Monday, June 22, 1942

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The Headlines

If in Doubt, Put It Out

#1 on Your Hit Parade

Sleepy Lagoon

Unknown Artist

The must-have

Red Ryder BB Gun

On This Day

• World War II: Erwin Rommel is promoted to Field Marshal after the Axis capture of Tobruk.

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• The Pledge of Allegiance is formally adopted by U.S. Congress.

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You Share a Birthday With

• AD 1000 (1000)
• Erich Maria Remarque (1898)
• Giuseppe Mazzini (1805)
• Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767)
• Billy Wilder (1906)

Slang

Tech Check

V-2 Rocket, Bazooka & Napalm.

Cost of Living (1940)