Monday, May 4, 1942

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The Headlines

3 REICH WARSHIPS LAID UP, BRITISH SAY; Crippling Blows to Gneisenau, Scharnhorst and Prinz Eugen in Channel Fight Cited

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Tangerine

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The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: The Battle of the Coral Sea begins with an attack by aircraft from the United States aircraft carrier USS Yorktown on Japanese naval forces at Tulagi Island in the Solomon Islands. The Japanese forces had invaded Tulagi the day before.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Audrey Hepburn (1929)
• Hosni Mubarak (1928)
• Thomas Henry Huxley (1825)
• Amos Oz (1939)
• Kakuei Tanaka (1918)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)