine, Shine", "I'm Gonna Get You", "Joe Knows How to Live", "In a Letter to You", and "Bayou Boys". Raven has a total of eighteen top-ten hits on that chart. Although his chart success diminished in the 1990s, Raven continued to record throughout the 1990s and into the 21st century. In addition to his own work, he has written singles for Don Gibson, Randy Cornor, Jeannie C. Riley, Connie Smith, and The Oak Ridge Boys among others. Raven's music is defined by mainstream country, country pop, Cajun music, and reggae, and he wrote a large number of his singles by himself or with Frank J. Myers.
1944Charles Wang, Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded Computer Associates International (died 2018)[†]
Charles B. Wang was a Chinese-American billionaire, businessman, and philanthropist, who was a co-founder and CEO of Computer Associates International, Inc.. He was a minority owner of the NHL's New York Islanders ice hockey team and their AHL affiliate.
1944Henry Wood, English conductor (born 1869)[†]
Sir Henry Joseph Wood was an English conductor best known for his association with London's annual series of promenade concerts, known as the Proms. He conducted them for nearly half a century, introducing hundreds of new works to British audiences. After his death, the concerts were officially renamed in his honour as the "Henry Wood Promenade Concerts", although they continued to be generally referred to as "the Proms".
1944World War II: Liberation of Paris: Paris, France rises against German occupation with the help of Allied troops.[†]
The Liberation of Paris was a battle that took place during World War II from 19 August 1944 until the German garrison surrendered the French capital on 25 August 1944. Paris had been occupied by Nazi Germany since the signing of the Armistice of 22 June 1940, after which the Wehrmacht occupied northern and western France.