The First Canadian Army captured Dieppe.
The Red Army took Călărași, Romania and reached the Bulgarian frontier. The Soviet Union asked for permission for the Red Army to enter Bulgarian territory. The Bulgarian prime minister, Ivan Bagrianov, resigned and. Constantine Muraviev took his place.
The Battle of Lone Tree Hill, in Dutch New Guinea, ended in American victory.
The battle had been fought since May 17.
Lone Tree Hill. Not One Tree Hill. The latter was the name of a horrifically bad television series that featured, for some weird reason, basketball as the center of the universe.
The U-247 was sunk in the English Channel by the Canadian Navy.
Native Melanesian of New Caledonia, wearing the uniform of a French sailor, stands guard before French Navy Hq. in Noumea, largest town in New Caledonia.
Arsenic and Old Lace premiered.
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