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Rain driven by a forty-mile-an hour wind, with gusts up to sixty-nine miles an hour, fell in New York yesterday, causing damage to cornices, signs and copings, and the cancellation of seventy-five flights at La Guardia Field.
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Gers counter-attack fiercely at Dillingen; shell 3d Army positions in Saarlautern; Amers enter Oeting, fight in Sarreguimines, cross Saar River at 2 points, occupy Achen; Ft Driant surrenders; US 7th Army forces reach Mouterhouse and win high ground near Lemberg; fighting rages around Mertzwiller; US 1st Army holds gains around Dueren; Gers counter-attack positions around Bergstein; Allied planes support ground action on all sectors and attack Ger mil and communications targets behind front; map
Tokyo radio repts B-29 dropped bombs on Tokyo and other planes raided Setonaika area; B-29, flying alone on weather reconnaissance mission, hits Shizuoka with incendiary bombs; crew member assesses raid; Tokyo radio repts 4 visits by single B-29s over Tokyo and vicinity during 18-hr period; claims no bombs were dropped
1944Neil Innes, English singer-songwriter (died 2019)[†]
Neil James Innes was an English writer, comedian and musician. He first came to prominence in the comedy rock group the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later became a frequent collaborator with the Monty Python troupe on their BBC television series and films, and is often called the "seventh Python" along with performer Carol Cleveland. He co-created the Rutles, a Beatles parody/pastiche project, with Python Eric Idle, and wrote the band's songs. He also wrote and voiced the 1980s ITV children's cartoon adventures of The Raggy Dolls.
1944Ki Longfellow, American author, playwright, and producer (died 2022)[†]
Ki Longfellow was an American novelist, playwright, theatrical producer, theatre director and entrepreneur with dual citizenship in Britain. She is best known in the United States for her novel The Secret Magdalene (2005). This is the first of her works exploring the divine feminine. In England, she is likely best known as the widow of Vivian Stanshall, musician, lead singer of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, songwriter, author, radio broadcaster and wit.
1944Bob O'Connor, American businessman and politician, 57th Mayor of Pittsburgh (died 2006)[†]
Robert E. O'Connor Jr. was an American politician who was the Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from January 3, 2006, until his death.
1944Laird Cregar, American actor (born 1913)[†]
Samuel Laird Cregar was an American stage and film actor. Cregar was best known for his villainous performances in films such as I Wake Up Screaming (1941), This Gun For Hire (1942) and The Lodger (1944).