Thursday, December 11, 1941

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The Headlines

BRITISH JOLT FOES ABOUT HONG KONG

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Germany and Italy declare war on the United States, following the Americans' declaration of war on the Empire of Japan in the wake of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The United States, in turn, declares war on them.

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• World War II: The Imperial Japanese Navy suffers its first loss of surface vessels during the Battle of Wake Island.

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• World War II: Poland declares war on the Empire of Japan.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
• Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
• Hector Berlioz (1803)
• Robert Koch (1843)
• Max Born (1882)

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Tech Check

Aerosol Spray Cans, Z3 Computer & Dacron.

Cost of Living (1940)