Monday, December 8, 1941

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The Headlines

CONGRESS DECIDED; Roosevelt Will Address It Today and Find It Ready to Vote War CONFERENCE IS HELD Legislative Leaders and Cabinet in Sober White House Talk CONGRESS READY FOR ALL-OUT VOTE

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Chattanooga Choo Choo

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Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares December 7 to be "a date which will live in infamy", after which the U.S. declares war on Japan.

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• World War II: Japanese forces simultaneously invade Shanghai International Settlement, Malaya, Thailand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and the Dutch East Indies. (See December 7 for the concurrent attack on Pearl Harbor in the Western Hemisphere.)

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You Share a Birthday With

• Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
• Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
• Jean Sibelius (1865)
• Diego Rivera (1886)
• Georges Méliès (1861)

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Tech Check

Aerosol Spray Cans, Z3 Computer & Dacron.

Cost of Living (1940)