FRIDAY 26th JULY 2013 08:26 BST

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1. THIS DAY IN WORLD WAR 2 (26th July 1943)
On the Russian Front...
Soviet armies attacking German 9th Army in the Orel sector 

In Germany...
Hitler issues Fuhrer Directive No. 48 regarding defences in Greece and the Mediterranean 
Hitler orders Otto Skorzeny to begin planning the rescue of Mussolini

In Rome...
Marshal Badoglio forms a new government, imposes martial law, and dissolves the Fascist Party 

In Sicily...
US 7th Army slowly pushes toward Messina 
British vessel Fishpool sunk by Axis aircraft at Syracuse
USN destroyer Mayrant damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft offshore

In the Atlantic...
British vessel El Argentino sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft off Lisbon
U-759 sunk by USN aircraft off Haiti

In Washington DC...
Combined Chiefs of Staff orders Eisenhower to plan Allied the invasion of Italy
Opening of The Emergency Conference to Save the Jewish People 

In the Pacific...
USN Task Group 16.7 and Task Group 16.17, based on unreliable RADAR, open fire at non-existent targets off Kiska Island. The "targets" detected were flocks of migratory seabirds, and the incident becomes known as the "Battle Of The Pips"

US 37th Infantry Division and 43rd Infantry Division, with heavy air support, attack Munda on New Georgia Island 

Today's Air Raids...
Hanover and Hamburg, Germany by US 8th Air Force
Netherlands and Northern France Allied Fighter patrols
St. Omer, France by US 8th Air Force
Paola, Italy by USAAF
Sardinia USAAF Fighter patrols
Kolombangara Island by USAirSols
Kahili, Bougainville Island by USAirSols
Ballale, Shortland Islands by US 13th Air Force
Lae, Salamaua and military targets, New Guinea by US 5th Air Force
Hankow, China by US 14th Air Force

2. TODAY IN MY LIFE
Missus Time/Me Time!

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3. TODAY'S SELF-OBSERVATION
"Holiday at home" proceeding most enjoyably! Today will be particularly enjoyable as there is no Weekend Job! Slobbing is my main intention! However, Son is becoming tiresome over the issue over mine and Missus' bonking. Whilst I am cutting him slack due to tonsilitis making him miserable, he is rapidly using that slack up. We are lovers and we will have sex and he needs to get over it! It's not as if we do it in front of him! It remains to be seen whether things will "come to a head" or he will simply back off.

4. TODAY'S QUESTION FOR YOU
How do you deal with the things that irritate you?

5. TODAY'S WEATHER IN BRADFORD
Dry, bright and sunny all day, clear overnight
A south-westerly breeze will veer gradually north-westerly by dusk
Max Temp = 21 degC
Min Temp = 17 degC
Sunrise at 05:11
Sunset at 21:15

6. TODAY'S ONELINER
Doug Engelbart, the visionary who invented the computer mouse, has died aged 88. Despite repeated right-clicking, they couldn't save him. : D

7. NOW THAT'S FUNNY!
Sandra Risser with a string of particularly good gags 

8. TRIVIA
The largest ever make-up budget per capita for a successful movie was $1 million for Planet of the Apes (1968), which represented nearly 17% of the total production cost.

9. ZEN WISDOM
Effective education requires passion