Sunday, February 1, 1942

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ABROAD

#1 on Your Hit Parade

A String of Pearls

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Josef Terboven, Reichskommissar of German-occupied Norway, appoints Vidkun Quisling the Minister President of the National Government.

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• Mao Zedong makes a speech on "Reform in Learning, the Party and Literature", which puts into motion the Yan'an Rectification Movement.

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• Voice of America, the official external radio and television service of the United States government, begins broadcasting with programs aimed at areas controlled by the Axis powers.

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• World War II: U.S. Navy conducts Marshalls–Gilberts raids, the first offensive action by the United States against Japanese forces in the Pacific Theater.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Boris Yeltsin (1931)
• Clark Gable (1901)
• John Ford (1894)
• Langston Hughes (1902)
• Emilio Segrè (1905)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)