USSR troops capture Oradea, main Transylvania escape route; Stalin order of day noted; other troops drive within 60 mi of Budapest; widen Tisza east bank bridgehead; USSR troops take Subotica, northern Yugoslavia; partisans and USSR units seize Smederovo, below Danube; Belgrade liberation seen imminent; 1st Czech Army units fight through Carpathian Mts Dukla Pass; capture Vyssi Kormarnik, 1st Czech town liberated; Czech Gen Sazavsky war role cited; map

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1944Robert Lamm, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer^[†]

Robert William Lamm is an American musician and a founding member of the rock band Chicago. He is best known for his songwriting, vocals, and keyboard melodies, most significantly on the band's debut studio album, Chicago Transit Authority (1969). Lamm wrote many of the band's biggest hits, including "Questions 67 & 68", "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?", "Beginnings", "25 or 6 to 4", "Saturday in the Park", "Dialogue " and "Harry Truman". Lamm is one of three founding members still performing with the group.

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1944World War II: The Soviet Riga Offensive captures the city.^[†]

The Riga offensive was part of the larger Baltic offensive on the Eastern Front during World War II. It took place late in 1944, and drove German forces from the city of Riga.

Headlines from October 13, 1944

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FITZPATRICK DEFIES STATE ON VOTE DATA; Democratic Leader to Send Evidence of Stalling to Local Enforcement Officials FITZPATRICK DEFIES STATE ON VOTE DATA

Eisenhower Sees Tough Job Ahead Though Sure of Germany's Defeat; EISEHHOWER SEES TOUGH JOB AHEAD

CITY IS 85% RUINED; 6,500 U.S. Shells Burst There, Besides Bombs -- Fierce Land Fight BIG BATTLE LOOMS Germans Seem Likely to Risk Engagement for Siegfried Bastion

Russians Closing on Tilsit; Mass on East Prussia Line; RUSSIANS CLOSING ON EAST PRUSSIA

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