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WITH AMERICAN ARMORED COLUMN at Namur, Belgium, Sept. 6 (Delayed) -- Enemy resistance has tightened along the line of the Meuse. But with Namur firmly held by our armor and infantry, other American forces pushed across the Meuse farther south last night and this morning.
Holds Battle of London over; revs fight against robot barrage
Ger rept of USSR establishment of 3 bridgeheads on Narew River west bank unconfirmed by USSR; Zakharoff forces take Voitsekhovitse on Ostroleka-Lomzha highway, and Tarnovo; USSR westward thrust toward Vistula River reptd
Armentieres captured
1944Peter Bellamy, English singer-songwriter (died 1991)[†]
Peter Franklyn Bellamy was an English folk singer. He was a founding member of The Young Tradition and also had a long solo career, recording numerous albums and touring folk clubs and concert halls. He is noted for his ballad-opera The Transports, and has been acknowledged as a major influence by performers of later generations including Damien Barber, Oli Steadman, and Jon Boden.
1944Margaret Hodge, English economist and politician[†]
Margaret Eve Hodge, Baroness Hodge of Barking, is a British politician and life peer, who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Barking from 1994 to 2024. A member of the Labour Party, she was previously Leader of Islington London Borough Council from 1982 to 1992. She has held a number of ministerial roles and served as chair of the Public Accounts Committee from 2010 to 2015.
1944Terry Jenner, Australian cricketer and coach (died 2011)[†]
Terrence James Jenner was an Australian cricketer who played nine Tests and one ODI from 1970 to 1975. He was primarily a leg-spin bowler and was known for his attacking, loopy style of bowling, but he was also a handy lower-order batsman. In his latter years he was a leg-spin coach to many players around the world, and a great influence on Shane Warne. He was also a radio cricket commentator for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
1944Jan van Gilse, Dutch composer and conductor (born 1881)[†]
Jan Pieter Hendrik van Gilse was a Dutch composer and conductor. Among his works are five symphonies and the Dutch-language opera Thijl.
1944World War II: London is hit by a V-2 rocket for the first time.[†]
The V-2 rocket, with the development name Aggregat-4 (A4), was the world's first long-range guided ballistic missile. The missile, powered by a liquid-propellant rocket engine, was developed during the Second World War in Nazi Germany as a "vengeance weapon" and assigned to attack Allied cities as retaliation for the Allied bombings of German cities. The V2 rocket also became the first artificial object to travel into space by crossing the Kármán line with the vertical launch of MW 18014 on 20 June 1944.