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October 7, 1944

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Headlines from October 7, 1944

BROWNS WIN, 6 TO 2, FOR 2-1 SERIES LEAD; Kramer Fans 10 Cardinals -- 34,737 at St. Louis Cheer Four-Run Third Inning Speedy Work on the Base Paths for Both Sides as Browns Take Third Game BROWNS WIN, 6 TO 2, FOR 2-1 SERIES LEAD

By John Drebingerspecial To the New York Times

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 6 -- Bounding back with the resilience of a pre-war rubber ball, the Browns once more tossed baseball's outstanding academic minds into complete consternation today as they thrashed the supposedly infinitely superior Cardinals in the third game of this all-St. Louis world series and again moved into the lead.

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Notable Births

Judee Sill

1944Judee Sill, American singer-songwriter and musician (died 1979)[†]

Judith Lynne Sill was an American singer-songwriter and composer. She was influenced by Bach, and wrote lyrics drawing on Christian themes of rapture and redemption.

Donald Tsang

1944Donald Tsang, Chinese civil servant and politician, 2nd Chief Executive of Hong Kong[†]

Sir Donald Tsang Yam-kuen is a former Hong Kong civil servant who served as the second Chief Executive of Hong Kong from 2005 to 2012.

Notable Deaths

Helmut Lent

1944Helmut Lent, German colonel and pilot (born 1918)[†]

Helmut Johannes Siegfried Lent was a German night-fighter ace in World War II. Lent shot down 110 aircraft, 102 of them at night. Born into a devoutly religious family, he showed an early passion for glider flying; against his father's wishes, he joined the Luftwaffe in 1936. After completing his training, he was assigned to the 1. Squadron, or Staffel, of Zerstörergeschwader 76 (ZG 76), a wing flying the Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engine heavy fighter. Lent claimed his first aerial victories at the outset of World War II in the invasion of Poland and over the North Sea. During the invasion of Norway he flew ground support missions before he was transferred to the newly established Nachtjagdgeschwader 1 (NJG 1), a night-fighter wing.

Historical Events

Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz

1944World War II: The Sonderkommando Revolt in Auschwitz was an uprising of prisoners (especially the Sonderkommando) at the Auschwitz concentration camp, they burnt down Crematorium IV.[†]

The Sonderkommando revolt in Auschwitz occurred on 7 October 1944, when a large group of Sonderkommando members in the crematoria area of Birkenau camp rebelled against the Nazi guards of the camp. The revolt was suppressed after Crematorium IV was blown up, killing three German guards and 452 members of the Sonderkommando.