Thursday, May 7, 1942

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The Headlines

Emigres Bid Czechs Resist Nazis Openly

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Tangerine

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: During the Battle of the Coral Sea, United States Navy aircraft carrier aircraft attack and sink the Imperial Japanese Navy light aircraft carrier Shōhō; the battle marks the first time in naval history that two enemy fleets fight without visual contact between warring ships.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Rabindranath Tagore (1861)
• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840)
• David Hume (1711)
• Johannes Brahms (1833)
• Josip Broz Tito (1892)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)