Tuesday, May 26, 1942

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The Headlines

NAZIS SEIZE SCORES IN OCCUPIED FRANCE; Act in Several Cities to Quash Militancy, de Gaullists Say -- Rome-Vichy Rift Grows NAZIS SEIZE SCORES IN OCCUPIED FRANCE

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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 Gazala begins, in present-day Libya.

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You Share a Birthday With

• John Wayne (1907)
• Miles Davis (1926)
• Pope Clement VII (1478)
• Mehmed III (1566)
• János Kádár (1912)

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Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)