Friday, January 16, 1942

From the day

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The Headlines

NAVY HAS NO WORD; Check Fails to Confirm Report of New Victim of U-Boat Off Coast COAST GUARD SCANS AREA Private Sources Here Assert U.S. Ship Went Down Near Site of Norness Tragedy 2D SINKING HERE IS NOT CONFIRMED

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• The Holocaust: Nazi Germany begins deporting Jews from the Łódź Ghetto to Chełmno extermination camp.

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• Crash of TWA Flight 3, killing all 22 aboard, including film star Carole Lombard.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Susan Sontag (1933)
• Fulgencio Batista (1901)
• Johannes Rau (1931)
• Dian Fossey (1932)
• Vittorio Alfieri (1749)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)