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Halsey's fleet losses, western Pacific, since Aug 30
Aachen: 3,000 citizens moved to concentration camp outside fighting zone until they can be moved back to city
J Trapido lr on Honolulu Community Theatre activities
reconnaissance photo shows 7 breaches in Walcheren dikes and seawall demolished at several points, 2/3 of island flooded
WEST POINT, N.Y., Oct. 14 -- As expected, the University of Pittsburgh was no match at all for the Army today, and the Cadets, adhering strictly to the script, went on a touchdown parade, the like of which had not been seen here at Michie Stadium since that November afternoon in 1929 when Dickinson was overwhelmed by an 89-7 count.
1944Sali Berisha, Albanian cardiologist and politician, 2nd President of Albania[†]
Sali Berisha is an Albanian politician and former cardiologist who served as the President of Albania from 1992 to 1997 and as the 32nd prime minister of Albania from 2005 to 2013. Berisha has served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Albania since 2022. He has previously held the position of chairman from 1990 to 1992 and 1997 to 2013. He is the leader of the opposition in Albania.
1944A. Chandranehru, Sri Lankan Tamil merchant seaman and politician (died 2005)[†]
Ariyanayagam Chandranehru was a Sri Lankan merchant seaman, politician and Member of Parliament.
1944Haim Saban, Israeli-American businessman, co-founded Saban Entertainment[†]
Haim Saban is an Israeli and American media proprietor, investor, musical composer and producer of records, film, and television. A businessman with interests in financial services, entertainment, and media, and an estimated net worth of $2.8 billion, he is ranked by Forbes as the 232nd richest person in America. Saban is the founder of Saban Entertainment, producer and distributor of children's television programs in the US such as Power Rangers. He headed up consortiums which purchased the broadcasters ProSiebenSat.1 Media and Univision Communications. He is a major donor to the United States Democratic Party and active in pro-Israel political efforts in the United States. In March 2017, Saban was honored with the 2,605th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his achievements in television.
1944David Trimble, Northern Irish lawyer and politician, 3rd First Minister of Northern Ireland, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2022)[†]
William David Trimble, Baron Trimble, was a Northern Irish statesman and politician who was the inaugural First Minister of Northern Ireland from 1998 to 2002 and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1995 to 2005. He was also Member of Parliament (MP) for Upper Bann from 1990 to 2005 and Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Upper Bann from 1998 to 2007.
1944World War II: Germany replaces the Hungarian government after Hungary announces an armistice with the Soviet Union.[†]
Operation Panzerfaust was a military operation undertaken in October 1944 by the German Wehrmacht to ensure the Kingdom of Hungary would remain a German ally in World War II. When German leader Adolf Hitler received word that Hungary's Regent, Admiral Miklós Horthy, was secretly negotiating his country's surrender to the advancing Red Army, he sent commando leader Otto Skorzeny of the Waffen-SS and former special forces commander Adrian von Fölkersam to Hungary. Hitler feared that Hungary's surrender would expose his southern flank, where Romania had just joined with the Soviets and cut off a million German troops still fighting the Soviet advance in the Balkans. The operation was preceded by Operation Margarethe in March 1944, which was the occupation of Hungary by German forces, which Hitler had hoped would secure Hungary's place in the Axis powers. This had also enabled the deportation of the majority of Hungarian Jews, previously beyond the reach of the Nazis, through uneasy cooperation with Hungarian authorities. This policy was, however, terminated as Soviet forces drew closer and the USAAF, based in Italy, began bombing Hungary, including Budapest.